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GEM creates first mapping tool for low-speed roads

Green Car Congress

LSVs are more than a golf cart—they are street legal on most roads posted 35 mph or less. GEM vehicles often replace full-size cars, trucks, vans and non-street legal golf carts for applications ranging from neighborhood errands to urban shuttles and delivery to utility work.

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On National Golf Cart Day (seriously), here’s 10 ways they beat cars

Baua Electric

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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History of the GEM Car and a Look at Its Future

Clean Fleet Report

Instead, you can get by with a low-speed vehicle like a golf cart or bicycle. While they look like golf carts, GEM’s electric cars stand out among small vehicles. The batteries mean they have zero emissions and are better for the environment than gas-powered cars or golf carts.

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Ford announces Smart Mobility plan; 25 initial projects

Green Car Congress

To be clear, our priority at Ford is not in making marketing claims or being in a race for the first autonomous car on the road. Using Georgia Tech-owned golf carts to prove out the technology, a person sitting in a remote location can access real-time video streamed over LTE to drive the carts.

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EV-maker Eli launches its $11,900 electric micro ‘car’ in the US

Baua Electric

But the Eli ZERO has so far proven popular in the markets it has already launched in across Europe and Asia, with hundreds of models already on the streets (did I mention the ‘niche’ thing?). The funny thing here is that I can already tell you what the detractors are going to say: that it’s an overpriced, glorified golf cart.

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I went back to China to tour more e-bike factories and visit companies. Here’s what I saw

Baua Electric

Were used to seeing the companys export products, but theres an even more diverse lineup of domestic electric two-wheelers designed for the Chinese market. That bike, the street-legal NIU XQi3, was impressively powerful, and I had to be careful to keep the front wheel down when rolling off the line.

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Bans, Fees, Taxes. Can Anything Stop Overtourism?

Baua Electric

In Italy, tourists will be limited to 20,000 a day in Pompeii, and new legislation in Florence may prevent tourists from using golf carts to tool around. The measure, which some experts correlate to 2024s 7 percent increase in hotel rates over the previous year, has sent tourists to surrounding areas where the rentals are legal.

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