Not sure if the cart that burned was one of the new Quitetechs.
I have new one drove it on a long drive to one of the squares checked the oil and temperature temps with a heat gun head temperature over 350F and oil 250F in effort to make these carts quieter.
Yamaha installed belly pans and insulation restricting air flow significantly any type of fuel leak has the ability to start a fire ….but one on this model could ignite more easily
Have made modifications head temperatures 200 230F
Oil temperatures 210F after long runs ….. IMHO these Drive2 carts may not live long under those conditions ������*♂️

:1rotfl: Because gas don't burn!

Gas carts are legacy products? Electric carts have years to mature before I would consider 1, same goes for an EV.
Lithium batteries are a hazardous waste item, no way to fix that.
Lithium batteries have to be replaced every 5-8 years at a cost of thousands of dollars. My gas engine will last decades even if I have to rebuild the motor.

What happens to the lithium cart if you run out of power on the golf course? I can carry a gallon of gas in my gas cart if I think I will be extending my hundreds of miles of a tank of gas.

How many charging stations in TV to charge your cart if you extended your trip (usually around 50 miles per charge)? How many gas stations in TV where I can fill up? Many more gas stations.

The initial cost is thousands more to start.

Gas cars/carts are going to be here for many decades to come

I've owned golf carts for 40 years now. I got over battery carts many years ago, as ours tend to sit months at a time. After my third or fourth set of batteries (lead acid) at about $1200 each, I decided gas was best for me. If you literally drive everyday, battery may be your best choice. My first gas cart is also my current one. 15 years old now, almost never maintained, and still running like new. I was sold when I learned I could buy a whole new engine for mine for less than a set of batteries. I go weeks without refilling.

Hmmmmm. This one got off track real fast. The question was: does anyone know the cause of the fire? It was a simple yes or no.

Hi-jacked threads seldom happen on here.:1rotfl:

The fire was apparently due to the owner carrying multiple newspapers with the article regarding the opening of the new costco to come, too close to the battery.

Curious, how would any reporter know what the cause was based on what is left of the cart? Determining the cause is out of their expertise. To state a cause would be purely speculation, gossip. Unless gossip is what you desire.

lithium batteries???

highly flammable liquids???

Perhaps ask one of the firefighters or deputies at the scene? That's what real reporters do.

I have a gas cart and there is no smell either.

Can an electric car get from one end of TV to the other and back home? How many miles can they go on a charge?

I saw some photos of the fire on Nextdoor and it was a yesteryear or similar type of golf cart. You could clearly see the exhaust pipe in the rubble so it had to be a gas model.

My theory is that an entitled dog owner who was walking their dog to go shopping at Publix. The dog pooped and naturally they did not pick it up and this unsuspecting entitled Villages drove over it and flung the poop on the hot exhaust of the dated technology gas cart when clearly half of people know that electric carts are better.

I may be wrong but I may be right.

The heating issues on QuietTechs has been well known for a long time.

Here's a market study on the Golf Cart industry. It's perfectly clear where things are headed and why.

Golf Cart Market Share, Growth & Size | Industry Trends [2028]