All of these clueless people talking about things they have very little knowledge of.
1st - Ezgo is not a budget golf cart manufacturer. They are actually the largest of the big 3 manufacturers, (club car, Ezgo and yamaha) owned by Textron which is a massive company including Bell, Cessna, Beechcraft, E-Z-GO, Arctic Cat and many more.
They have both the premium RXV line and a budget TXT line.
Star and Evolution are both Chinese knock off carts with limited repair parts availability and non-existent aftermarket parts options. Most of these companies are around for about 5-7 years tops and then are gone. Don't even bring up Tomberlin.
2nd - the Samsung SDI cells used in the batteries are not even "lithium" (which can catch fire) they are a completely different chemistry, Lifep04 which will NOT burn.
3rd - range is dependent on a number of factors, most importantly battery capacity/voltage, then tire size and driving style and speed.
4th Lithium cells are rated in life cycles most Samsung SDI cells have a 3,500 cycle life. After 3,500 complete cycles the battery will have 80% capacity. So in theory if you drive the deadA complete cycle is considered from full charge to completely discharged and fully charged again which places the maximum stress on the cells. Anything less increases the life of the battery.
Bottom line on your battery life is that if you drove the cart dead nearly every day for 10 years you will still have 80% of the original capacity. Anytime you use less than a "full" cycle, say only 10 miles before charging, places less stress on the cells thus extending their life. So how long they last is completely subjective.
Ezgo was also the 1st to market in 2016-2017 with lithium years ahead Club Car and Yamaha did not make a lithium cart.
While Yamaha makes a great gas cart their electric carts have been plaged with controller and motor issues for years.
If you need to educate yourself more on different types of batteries a great resource issearch for:
Batteryuniversity.com
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