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Gas clubcar dry wt 606 lbs - Electric clubcar dry wt 495 less batteries


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Originally Posted by champion
Gas clubcar dry wt 606 lbs - Electric clubcar dry wt 495 less batteries


The average golf cart battery weighs 63# X 6 = 378#, bringing the electric cart to more than 873 pounds......quite a bit of difference.


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I should have added that to the weight of the gas cart you have to add 7 gallons of gas. Approximately 6# per gallon or 42 pounds....still quite a difference.


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theres 6 bats in them things?

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Yup...6 X 6v = 36 V...or 6 X 8v = 48 V. Costs about BZ1,200.00 to replace batteries!

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Cost damn near $600 in the US, so it's about a push.


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oh,, i thought they were 12volt bats,,
guess i was wrong.

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Betcha most of the Placencia carts are gas.

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Originally Posted by champion
A good set of batteries will easily get through 2 rounds of golf. If you figure about 7000 yards for an average course then add for shoelacing and it easily gets to 16000 yards or 9 miles.
Also they do recover somewhat if they sit for a while.


That's a good point. They are usually only charged once a day, at night, and yes, 2 rounds a day is commonplace at our club. So they have a lot farther range than people may believe.

Bottom line, the difference in the air quality overwhelms these other considerations. Weight and battery disposal and relative cost are straw men arguments.

So, to get this back on track with a reality based discussion, would people's preferences for fast powerful gas carts preclude mandating electric ones for the sake of cleaning up the air of San Pedro?


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Nine miles isn't enough range in San Pedro anymore. Just ask the cart rental operators.

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