Attention Golfers: you are driving an electric vehicle! (the golf cart)

[txlibdem]

Albeit quite a bit simpler than a Nissan Leaf, Mitsubishi i, or Ford Focus EV but it is an electric vehicle.

Thoughts?

[wtmusic]

1. On the longer courses I get range anxiety

I mean, I might have to walk or something. :cry:

Suggestions?

[madokie]

2. My brothers electric golf cart will go 18 miles before it requires charging

Six Trojan 105 lead acid batteries

[txlibdem]

3. Are those the yellow top?

Those are Suh-weeet.

[madokie]

7. I believe the Trojan 105s is a purple battery

[txlibdem]

4. Don't drive the Hummer to go golfing, drive the Prius.

I think the range anxiety will go away because it's actually masked feelings of shame and a sense of shared responsibility for killing the planet. Don't worry, it'll pass as soon as you get an electric car.

[DetlefK]

5. Who takes a Hummer on the golf course???

But my Monstertruck sure would fit right into the landscape...

[txlibdem]

6. Hehe, sounds like something that might have happened from Caddy Shack (movie)

But, seriously, I meant driving TO the golf course. But then there's...

http://www.blockbustergolfcarts.com/hummergolfcars.aspx

[trof]

8. We use one for running around the neighborhood.

Sweet.

[Ready4Change]

9. Some golf carts are electric. Others burn gasoline.

The gasoline ones shut down when you stop, start up when you tap the gas.

I've long thought the roofs on the electric ones should be covered in PV cells. They spend much of the day roaming around out in the sun. They could supplement the charge they received over night, reduce range anxiety for their riders, and save electricity/money on the next recharge cycle.

[Terry in Austin]

10. These are the real EV's

The golf cart/NEV style of four-wheeler seems a lot more likely than the assumed "highway-safe" Toyota-with-batteries "electric car."