[srswans]

Originally Posted by airstreamingypsy

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?

My lithium cart has 60 mile range.

[merrymini]

My electric cart can go about 60 miles. Who would want to be in a golf cart that long to go anywhere is anybody’s guess. I had an electric cart with regular batteries. When you have it plugged in, like we did when we were snowbirds, the trickle charger kept them charged and we checked the water and they lasted about 6 years. I loved the electric cart. Do not let anyone tell you that gas carts do not smell. Why do the tunnels stink if the gas carts do not smell? Do not let stupid comments about electric carts put you off. They are mostly made by people who do not know anything about them. I now have an atomic cart with lithium batteries, love it. Looks like the cart that burned was gas. The kind of gas that does burn.

[wamley]

Using the refrigerator as a comparison shows a lack of knowledge. Its the battery in the electric carts that is an issue. They seem to have a spontaneous eruption. It's not often, but is usually violent and almost imposible to extinguish with water. The information I have is from Automobiles, not gold carts. I would imagine a statistics on gas vs EV carts is not available. A statistic with Gas Vs EV cars uses a number per 100,000 vehicles. Gas cars go on fire at a much higher rate, but the amount of iles the vehicles drive and are in use is not factored in. Anyway good luck with this argument. I have a gas cart, I can go longer distances than an EV cart. I have access to gas that takes a few minutes to fill my 5 gallon tank vs plugging in and waiting at least a couple hours. Newer gas carts are quiet, but not as quiet as EV.

[Mrfriendly]

Originally Posted by Dusty_Star

Does anyone know anything about the cart fire in LSL area yesterday (8-13-2023)? I read that the woman & the clubs were rescued, but the cart was incinerated. Take a look at the Villages News site that must not be named, if you are curious. It looks like the cart was just a pile of rubble at the end. Amazing.

Possibly the turn signal was left on for a long period of time?

[Vermilion Villager]

Originally Posted by mrf0151

STOP,STOP,PLEASE STOP trying to Californicate Florida.

STOP,STOP,PLEASE STOP trying to take us back to the 1960s

[Vermilion Villager]

Originally Posted by bhoward

It must have been an electric cart. Glad I have gas.

I think they call that a "SWING AND A MISS!"
In the picture you can see a muffler. Electric carts don't have those.

[Bill14564]

Originally Posted by airstreamingypsy

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 took a trip one day to find out.

Eisenhower - Savannah Center - Historic Side - Spanish Springs - Lake Sumter Landing - Sawgrass - Ednas - Brownwood - Eisenhower.

About 42 miles and I was tired of being in the cart that long. My cart (new) had 1/4 charge left.

[bcsnave]

Originally Posted by Vermilion Villager

I think they call that a "SWING AND A MISS!"
In the picture you can see a muffler. Electric carts don't have those.

Okay...it must've been a spark from the ELECTRIC that caused the combustion...let's try a novel theory here and end this GAS vs Electric debate. No electric any thing as it may spark and ignite gas..no gas as it may combust...let's all do our part ....get rid of our carts and do something good for TV

[Bilyclub]

The rubble doesn't look like it was a quiet tech.

[mrf0151]

Originally Posted by wamley

Using the refrigerator as a comparison shows a lack of knowledge. Its the battery in the electric carts that is an issue. They seem to have a spontaneous eruption. It's not often, but is usually violent and almost imposible to extinguish with water. The information I have is from Automobiles, not gold carts. I would imagine a statistics on gas vs EV carts is not available. A statistic with Gas Vs EV cars uses a number per 100,000 vehicles. Gas cars go on fire at a much higher rate, but the amount of iles the vehicles drive and are in use is not factored in. Anyway good luck with this argument. I have a gas cart, I can go longer distances than an EV cart. I have access to gas that takes a few minutes to fill my 5 gallon tank vs plugging in and waiting at least a couple hours. Newer gas carts are quiet, but not as quiet as EV.

It's a matter of what kind of sound you want to listen to. New Yamaha gas carts have a low rumble, and the New electric carts have a whining sound. Each to his/her own. Don't worry, be happy.

[bcsnave]

Originally Posted by mrf0151

It's a matter of what kind of sound you want to listen to. New Yamaha gas carts have a low rumble, and the New electric carts have a whining sound. Each to his/her own. Don't worry, be happy.

Don't worry
(Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh) Be happy
(Ooh-ooh-ooh) Hey I give you my phone number
When you worry, call me, I make you happy
(Ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh) Don't worry
(Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh) Be happy
(Ooh-ooh-ooh)

[Bilyclub]

I see a drivetrain and an axle ? Where's a muffler. Yamaha's exhaust is a lot of plastic that goes out the bottom.

[Steve]

Originally Posted by mickey100

But you know some people just have trouble with "change". Anything different or new is immediately suspect, hence all the dissing of electric cars, wind and solar power, etc.

Electric golf carts are not "new". I had one when I first moved to The Villages 18 years ago. But after replacing the batteries three times in eight years (with batteries going from $45 each to $100 each in that time span) and, at one point, having to push my golf cart three blocks to get it home after a trip from Polo Ridge to Brownwood and back I went gas. I've never regretted it. $42 mpg, 200 mile range, $85/year for an annual maintenance check-up. You can keep your 60-80 mile range electric.

[ROCKETMAN]

There will be gas carts out there for another 10 years or more. By the year 2035 half the cars on the road will be gas powered. People keep their cars an average of 10 or more years and right now electric are less than 10 per cent of sales. Do the math.

[bcsnave]

Originally Posted by Bilyclub

I see a drivetrain and an axle ? Where's a muffler. Yamaha's exhaust is a lot of plastic that goes out the bottom.

I think I see a wheel and tire by the arrow...WHAT.. a TIRE? Aren't they a petroleum product....Oh my goodness...these should be banned...oh and that casing for the batteries....made using petroleum products that at the phase change are the basis for ethylene and propylene...but heck who thinks about that