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Old 07-31-2019, 12:06 PM
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Originally Posted by biker1 View Post
Here are the operating costs from my Yamaha EFI gas cart after 5 years and 18K miles:

Cost of fuel: 5 cents per mile
Cost of maintenance: 1.5 cents per mile
Total: 6.5 cents per mile

Based on estimated battery life from a ParCar representative, the cost for an electric would have been:

Cost of fuel (electricity): 2 cents per mile
Cost of batteries: 10 cents per mile
Total: 12 cents per mile

Of course, these numbers are far less than the depreciation costs per mile if you bought a new cart. YMMV.
Thank you very much for the great information. So basically $25/mth for gas and estimated $50/mth for electric not counting depreciation. Do you know if that battery cost was lead acid or lithium?