To replace the batteries in a electric golf cart it will cost you a minimum of $1100. To replace the batteries in today's EVs the cost averages about $10K (if I am not mistaken). Batteries do not last forever and degrade as they get older, making distance driving shorter and shorter. EVs and ICE are going to have to co-exist, period. EVs will never be a viable plan for the low wage earner, and will be a major investment for the middle class earner. If I was going to purchase a brand new golf cart, it would ONLY be a gasoline fueled vehicle. If you run out of gas fuel on the road, you can walk to a station and pick up a gallon of gasoline to make it to the next filling station. Far as I know, you cannot carry enough electric if you run out on the road to get to the next charging station.
I am not very concerned as I know that EVs will not take over in my lifetime. I figure that the best they will be able to do is replace about a quarter of the commuting traffic on the roads with EVs in the next 20 years. Hybrids maybe, full EV....nope.
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