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Originally Posted by VillageIdiots
Pro - longer run times allowing coverage of greater distance and/or perhaps higher speeds sustained for longer periods than lower voltage carts
Cons - as with any electric cart there is still a limit on run time/distance. You can't realistically stop on the way and recharge a cart like you can stop and fill up a gas cart with gas. Also, eventually batteries wear out and they are not cheap. Replacing 72 volts worth of batteries will be even more expensive than 48 volts. I owned 2 48v club cars before moving to TV. Batteries lasted about 5 years but really started to show signs of age after 4, and that was with taking very good care of them. New batteries for just one of the carts was close to $800.
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I have Ranger batteries in my 2002 Club Car and I can get about 60 miles on a charge. Yes, that is more limiting than gas, but I don't think I've ever gone 60 miles in my cart in the six years that I've lived here.
I did have a problem with some of the batteries which had to be replaced. It was kind of a pain in the butt, but now I have a mix of older and newer batteries. I've been replacing one battery approximately every year at a cost of about $200. That doesn't seem too bad to me as I would think that I would spend more than that on gas in a year. The cost of electricity is hardly noticeable.
Electric carts have fewer moving parts so less can go wrong. If you plan on keeping a cart for a long time, maintenance on an electric cart will be lower over the years.