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Electric Cars are for Girls
JULY 4, 2011
Remember Peachtree City, Georgia , the land of a thousand golf carts ? Now Panasonic Automotive and AT&T are teaming up to test "connected car" technology, using that community as a model.
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CleanTechnica EVs
JULY 11, 2021
Lithium-ion batteries are becoming a popular option for electric golf carts.
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Green Car Reports
AUGUST 25, 2011
Electric car enthusiasts have struggled for years with "golf cart" jibes and only recently with cars like the 2011 Tesla Roadster and 2012 Nissan Leaf has the "ugly and slow" image started to disappear. In Florida, there's a different problem - people who believe their golf carts are actual cars.
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CleanTechnica EVs
APRIL 9, 2025
Having lived in Florida for most of my life, golf carts are part of the background. However, now, you can get lithium batteries for golf carts! continued] The post Take Your Golf Cart into the Future with Lithium Batteries appeared first on CleanTechnica. They are all over the place.
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Electrek
DECEMBER 11, 2021
There’s nothing quite like a golf cart to bring out the kid in every driver. For anyone who wants to bring the whole family, class or friend circle along though, this 12-seater stretch limousine golf cart will likely better fit the bill.
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Electrek
MARCH 30, 2025
Yamaha has announced plans to launch a pair of new five-seater electric golf carts featuring new lithium-ion batteries and vehicle control units developed in-house this June. The launch is scheduled to coincide with the companys 50 year anniversary in the golf car/golf cart business.
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Electrek
JANUARY 22, 2022
Having spent a year now writing this Awesomely Weird Alibaba Electric Vehicle of the Week column , I’ve had the opportunity to enjoy discovering all sorts of unique Chinese design themes. And this week’s bizarre little electric golf cart is a great example of just how awesome that design can be.
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Electric Cars are for Girls
AUGUST 1, 2012
What kind of electric car batteries are people actually using now, and why? Golf cart batteries, actually.even on the freeway!
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Electrek
OCTOBER 29, 2024
Who needs a golf cart when you’ve got a… golf bike? That’s the thought behind Fairway Bikes’ new three-wheeled electric bike designed for golfers, helping kick the lazy golf cart for a more interactive alternative.
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Electrek
JULY 28, 2024
The Kandi Mini is unlike any other golf cart in the world in two key ways. First, it’s less than half the price of your average golf cart. And second, it’s a lot more compact than your average golf cart.
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Electrek
FEBRUARY 26, 2024
Golf carts aren’t just for golfers anymore. In fact, they’re getting much more use away from the golfing green as an alternative to cars in neighborhoods all over the US. Now Kandi America’s new collapsible mini golf cart is trying to reframe the concept of low-impact urban transportation.
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Electrek
NOVEMBER 18, 2023
Golf carts are becoming much more popular these days , even off of the greens, for their use as alternative transportation. But would you be prepared to give up your four-wheeled golf cart for a much smaller (yet still four-wheeled) electric scooter? appeared first on Electrek.
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Electrek
FEBRUARY 17, 2024
Could this miniature version of a box truck built on a golf cart frame be the answer? There are precious few things that car drivers and cyclists can agree upon when it comes to cities, but one universal concept seems to be the hatred of massive box trucks clogging up streets and bike lanes.
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Electrek
NOVEMBER 21, 2022
Club Car is one of the country’s biggest golf cart makers, and now the brand has just unveiled a slick new line of high-end electric vehicles that are more like open-air electric cars. The post Club Car’s fancy new electric golf cart looks like a living room on wheels appeared first on Electrek.
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Electrek
AUGUST 7, 2023
Believe it or not, electric golf carts are becoming a popular choice as “second cars” for many American families. more… The post The surprising rise of electric golf carts as ‘second cars’ in the US appeared first on Electrek. So what’s behind this surge in popularity?
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Electric Cars Report
JANUARY 10, 2024
WiTricity is showcasing its solution for wireless charging on electric golf cars and neighborhood electric vehicles (NEVs) at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Electric Vehicles India
NOVEMBER 23, 2021
Kinetic Green & Tonino Lamborghini Spa JV unveil new electric golf cart range. The Kinetic Green said in a release that the Iso Divo golf carts will be available in two versions such as Strada and Golf which will be designed in Italy and manufactured in India. per cent of the total global market.
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CleanTechnica EVs
SEPTEMBER 4, 2023
As an alternative to a car for short trips -- say, 1 mile or less -- electric golf carts make practical as well as sound environmental sense.
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Green Car Congress
AUGUST 3, 2020
We’ll be producing a plug-and-play motor that can be manufactured at lower volumes without extensive commitment, and people will easily be able to use it for e-scooters, golf carts, e-bikes, autonomous robots or any other last-mile application. Pricing will be confirmed based on customer specific order quantities and features.
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Electrek
JULY 1, 2023
My regular readers will know that I’ve got quite a thing for golf carts. They’ll also know that I write a regular weekly column finding the coolest (and sometimes weirdest) electric vehicles in the massive online shopping catalog that is Alibaba. So when those things collide, well that’s what we call serendipity, folks!
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Electrek
JANUARY 12, 2022
Mitsubishi was one of the early pioneers of the modern EV era, launching the original iMiEV electric kei car on World Environment Day back in 2009. Meet Mitsubishi’s new electric kei, the K-EV Concept X Style. Meet Mitsubishi’s new electric kei, the K-EV Concept X Style.
