Originally Posted by Lottoguy

With the high price of a gallon of gas will electric carts now be more attractive to a new buyer? My guess is yes they will.

Do your homework, there are many downsides to an electric vehicle:
short range
long charging times
trip planning problems
good for urban, but not long distance
LI batteries aren't recyclable
expensive
repair is difficult
battery pack underneath your car adds a lot of extra weight to your car
have fun in those frigid temperatures: loss of battery power
top speeds are low
50% less highway range driving
most likely won't fulfill all your transportation needs

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Originally Posted by Lottoguy

With the high price of a gallon of gas will electric carts now be more attractive to a new buyer? My guess is yes they will.

Gas carts aren’t near the hassle electric carts are and can go much further with neglect. I’m sticking with gas, besides my 5 gallon tank only costs an extra 2 and a half bucks to fill at the latest prices.

[joelfmi]

Originally Posted by Lottoguy

With the high price of a gallon of gas will electric carts now be more attractive to a new buyer? My guess is yes they will.

They are the worst cars for long distant travel. Do your transparent Homework and you find out why.

[tophcfa]

Originally Posted by Bella6368

Do your homework, there are many downsides to an electric vehicle:
short range
long charging times
trip planning problems
good for urban, but not long distance
LI batteries aren't recyclable
expensive
repair is difficult
battery pack underneath your car adds a lot of extra weight to your car
have fun in those frigid temperatures: loss of battery power
top speeds are low
50% less highway range driving
most likely won't fulfill all your transportation needs

Don’t forget the mess the EV’s caused on I95 in Virginia last January during the winter storm. Turns out you can’t heat those things when stranded in the cold without quickly discharging the batteries. When the storm cleared, the gas cars were stuck because they couldn’t get around all the dead EV’s.

[golfnut]

I log the mileage and number of gallons every time I fill up, I just checked my last 5 fill ups and they averaged 45 mpg. I've never heard of a cart getting 20 mpg, sounds like your cart has a problem. I have a Yamaha EFI, you should probably get one.

Originally Posted by Dr Winston O Boogie jr

Gas cart mileage is closer to 20 mpg. Most people are surprised that it's not a lot more.

[blueash]

Originally Posted by lkagele

The reality is the US has more oil reserves than any other country in the world. We could have low fuel prices for over 300 years if we wanted to. Unfortunately, the 'greenies' have too much influence and are pushing technologies that really aren't yet ready for widespread use. Plus, 'green technology' is anything but green. Buy electric if you want but don't force it on the general public.

You can like gas, you can like electric.

But whichever you like, you should not make up false statistics. The US absolutely does not have more oil reserves than any other country in the world. Not even close. We are tenth according to our own department of energy. We are behind : Venezuela, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Canada, Iraq, Kuwait, UAE, Russia, and Libya. Take a look at the link to how many years of oil reserves we have. It isn't 300 years.

Take a good look at that list of countries with lots of oil and tell me how many of them are our allies? I count one.
The countries below us on the list are not filled with friendlies either. It is time, past time for Western democracies to very seriously move beyond an oil based economy or we will find ourselves hostage to those countries with oil, as Western Europe is now with Putin.

[blueash]

Originally Posted by Bella6368

LI batteries aren't recyclable

Tesla recycles 100% of its batteries. There are now commercial companies that recycle non-Tesla batteries. Your statement is no longer accurate.

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[blueash]

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What is it about people who don't understand the rules of the website? Enjoy your vacation.

[tophcfa]

Originally Posted by golfnut

I log the mileage and number of gallons every time I fill up, I just checked my last 5 fill ups and they averaged 45 mpg. I've never heard of a cart getting 20 mpg, sounds like your cart has a problem. I have a Yamaha EFI, you should probably get one.

Our 2014 Yamaha EFI gets roughly 45 MPG also. Our other cart, a 2015 Club Car has a Subaru engine made by Fuji Heavy Industries and that gets roughly 35 MPG. The gas Yamaha Carts are the best, hands down!

[OhioBuckeye]

Sorry I disagree with you. Gas carts have a 5 gal. tank , at 20 miles per gal. you could only go 100 miles on a tank. The new carts say & I did get easily 230 to 240 miles per tank & I never ever put more than 4 to 4.5 gal. in my cart. My last cart was a 2018, & if you want to argue my point that’s OK but I still disagree with you!

[OhioBuckeye]

I totally agree with you. That’s about 230 to 240 miles per tank!

[OhioBuckeye]

AllI can say is, then someone was sneaking gas in my cart. Sounds like you’re speculating unless you have a newer gas cart! Say what you want but your 20-25 mpg would only get you 125 miles per tank. The best way you could prove it is to post a comment asking who has a newer cart & only get 20-25 mpg or do you get 40-45 mpg.

[retiredguy123]

Originally Posted by OhioBuckeye

AllI can say is, then someone was sneaking gas in my cart. Sounds like you’re speculating unless you have a newer gas cart! Say what you want but your 20-25 mpg would only get you 125 miles per tank. The best way you could prove it is to post a comment asking who has a newer cart & only get 20-25 mpg or do you get 40-45 mpg.

I don't even own a golf cart, but wouldn't it make a difference in the type of driving you do? For example, driving on a golf course as compared to a paved road to the shopping center. Also, you will get a different mileage at different speeds.

[JMintzer]

Originally Posted by blueash

Tesla recycles 100% of its batteries. There are now commercial companies that recycle non-Tesla batteries. Your statement is no longer accurate.

Neither is your comment...

Yes, Tesla sends out 100% of their batteries to a recycling plant. But they do not recycle 100% of each battery...

When Tesla Says It Recycles 100% of Its Batteries, What Does That Mean?