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Old 12-15-2023, 09:28 AM
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MOST electric golf carts are designed (center of gravity) around the weight of about 400-500lbs of regular batteries sitting in the middle under the seats depending on the carts voltage requirments (mine is 72V). When they are "upgraded" to about 150lbs of lithium batteries it has to affect the COG. If one buys a cart that is DESIGNED for lithium batteries, it would likely take that weight under consideration. I have also read where some places doing UPGRADES add a couple hundred pounds of BALLAST to maintain the same COG by using old not connected regular batteries.
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