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If you want to test the range, why would you charge halfway through.

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Originally Posted by Garywt (Post 2179519)

I have done over 100 miles a couple times. Lots of fun and it is all about the miles.

Wow.....if you average 20 mph that's at least 5 hours.....you da man :)

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Originally Posted by Tyrone Shoelaces (Post 2179010)

I have a lithium cart I would like to test the range envelop on.
I think it would make a 40 mile trip easy.
But to ease my worried mind I would like to plug it in for an hour or two mid trip.
All I really need would be a 110v outlet that my 50' cord could reach.
If someone knows of one available...

Thank You

Endless debate about electric vs gas. Reality, lithium batteries have a flat voltage curve the reason why unlike lead acid cells where the voltage drops, it is hard to measure accurately the remaining power.

Not poking fun but concerned about topping off your battery, you could carry a gasoline generator. That 40 mile claimed range is likely one thin person. Tires pumped hard and not into the wind or with the lights on. Oh and I will bet if you check temperature will effect it.

Map out a five mile route that starts and ends at your home and drive it eight times. However, I have a new lithium cart and made it 61 miles without it going into the reduced speed mode.

FYI, I have a 2021 Ez-Go lithium cart and live next to Brownwood. I regularly drive it to Lopez to play golf with two large men, play eighteen holes, and drive back home with no problem. I’ve logged 61 miles before it goes into the derates mode, half speed. Great cart and really surprised by the range and performance.

Just say no. Plugging in at any District property would be a theft without the approval of the District. If you want to be an explorer make friends with somebody down south first.

I hope the OP would not put gas in their electric cart!!

If you ever get stuck you can power up from my driveway in St Cats. Just PM me. Mike

Very short sighted of the villages not to put in pay on demand plugs for golf carts, especially in the new sections below 44 when infrastructure was being built. I probably do not use my cart the way most people do. Driving 20 mph for 60 miles does nothing for me. Get in the car. I doubt that anyone is getting 250 miles to the gallon in a golf cart, or anything else for that matter.

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Originally Posted by mrf0151 (Post 2179379)

Even with our gas carts that get 250 miles on a tank of gas, after driving in it all day going here and there, we have not put over 25 miles. It would be extremely rare that you would ever get to the end of range in a day unless you were really trying to. The only exception would be at batteries end of life.

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Originally Posted by merrymini (Post 2179684)

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Originally Posted by merrymini (Post 2179684)

Very short sighted of the villages not to put in pay on demand plugs for golf carts, especially in the new sections below 44 when infrastructure was being built. I probably do not use my cart the way most people do. Driving 20 mph for 60 miles does nothing for me. Get in the car. I doubt that anyone is getting 250 miles to the gallon in a golf cart, or anything else for that matter.

Is it equally short sighted to have not put in gas pumps at the Rec Centers??

A gas cart owner can drive to a gas station when their fuel gets low. If they push their luck and run out during a trip they can call one of the cart aid services.

An electric cart owner can plug their vehicle in at home to ensure they have enough fuel for the trip they are about to make. If they push their luck and run out during a trip they can call one of the cart aid services.

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Originally Posted by merrymini (Post 2179684)

He meant 250 (actually, he said 240) miles "on a tank of gas"...

Was that really that hard to decipher?

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Originally Posted by Vermilion Villager (Post 2179403)

Are you trying to test it to the limit when it completely runs out of charge? If you do that you're going to have to have it plugged in for at least six hours. With that said I have a lithium battery golf cart and I know at 35 miles I am just went below 50% charge. Most of us are getting between 70 and 80 miles on a total charge.
If you go to the villages golf carts website on the top click videos. There are two videos where they do a test of the range of a lithium battery powered golf cart. The EZ go got 70 miles and the STAR got 80.2 miles.
There is no doubt this thread will be turned into a gas wOu
versus electric battle and ultimately the administrator will close the thread. So I might as well get my word in now. I love my electric golf cart. A lot of people talk about range with a gas powered golf cart. I can say every morning when I leave I have a full tank of "fuel". Maybe some to talk then about how much coal is used in the power plants that provide electricity. What they fail to do is talk about how much electricity goes into producing a gallon of gasoline? Those refineries have power substations dedicated just for them.
On the flipside my electric golf cart can use solar power to provide the electricity. All the solar panels in the world will not produce a gallon of gas.
I asked the salesman at the villages golf cart about the percentage of lithium powered golf carts that are being sold in the villages. He said over 40% of the sales are now lithium powered. He also said that of the 742 lithium powered golf carts they have sold in the villages not one of them has had to ever replace the battery. The battery is good for 4000 full charge cycles. That's 10.95 years if you drained it every single day. Since a full charge cycle represents about 70 miles of range… Before you need to replace the battery you would have driven that golf cart 280,000 miles in 10.95 years. So how many gas golf carts out there have over a quarter million miles on them?
Let the war begin!!!:posting::throwtomatoes::throwtomatoes:

Out of curiosity, is your home electric or gas?

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Originally Posted by MSGirl (Post 2179770)

Out of curiosity, is your home electric or gas?

Don't know what that has to do with this thread which is about golf carts, but I'm sure I'll find out......
South of the turnpike so I have both. Stove and water heater are gas...the rest electric. Plan on swapping out the gas stove for an induction cooktop this summer.:thumbup:

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Originally Posted by Chamo (Post 2179333)

You should have asked and taking a survey about what type of golf cart to buy. As the villagers get bigger you will not be able to travel an electric golf cart for a long distance. Gas was definitely the way to go.

Wrong, wrong and... oh ya, wrong