Electric Golf Cart Charging Stations
 

I was wondering if there are electric charging stations at shopping centers or in the town squares where you can pay for a charge by credit card?

Nope. Get a gas cart. They have gas stations at each square..

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Don't know why you would need one.....today's electric carts have enough range and the current batteries last longer. We have two and go wherever we want with no issues.

:popcorn: And their off! :popcorn:

If you are worried you can always get a cart towing service. Pretty cheap for a year membership.

You do realize that it takes hours, not minutes, to charge a typical electric cart? Keep electric carts plugged in ALL the time when in your garage, and if you can’t get where you want to go and back on a charge, it’s time to switch to gas or at least time for new batteries.

I look it this way: I live in Country Club Hills,
First year - can go to Brownwood, drive around a while and get home no problem.
2nd year - can go to Brownwood and back but not drive around.
3rd year - can go to Brownwood, but might not make it back.
4th year - not making it to Brownwood
5th year - I hope I can make to Lake Sumter and back. New battery time.

Just my opinion.

That's a looooooooooooooooooooooooooonnnnnnnnnngggggggggggg gg ride to Brownwood my friend

OP, there currently no charging stations that I know of. I think you have 2 options, call SECO see if they would be interested, call the District Government offices and see if they are interested. Maybe the GC dealer would be interested in this as a service? In any case there would be several items to be discussed. First where would these be located, how would payments be made (credit card?), unsupervised operation (charge while you are away), weather (we get lots of rain), etc. I know there is a way to do this (look at California for electric cars), but not sure there is sufficient infrastructure or demand for having it here. I wish you good luck if you decide to pursue this.

Charging Stations ?
 

Do you think the Village Mgt. would want charging stations ? Hey, anyone with a gas pump wants to sell GAS,,,,,,, $$$$$

Our electric cart is over two years old. We can go to Brownwood, then to Spanish springs, then to Pimlico and then Home. Gauge is half down. Cart Charges in three hours at 75c per hour per SECO information. OK Gasers ?? One pint of gas is about a pound. Mix that one pound of GAS with 14 pounds of air for combustion. THEN PUMP 15 POUNDS OF EXHAUST GARBAGE OUT FOR ALL TO INHALE ??
Have fun.
We look forward to the days of NO GAS.

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Just pause in one of the cart tunnels and take a deep breath. We don't need gas carts - just electric carts with better batteries and extended range. Bonus - electric carts are much harder to rig to make them "go faster" and turn them into unregistered motor vehicles. Fewer lawbreakers on our cart paths.

This might answer your question. My neighbor in Tamarind Grove drove his electric cart to Orange Blossom on this historic side and played 18 holes. On his return trip he ran out of power as he was passing Mallory GC. He went to the starter shack and they said you can charge your cart at any starter shack, you just need to have your own cables. He called his wife and she brought the cables and he plugged in his cart. Then he and his wife went in the Mallory restaurant for a while to eat and drink. When he came back his cart was charged enough to get home. He didn't belong to the towing service. He usually rides with me in my Yamaha but that day I couldn't play. He has since bought a Yamaha gas cart. As far as in town, in front of Kohl's they have one space for electric car charging. That shopping center is not accessible by cart.

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Priceless.

Exhaust
 

That smelly exhaust from gas carts. Think of the stench made by that coal fired power plant to make the electricity to charge your clean smelling electric cart. Think an answer thru before you print it

I assume you realize that fossil fuels are burned to create the electricity to charge your electric golf cart. I also assume that you own an automobile and it is an all-electric such as a Tesla or Nissan Leaf. If you do in fact own an automobile and it uses gasoline then you should consider what you just posted.

Yes, but on a nice day, it's great ride.

Not to mention all the fossil fuel it takes to mine, transport, and process all the nasty stuff that makes up the several batteries in the electric carts. Then every few years the batteries need to be replaced which creates toxic waste that something has to be done with. I fully understand that people like a quiet cart with no fumes coming out of the tailpipe, but don't naively try to justify it as being better for the environment.

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Gas/Elrctric
 

[QUOTE=bob&Gail;1590525]That smelly exhaust from gas carts. Think of the stench made by that coal fired power plant to make the electricity to charge your clean smelling electric cart. Think an answer thru before you print

OK Think an answer?/
Generating plants for electricity can be Nuclear, Coal or Natural Gas as an energy source. Modern and remodeled plants have exhaust scrubbers, and filters and most are very low on emissions. Gas carts, older cars, motorcycles and lawnmowers mostly have NO emission controls, Zero as in NONE. They are major polluters. Gas is C8H18 and when mixed with air (N2O2) produces CO, Co2, UHC ,NOx,,H20 etc. This can be mostly scrubbed on modern cars with Catalytic Units. Main stationary plants have many controls and scrubbers for an exhaust. Again, Carts, Motor Cycles, lawnmowers have no controls. In Vancouver Wa. a bus company cannot operate a gas bus, it has to be Natural Gas. A good reason for that. Suggest holding your breath going through tunnels. You DO NOT need to hold your breath when going by a generating plant. A BIG Difference.
Think an answer before ??? Do some reading as a starter ???
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All of the gas carts running around here are surely a better alternative to the cars that would be used if carts weren't allowed, so tree-huggers should be happy about that. I've never seen a cart that can be fully charged in 3 hours or even close to that. I suppose it's possible, but I haven't seen one. Over the long term, it's not good for batteries to partially charge them and then drain them down again on a regular basis, so doing that only means you'll be buying new batteries again sooner. It's also not good on cart batteries to regularly drain them too deeply before charging back up. Most of the carts and battery systems used in them were never designed for the distances and use here in TV. And contrary to the statement previously made, it's actually not that difficult at all to rig an electric cart to go faster. And, from a standing start, they are already much faster than gas carts leaving a lot less room for error if you hit the pedal in a dicey situation. All that said, I'm not bashing electric carts, just pointing out there are pros and cons to either option and it's always best to not just make up facts to support your particular view.

