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Originally Posted by triflex
When I go on YouTube looking for a rave review of anyone's lithium golf cart I have yet to find one. I have found negative reviews of the range. For instance, one said when he drives two mile to the golf course and then plays 36 holes in the day and then wants to go have dinner before heading home, the cart battery will not last the trip.
I find it highly suspicious that a huge platform like YouTube would be devoid of people letting everyone know that lithium golf carts are the bee's knees.
I'd love to buy a lithium cart but I also don't see unqualified value without limits. By example, Nissan Leafs were everywhere for a while. Then people realized that the "BATTERY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM" caused the batteries to diminish in range dramatically. Now I seldom see a Leaf.
I also have not met a salesman yet who can explain what the battery warranty actually means. Does it mean we won't replace it if the cart continues to move 5 feet before stopping?
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Science and technology move AHEAD slowly, BUT it always moves ahead. We are in the Model T era of electric vehicle development and very IMPORTANTLY consumer ACCEPTANCE. Each person must accept the pros and cons of an EARLY-era Model T - like electric vehicle - or wait it out for later development and universal acceptance. It becomes an individual personality choice - similar to conservative or progressive. Some people REVEL in being innovators as in "the 1st person on the block" to have something. The innovators suffer the slings and arrows of being progressive and to over-extend the analogy - like Columbus being called a fool for believing that the earth was round! A more concrete example was that my FATHER told me in about 1950, "you see those antennas on the homes of our neighbors? "Those are only a passing fad because television can NEVER compete with radio". My Father said that you will see son, how smart I am. After a few years, he had to relent because my mother wanted a TV.
.......I won't bother to list the pros and cons of electric vs gasoline golf cars - I am sure other posters will do that. I could also add that you can notice the trend in electric drills from corded toward battery-powered. The hardware chains are selling plenty of battery-powered lawnmowers, which are somewhat like small vehicles.
.......The range and therefore consumer ACCEPTABILITY of all cars, trucks, and golf cars depends on the numerical quantity of CHARGING STATIONS that spring up. If a theater or restaurant or church had charging capability in its parking lot - then RANGE-ANXIETY would disappear. For the non-innovative (like my father), when you see the charging stations crop up, then it will be your turn to buy electric vehicles.........They DO improve the air quality and therefore are good for the earth and your fellow man.......just saying!