Electric Cart Range

[Superpace]

Can someone tell me how many miles they get from a full charge of an electric golf cart. I'm trying to decide between gas or electric. Disadvantage of the electric seems to be you can only get 30-35 miles from a full charge

[jimbo2012]

About 75 with Solar.

See here (https://www.talkofthevillages.com/forums/solar-golf-carts-347/solar-golf-carts-61963/)


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[Ronstauffer]

Can someone tell me how many miles they get from a full charge of an electric golf cart. I'm trying to decide between gas or electric. Disadvantage of the electric seems to be you can only get 30-35 miles from a full charge

Yes, 30 to 35 is the range, however, it's hard to go that far in The Villages.

Gas models stink and pollute and are very dangerous when you try to back out into traffic because you don't know when they are going to start.

However, if you are a Golfer and plan to take in the far out courses then Gas is the way to go.

[jimbo2012]

However, if you are a Golfer and plan to take in the far out courses then Gas is the way to go.

Well a solar cart is going to charging all day while on the golf course, so not sure why you need gas?

[renrod]

About 75 with Solar.

See here (https://www.talkofthevillages.com/forums/solar-golf-carts-347/solar-golf-carts-61963/)


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75?? How about setting up a test run in January, when The Villages is FULL. I'd be interested in the results. I have a 48V Yamaha and am interested but still debating with myself. I'm rooting for you.

[jimbo2012]

Game on

[tag460]

I bought a new Yamaha gas w/EFI. Being new to TV I did not want to be limited on my travels and have to worry about the batteries as they aged. My rental had a 2006 Yamaha gas and I didn't like the smell of the fumes or the noise but my new one is great, no comparison.

[Biker Dog]

We have 2 club carts. One has 6- 8 volt batteries and we get 30-35 miles on a full change. The other one has 8-6 volt batteries and we get 50-55 miles on a full charge. They both do have speedometers so we know the mileage is accurate. Hope this helps you decide on electric with 8- 6 volt batteries instead of stinky gas cart.

[tainsley]

We have 2 club carts. One has 6- 8 volt batteries and we get 30-35 miles on a full change. The other one has 8-6 volt batteries and we get 50-55 miles on a full charge. They both do have speedometers so we know the mileage is accurate. Hope this helps you decide on electric with 8- 6 volt batteries instead of stinky gas cart.

We also get about 55 miles in our electric Club carts. And not only are they not stinky but very quiet!

[thekeithfan]

Can someone tell me how many miles they get from a full charge of an electric golf cart. I'm trying to decide between gas or electric. Disadvantage of the electric seems to be you can only get 30-35 miles from a full charge

Oh the great debate is on again gas or electric?

Well I have gas and love it. Cheap maintenace, about $6 in gas a month, and no worries about weather your charge is going to hold up. Remember this: All these people claiming you will get 45, 60, 75! miles per charge that is on NEW batteries. I can tell you from the experience of my good friends that have electric that when the batteries get old (about a year from when you are about to shell out $600 to replace them) you will not get that mileage and you will be dragging home at 10 miles per hour or stuck half way home.

My gas cart is 12 years old, maint. cost me this per year:
tune up kit $17 (plug, air and fuel filter)
oil change $7. (one quart of Mobile one)
one battery every 5 years $100.

I heard 80% of the carts in the Villages are gas there is a reason for that!

[Biker Dog]

Oh the great debate is on again gas or electric?

Well I have gas and love it. Cheap maintenace, about $6 in gas a month, and no worries about weather your charge is going to hold up. Remember this: All these people claiming you will get 45, 60, 75! miles per charge that is on NEW batteries. I can tell you from the experience of my good friends that have electric that when the batteries get old (about a year from when you are about to shell out $600 to replace them) you will not get that mileage and you will be dragging home at 10 miles per hour or stuck half way home.

My gas cart is 12 years old, maint. cost me this per year:
tune up kit $17 (plug, air and fuel filter)
oil change $7. (one quart of Mobile one)
one battery every 5 years $100.

I heard 80% of the carts in the Villages are gas there is a reason for that!
chilout I totally do not agree with your statement about battery age. Both our carts have 3+ year old batteries and we get the mileage I posted in an earlier post. I do agree that the distance will be less with aging batteries, but if you maintain the batteries properly they will last more than 4 to 5 years.

[ajbrown]

On my cart batteries anniversary date my lab assistant and I head out for a road test seeing how far we can go to drain the pack to 48.4 volts. I then share the numbers to be consumed by 2 or 3 readers on this forum....

Last year I tested my TWO year old 8-6v pack and the gory details live here:

https://www.talkofthevillages.com/forums/479280-post13.html

In summary on two runs the cart went between 45 and 50 miles to reach 50% SOC. On one of the runs we continued, going out to 63 miles where the ending voltage was 47.6. A virtually dead pack is at 46.63, which I estimate would have been about 77 miles.

Just the facts man.... just the facts

My cart 6-8 volters is reaching the one year anniversary and I will bore the forum after that ride soon :D

PS. I budget for batteries lasting 3 years..... time will tell

[jimbo2012]

You can budget 6 years on Solar, and if U buy a set of batteries at the same U get 30% off, that's a lot saving to begin with.

[ajbrown]

You can budget 6 years on Solar, and if U buy a set of batteries at the same U get 30% off, that's a lot saving to begin with.

I am not trying to start trouble and I am soooo in your corner on electric carts and solar, but you better get out the fine print on claims like extending the life of a pack to six years :). There are so many variables to the life of a battery pack......

I am often wrong and will take it all back if a solar company will replace my battery pack after four or five years that is not performing well if I have one of their solar panels.

Keep this in context, I am a fan......

[jimbo2012]

Appreciate your support, I guess I should say if the batteries are maintained year round on solar or something like a battery minder off season you can expect 6 years.

If for instance you don't maintain the water levels and cable connections U will not get longevity out of a battery bank.

That make sense.

[graciegirl]

Yep. Remember about putting stuff in print. :duck::1rotfl:

Gracie. The big putter of stuff in print.

[sueandskip]

I may have a different point of view on this gas vs. electric ....All the gas carts that I have had has a reverse / forward lever below your knees and a little hard to reach....My wife has a muscle problem and can't hardly turn the lever to go the dirction she wishes to go...On an electric cart the lever is a simple rocker switch , usually on the dash area...Very simple for her to reach and use...

[Mikeod]

If you're going electric, you need 8-6volt batteries. My first electric cart had those and we had no trouble with range, although there was nothing below 466A at that time. But we could travel to Lopez and back and around town without concern about running out of juice. A subsequent cart had 6-8volt batteries and the range was noticeably less. So much so that my spouse was uncomfortable taking it any distance. Part of the problem was the digital charge indicator which was horribly inaccurate, and started flashing even though the batteries were still about 60-70% charged. We had the same problem with our first cart and they changed it out to an analog meter. End of problem. But the second cart would not accommodate an analog meter unless it was mounted as a separate module and that was not desirable.

So we got a gas cart. It's nice to be able to drive all around and not have to constantly check the charge.