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I had an electric but switched to gas as I didn't want to worry about making it to and back from anywhere!

With TV getting bigger and bigger, to me the answer is getting a gas cart. IMHO

Had an electric cart until the day I had to push it the last 1/4 mile to make it home..Bought a gas cart and have yet to push it anywhere.

But for now many of us who have lived here for awhile will tell you that gas carts go farther and get you back too.

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Thank you all for your responses. I am so looking forward to moving to the Villages. I have difficulty with breathing and am concerned about the fumes from gas. Where I live now there are electric charging stations for cars. I have not owned either gas or electric golf carts but tried the gas golf cart on my preview visit. I could smell the fumes. With the expansion of the villages in years to come I am sure I will want to go to various locations and I am not sure about battery life and would feel more confident if I knew there were charging stations by the rec centers or shopping centers.

You will smell gas once in a while and probably all the time in tunnels. If this is a serious problem I would look for a smaller community. My guess is you can go about 40 miles on electric. Maybe you could drive for 2 hours. I would also look for an electric cart that had the charge on board so you just needed to plug into an electrical outlet.

You could always bring this...

Most electric carts you can carry the charger on the cart but still need to find somewhere to plug it in. But you risk the charger being stolen and you better be prepared to wait a while for enough juice to get very far.

The fuel injected gas carts are much better about not putting out excess fumes. Mine is FI and I never experience that gas smell that I have had with non FI carts.

Another option may be the tiny electric cars that some have around here that are more purpose built for road travel. I am sure they are more expensive though.

:ohdear: Whose electricity would you be (borrowing)stealing?

Those that love gas will always talk about advantages of gas, those of us that love electric will do the same. Kind of agree with CW on the onboard charger. We have one of each and have never had a range issue but if you don't plug it in.....

Carts
 

[QUOTE=VillageIdiots;1590637]All of the gas carts running around here are surely a better alternative to the cars that would be used if carts weren't allowed, so tree-huggers should be happy about that. I've never seen a cart that can be fully charged in 3 hours or even close to that. I suppose

As I said earlier, we can go to Brownwood, then to Spanish, then to Pimlico and home. We do a lot of volunteer work. I did not say we need to totally charge it. The above trip puts the meter (usage or available) at 1/2 that is One-half. I bought a good quality Charger, it takes 3 or less than 3 hours to charge. The charger that comes with it was not good. Seco says the rate will be 75c to 85c per hour. There are many solid reasons that people have problems with electric carts, many basic items and it is not my intent or my job to try to educate them on what is going wrong. After 25 years in Engineering, Electro/Mechanical design work, I know better than to try to convince some people on the basics. Sorry, I do not mean to be bragging. Have fun.

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where did you buy your electric cart? The Villages store tried very hard to get us to buy gas...we want electric.

Golf Carts
 

Hi, Ocala has the AGC carts. Ours is a dream. And, there is no way I would have a gas cart. Have had the AGC electric, and it is perfect 2.5 years. You will hear of people with the fear of running out of juice, electric? No problem, they just need to learn how to take care of an electric JEWEL. Easy to do but not for me to try to educate the world.
Have fun and enjoy breathing :bigbow:

Golf Carts
 

One more ?

Surely, you do not believe a place with a gas pump would want to have you go electric on a cart ??? Come on now.

But, go electric and enjoy the ride.
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I am tired of hearing about fumes and the environment. It all boils down to being practical and safe and realistic.

We had one electric golf cart and one gas golf cart. We now have two gas carts. We all get a little older and a little wiser and a little more disinclined to be stranded.

If a man or a woman lives long enough he or she will trade their electric golf cart for a gas powered one. Even the most idealistic villager.

Now why would you say that? You usually don't try and pass your bias on others.

I think Graciegirl passed on her bias because of observation over time and because she is correct. We have a husband-wife team who own two electric carts. They have been telling all who will listen that they never have to bother to buy gas Blah, Blah, Blah. Guess what? Both carts need batteries at the same time. Ouch! I feel bad for them, nice people that never really thought about this coming. They are going to fix one and let go of the tree and buy one gas cart for long trips. I wished them luck and take no joy in their financial pain!

Thank you for your pointing it out. You are right.

I think maybe because I am grumpy today and my frozen shoulder hurts and it would not like for me to be stranded. I will try to be softer and kinder and more open minded. Today I want to be sure I get to the physical therapist and back.

Well Nucky, my wife and I both have electric carts, and we both bought them around the same time. Our due diligence showed, very obviously, that we would need to replace the batteries every 3 years. Since both carts can go 50 miles on a charge, it drops to about 30 at three years we have never had the "range fear" most gas owners have. The quiet, no gas, no oil, no engine maintenance were important to us, it's not important to everyone. The fact that your friends made a judgement mistake by not doing their due diligence in depth and maybe made an emotional buy doesn't change the fact the electric carts have a place here.