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Green Car Congress
APRIL 24, 2020
WiTricity’s technology for wireless power transfer over distance was central to a next-generation electric mobility demonstration in Osaka, Japan, led by DAIHEN Corporation, a global leader in electric power transmission. DAIHEN recently launched a demonstration with Kansai Electric Power Co.
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Electrek
MAY 29, 2023
As American cars and trucks continue to bloat, growing longer and wider decade over decade while roads and parking spaces stay the same size, there may be hope glimmering on the horizon: tiny electric vehicles. more… The post Everything you need to know about electric micro-cars, NEVs, LSVs, & golf carts appeared first on Electrek.
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Electrek
NOVEMBER 1, 2024
This week on Electrek ’s Wheel-E podcast, we discuss the most popular news stories from the world of electric bikes and other nontraditional electric vehicles.
83 Green Car Reports
DECEMBER 14, 2012
Public preconceptions of electric cars as wimpy fiberglass golf carts are starting to wane, ever so slowly. Now, another plug-in electric vehicle is literally looking to crush those outdated images. Shown above is the world's first all-electric monster truck, formally known as the Odyssey Battery Bigfoot No.
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Electrek
MARCH 7, 2024
This week on Electrek ’s Wheel-E podcast, we discuss the most popular news stories from the world of electric bikes and other nontraditional electric vehicles.
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Green Car Congress
JULY 12, 2011
Mayor Bloomberg announces the addition of 70 new electric vehicles. New York City is adding 70 electric vehicles to its fleet: 50 new Chevrolet Volts, 10 fully electric Ford Transit Connect cargo vans, and 10 new fully electric Navistar E-star utility trucks. Chevy Volt and Navistar E-star are visible in the background.
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Electric Cars are for Girls
OCTOBER 13, 2011
Electric Low Speed Vehicles are becoming tremendously popular these days for a number of reasons. Here's how to make them go faster.
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Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 18, 2010
The target market for the OorjaPac is the materials handling industry, for use in electric forklifts, pallet trucks, and automated guided vehicles. The Hybrid Electric Vehicles developed in the program will serve as future test platforms for SymPowerco’s FEDMFC and for retrofit Hybrid Power Systems of varying designs. With a 4.5
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Green Car Congress
JANUARY 13, 2012
The rules explicitly exclude devices used to charge a motor vehicle that is powered by an electric motor drawing current from rechargeable storage batteries, fuel cells, or other portable sources of electrical current, and which may include a nonelectrical source of power designed to charge batteries and components.
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Green Car Congress
AUGUST 16, 2023
GEM has been producing low-speed electric vehicles for more than 25 years and has sold more than 65,000 of them. LSVs are more than a golf cart—they are street legal on most roads posted 35 mph or less. The 2024 line-up is based on a new electrical architecture.
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Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 25, 2009
ZMC) has decided to switch its business strategy from selling electric vehicles to distributing an electric drivetrain powered by EEStor, once the EEstor EESU units are available. ZENN Motor Company Inc. Earlier post.). Integration of the ZENNergy drive in OEM vehicles has always been our long term objective.At
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Electrek
JUNE 6, 2024
Kandi America , best known for its range of electric golf carts and eUTVs, has just unveiled three new electric go-karts designed for off-roading fun.
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Electrek
DECEMBER 6, 2022
The Squad solar electric city car is launching in the US, and it starts at $6,250. Is it just a golf cart or actually a new and useful product? The post Squad solar electric city car is coming to the US for $6,250 appeared first on Electrek.
134 Green Car Congress
JULY 19, 2010
Balqon Corporation, a developer and manufacturer of heavy-duty electric vehicles for Class 7 and Class 8 applications ( earlier post ), has entered into a Dealer Agreement with Mol Transport Solutions, a leading manufacturer of port and material handling equipment in Europe. Balwinder Samra, president and CEO of Balqon Corporation.
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Green Car Reports
FEBRUARY 12, 2019
According to scientists at Purdue University, the best way to charge electric car batteries may be to take them to a gas station, and have them serviced at an instant oil-change shop.
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Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 20, 2018
The Swiss battery system manufacturer ecovolta has developed a standardized Li-ion traction battery which can significantly reduce the time and expense needed to bring electric vehicles to the serial production stage. evoTractionBattery. 48 V DC / 200 Ah / 10 kWh, (L x W x H) 520 x 218 x 320 mm, (Weight) 50kg. Source: ecovolta).
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Electrek
MARCH 22, 2023
Electric microcars are a tricky to define subset of motor vehicles, especially in the US. Open-air neighborhood electric vehicles , fancy golf carts , and other small vehicles tend to blur the line, leaving microcars in that weird category of “I know it when I see it.”
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Electrek
JANUARY 4, 2025
I think youd wind up with something like the wacky-looking electric cart that has earned the dubious honor of being named this weeks Awesomely Weird Alibaba Electric Vehicle of the Week !
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Electrek
JULY 21, 2024
A small, neighborhood-legal EV that its makers says combines the practicality of a pickup truck and the efficiency of a golf cart to shuttle workers and supplies around the job site. It’s so good, in fact, that it’s making me ask: is this the most practical electric pickup you can buy ?
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Baua Electric
JUNE 14, 2024
Golf carts are no longer just for cruising the country club. Thanks to US golf cart maker E-Z-GO , which partnered with National Calendar Day to help establish National Golf Cart Day in celebration of the brand’s 70th anniversary, we can now all celebrate these pint-sized car replacements with their own holiday.
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