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Originally Posted by huge-pigeons
Take any of these people that drive a decent amount everyday and what happens if you don’t charge their cart over night? Don’t think that happens? I have friends that forgot to put theirs on the charger over night and some were nervous if they would make the round trip. Same thing happens in a gas cart, but the difference is they can stop at a dozen places to fill up, can’t say that with an EC (electric cart) unless you take your charger with you and plug it in for hours somewhere.
If you want a lithium cart, get 1, but don’t keep saying that you want a cart that doesn’t smell and is quiet, the newer Yamahas are quiet and don’t smell either
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This becomes habitual or "muscle-memory", and let me explain why. Last November, my wife wanted a lower payment on a lease, so we went to the dealer and told them such,
and that we would consider an EV if the incentives were there and it made sense. For reference, the former 'gas' car got about 22 mpg and required premium unleaded fuel averaging around $4/gallon (less if we could hit Costco). It's varied. We were doing about 10K miles per year. We trade it in for a lease on a small EV/SUV that has around 235 miles of range if we try to stretch it (note, my wife suffers from the dreaded 'range anxiety' and wants to know exactly where we will charge and recon before we need to charge there).
6+ months later, we're still at around 10K miles per year. Most of that are local trips, or ones within about 1/4 to 1/3 of the battery range. When she gets home, it takes her 15 seconds to plug in the charging cable. Every. Single. Time. It's become habit. She has the phone app to know how much battery is left and how far she can go based on driving habits. We still have a petrol car (wish we still had our diesel) for long trips, and range on that is 400+ miles and a 10 minute fill-up. At our age, the stop is 20 minutes to account for finding the rest room, it occurs about every 200 miles. Simply put, you can and likely do adjust based on what you do with the car. If you're going from Spanish Springs to Sawgrass or Eastport, I'd have my doubts as to whether you'd want to make that trip by golf cart unless you enjoy a
very scenic journey and have nothing but time. In the same position, I'd probably do it in the EV, especially in the summer with air conditioning.
I'd be less worried about the plug-in-after-use situation. Going forward, what would worry me is the lack of infrastructure for charging if you were in that position and needed to charge while out for the day. If there were Level 2 chargers around and people had the Level 2/J1772 plug, an hour on that would give you around 15 miles (my 0-100% charge overnight is 7 hours). Pity we don't have that yet in TV, or we need to find a Wawa or 7-11.
Your mileage may vary. :smile: