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Originally Posted by BrianL99
I keep hearing this 80-90 mile range for Lithium Golf Carts ... nonsense.
I have a Star EV, 210 Amp.
I had a Star EV 120 Amp as a loaner for a week.
Your battery gauge is non-linear folks. Just because you get 35 miles and your gauge says 50%, don't count on it.
The 120 Amp I had, showed 1/2 charge at 18 miles. It really had about 3 miles left or 1 mile less than I needed.
Carts in The Villages are driven "pedal to the metal", almost all the time. If you don't believe that, go drive around in your cart at 17 mph and see if anyone stays behind you for more than 2 minutes.
As others have said, the general degradation of Lithium depends on a lot of factors and they don't seem enough have been in use, long enough to actually quantify what's really going to happen.
In the meantime, I wouldn't gamble on that 80-90 mile range. If I get 45-50 out my 210 AMP, I figure I'm doing ok.
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I think that it is humorous that people are making degrading remarks about an individual going max 17 MPH in their golf cart. That is the speed limit and to exceed it is to over-stress the engine and chassis. Especially when people are drinking, the Police SHOULD control the not-so-better-angels driving around TV Land. Bikers say loud mufflers save lives, which is NOT true. I would say, HOWEVER, that speed limits save lives. Are Villagers lives less important than other peoples lives?