[Sherry8bal]

You should buy a gas golf cart instead. I love it when these companies make statements like "you can go 60 miles on a charge". Actually NO YOU CAN'T. You can only go 30 miles IF you want to get back home. 30 miles in The Villages any more is nothing.

Buy a gas golf cart and you can go anywhere!! They are cheaper to run in the long term because you don't have to keep replacing all those batteries!

[DAVES]

Originally Posted by Velvet

Have a battery station where you exchange the battery. You pay only for the charge in a fully charged battery. You swap out the batteries, a lithium battery is not that heavy. Like a vending machine for batteries. Swapping stations are already in practice in Taiwan for scooters (Yamaha).

I have a very old book. about 1910 or so, trying to sell people on the use of electric trucks for deliveries in cities. They had exactly that idea used in some of those ancient trucks. The batteries would be mounted on a removable rack. You would disconnect the rack and replace it with a charged one. So much old stuff is new again.

[Curtisbwp]

I had an electric cart for to years. Now i own a yamaha gas cart and i love it. Problem solved.

[Joe V.]

Originally Posted by DAVES

I have a very old book. about 1910 or so, trying to sell people on the use of electric trucks for deliveries in cities. They had exactly that idea used in some of those ancient trucks. The batteries would be mounted on a removable rack. You would disconnect the rack and replace it with a charged one. So much old stuff is new again.

And how long did that exercise in futility last? Not a whole lot of demand I suspect.

[stanley]

Originally Posted by DAVES

I have a very old book. about 1910 or so, trying to sell people on the use of electric trucks for deliveries in cities. They had exactly that idea used in some of those ancient trucks. The batteries would be mounted on a removable rack. You would disconnect the rack and replace it with a charged one. So much old stuff is new again.

Originally Posted by Joe V.

And how long did that exercise in futility last? Not a whole lot of demand I suspect.

Read "Internal Combustion" by Edwin Black

[stanley]

Originally Posted by merrymini

I will pay for my electric and you can pay for your gas, thank you.

You're welcome

[stebooo]

I think it's time people think through there purchase of gas vs electric. This is the problem with electric. It's not my or the developer to put in charging station. It's your responsibility to make sure you are charged up at HOME.

[Joe V.]

Originally Posted by stanley

Read "Internal Combustion" by Edwin Black

I actually tried, a year or so ago when trapped by the Covid panic. Way to much conspiracy theory for me. Suspected sourcing also.

[stanley]

Originally Posted by Joe V.

I actually tried, a year or so ago when trapped by the Covid panic. Way to much conspiracy theory for me. Suspected sourcing also.

Interesting nonetheless I think

[Bilyclub]

My totally unscientific perusing of posts on TOTV by electric cart owners shows they tend to be zealots intent on forcing their ways on the majority of cart owners who happen to have gas carts.

[mrf6969]

Originally Posted by cemlopez

With the tremendous growth of The Villages and the long distances from the different amenities, I think it is about time that electric charging stations be installed at strategic locations. (a good example is the softball fields at Everglades, if you live around CR466 or North of it, it is impossible to make the round trip with out running out of power).
Just something to think about.

On a full overnight charge with 6 or 8 batteries you can get a good 35-50 miles. Why worry?

[mrf6969]

Originally Posted by merrymini

The villages missed the boat not putting in chargers for electric carts. I keep my cart fully charged and can go any where with my batteries. The gas carts stink, no matter what anyone says. Just go through a tunnel and you can barely catch your breath for the fumes. They are terrible polluters too. There are no emission checks on golf carts unlike cars. I will pay for my electric and you can pay for your gas, thank you.

No, thank you! I will run my Yamaha Fuel Injected Quite Tech with piece of mind all over The Villages several times on ONE tank of gas, thank you....

[TNLAKEPANDA]

I sure hope that they will be pay fast charge stations... not free because nothing is actually FREE!

[wisbad1]

Originally Posted by Jima64

If you were to measure the amount of electricity to charge your cart it isn't that much. Of course the initial cost of stations would be but the Villages can afford this, you would think and hav a system to pay for charging. I would use this facility for the convenience.

You can pay for it when you use it, simple.

[wisbad1]

Originally Posted by DeanFL

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simple. The Federal Government - because with the "Infrastructure Bill" being discussed, why not include some $$$ for TV Electric Cart chargers?

President Joe Biden is prioritizing a national EV charging network under his $2 trillion infrastructure bill, promising to have at least 500,000 of the devices installed across the U.S. by 2030. Estimates are $50Billion.
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Hahah!