People often fear what they don’t understand. I believe all of the contemporary lithium-ion battery packs being used in golf carts have an LFP chemistry. A reasonable assumption would be about 2% degradation per year or about 20% in 10 years although the rate can be non linear and also depends on the actual number of charge cycles. Our electric has about a 60 mile range so 20% degradation in 10 years would be fine. In 10 years, the furthest we have ever traveled in 1 day in either our electric cart or our gas cart is 30 miles. We will replace the gas cart with another electric in a couple of years as it is getting a bit long in the tooth.
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Originally Posted by phylt
yikes, the nay-sayers here. Just like the anti-Tesla folks.... What facts do you have to state this? And as I said before, we'd be very happy with 50 mile range... Next guy will say..."you'll need to pay $4,000 for a new battery in 4 years", or the so-unproven "It will catch on fire..."
What WE love is the smooth, quiet, and no-smell. BTW we are NOT "green-obsessed", just the opposite actually.
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