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Originally Posted by huge-pigeons
You want facts about EVs and lithium golf carts:
Both have the desired range of battery capacity: don’t go less than 20% of battery capacity or you can damage them, and don’t go over 80% and eventually you can do the same. So realistically, if your lithium golf cart claims 90 mile range, realistically it is 60% of that. You want proof, as any Tesla or EV owner and google it for lithium golf carts.
Also, you can damage lithium batteries if you run the battery down and you can’t leave them on the charger for a long length of time (ask any owner), so if you are a snowbird with a lithium cart, what are you going to do?
If you forget to charge your cart overnight and you are on the golf course with 10% battery life left, you don’t have the luxury of going to a gas station and fill up.
You do know, lithium batteries are classified as toxic and require special land sites to discard, similar to nuclear waste.
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Sorry your self made facts are wrong.
1. Lithium batteries are designed to accept a full charge. According to manufacture the recommendation is to charge it after every use. I've done this for over two years and my battery performs like today it was new.
2. You stated in your post to ask a person who owns a lithium powered golf cart. Well I have a lithium powered golf cart, and although the advertise mileage was around 80 miles per charge I'll get 70+ miles after two years. That hasn't changed from the date it was brand new. It is 87% of the advertised value. I would fault the manufacturers claim the values than the actual performance of the battery.
3. I'll leave mine on the charger plugged in until I'm ready to use it. That is the recommendation from the manufacture. There has been times where I've unplugged it because I didn't want to trip over the cord and several days later it still has all of its charge. Plug-in chargers that come with the unit have a trickle charge capability. I do not know of one person and I challenge you to provide one person who has had their lithium battery damaged by charging it.
3. Your statement that if you forget to plug it in you will not have a charge when you need it is laughable. That's like saying if you don't have any money for your green fees because you forgot your wallet and then you couldn't play golf!!! If you didn't put gas in your golf cart you would need to make an emergency run to the gas station to put gas in it. I don't know if you realize gas stations are not on every corner in the villages. The solution for that is… Don't forget! The nice thing about electric if you simply plug it in at night and the next morning you will have a 100% fuel charge.
4. This is probably the most incorrect statement of them all. There are numerous lithium battery recycling companies and several of them are located right here in Florida. Lithium powered batteries are 100% recyclable