Originally Posted by John_W (Post 1910075)

If you like the idea of an electric cart, but like the street legal capability of the Gem, but how about adding A/C to the mix. You can take Kahuna's advice and look at the very similar Atomic Cars sold across from Brownwood for about $15,000. Here's the latest style.

Atomic Cool Kartz

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Also new to the market, another electric Chinese built street legal car is Crown, which has a dealership right in Wildwood behind Russel Stover Candy. They're also air conditioned like the Atomic and also in the $15,000 range new.

Crown Carts

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Gem Cars as most of us remember, looked like an Easter egg and were cute and you could buy a new one for $15,000 and find used one all the time for $8,000 to $10,000. They've gone up in price, and I'm not even sure if they have A/C. Here's a new one at Bill Bryan in Lady Lake for $23,000.

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Here's a used Gem car more like you might see running around in TV, this is a 2016 for sale in Sanford for $9,000. One disadvantage only 35 mile range on a charge. Here's a link to more used models for sale. Attention Required! | Cloudflare

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Street legal means you can drive on roads that have a speed limit of 35 and cross over roads with a speed limit of 45, in many cases that's not really safe mixing with cars, SUVs and trucks. Most roads in The Villages (TV) have multi-modal paths (MMP) along side or a golf cart lane, so you can take your regular golf cart just about anywhere without being street legal within TV. The street legal electric cars have some advantages, but the extras costs involved for street legal and the danger mixing with cars, makes an electric golf cart really the best all around vehicle on and off the golf course if you don't want a gas cart.

Right here in TV, at their Golf Cart stores at Spanish Springs (SS) Lake Sumter Landing (LSL) Colony and Brownwood, they sell EZ-GO Golf Carts. They are mostly electric. Batteries will last 4 to 5 years instead of 2 years like Gem. Batteries will cost about $700 instead of $1500 like Gem or Atomic, an electric golf cart is way better I believe for your needs.

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EZ-GO has come out with some nice styles, here's 2021 EZ-GO RXV cart in stock in TV Golf Cart store right now.

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Here's a 2021 EZ-GO slightly different style.

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You'll notice these will have extras that a basic golf cart sold elsewhere will not have, which is why you might see a base price of $9,000 elsewhere. They have the Sunbrella shades that can roll down and protect you against rain and wind. They have upgraded El Tigre Seats with armrests and seat belts, SS wheels, 10" size wheels, turn signals, big side rearview mirrors with turn signals, matching colored roof, floor mats, speedometers, sand bottles, a sweater basket in the rear, golf bag bracket, and so on. That's why a cart may have a list price of $13,000 to $15,000, this is what's called Village ready.

Originally Posted by Julieakw (Post 1909981)

We are moving to the Villages and are looking to purchase a new electric golf cart.
Have you heard anything about the Polaris Gem golf cart?

Thanks

Originally Posted by UpNorth (Post 1910110)

Lithium Ion batteries are the way to go. They don't require watering and won't lose their charge if you leave them unused during the summer months. And they are far lighter, too. I would expect the prices to come down over the years since they are "new" to golf carts right now. And I would also pick a cart with A/C motors over D/C. Not all carts with lithium ion batteries are A/C. Carts with D/C motors lose torque and speed going uphill.

Originally Posted by Kahuna32162 (Post 1910008)

If you're set on an electric cart, look at the new Atomic golf carts. You can even get them with heat and AC! Atomic Cool Kartz

Originally Posted by Julieakw (Post 1909981)

We are moving to the Villages and are looking to purchase a new electric golf cart.
Have you heard anything about the Polaris Gem golf cart?

Thanks

Originally Posted by FMF Doc

Originally Posted by Julieakw (Post 1909981)

We are moving to the Villages and are looking to purchase a new electric golf cart.
Have you heard anything about the Polaris Gem golf cart?

Thanks

Originally Posted by Julieakw (Post 1909981)

We are moving to the Villages and are looking to purchase a new electric golf cart.
Have you heard anything about the Polaris Gem golf cart?

Thanks

Originally Posted by mcwood4d (Post 1910368)

The GEM are still what I'd consider a new product. Personally, I'd stay away and go with something more conventional (established) like the RXV. Pick the lithium batteries and AC motors.