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Originally Posted by biker1
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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And I'd like to replace my 10-year-old gas cart with electric as well. But I would prefer an 80-mile range, and more than an "assumption" that the battery only degrades 2%/year.