Electric Cars are for Girls

DECEMBER 25, 2010

Why would our golf cart batteries start bubbling after about one half hour of charging? Hi, Maynard! Probably because your charger is delivering too

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Electric Cars are for Girls

JUNE 29, 2011

I have a EZ-go golf cart that is powered by 6 six volt batteries. Sometimes I find that the batteriesWhen it not being used it's left on the charger.

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Electric Cars are for Girls

OCTOBER 30, 2010

How many rounds of 18 holes of golf before the golf cart batteries need recharging? Is is best to discharge the batteries deeply or recharge after every

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Electric Cars are for Girls

DECEMBER 13, 2010

We're considering the purchase of a used golf cart, primarily for getting around our gated community. Is there an advantage to a T-125, over the T-105

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Electric Cars are for Girls

DECEMBER 9, 2010

Will my golf cart operate normally with 4 8-volt golf cart batteries, vs the 6 6-volts? In other words, will 32 volts, instead of 36 run the motor ok

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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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Electric Cars are for Girls

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

I have a 22-foot RV with two 12V coach batteries. I've heard that two 6V golf cart batteries in series are better than two 12V marine batteries in parallel

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Electric Cars are for Girls

JANUARY 1, 2011

Can you interchange golf cart batteries with different amp hour ratings? 4 batteries are rated at 225ah, and the other 2 are rated at 200ah. I feel

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Electric Cars are for Girls

DECEMBER 9, 2010

My golf cart has a 48volt system requiring 6 eight volt batteries. existing US batteries are on last legs and shopping for new ones. Trojan and US Batteries

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Electric Cars are for Girls

DECEMBER 9, 2010

I bought 6 golf cart batteries (Napa Specialty) only 1 3/4 year ago, had a charger on them that switched off when charged and since sometimes we would

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Electric Cars are for Girls

JANUARY 11, 2011

If my charger boiled the water out while charging my golf cart batteries unknown to me and found out later, can I re-add distilled water and the batteries

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Electric Cars are for Girls

JANUARY 11, 2011

I plan on leaving my golf cart idle for 3 weeks. Do I have to disconnect each battery or just one, or none? Hi, Steve - For one month, you probably

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Electric Cars are for Girls

JULY 16, 2011

Which 6 volt golf cart battery is the best choice for electric car drivers? Here are the favorites

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Electric Cars are for Girls

JULY 9, 2010

I have some older 6 volt batteries that have been drawn down over time in storage. Is there a way to revive them? They charge, but only up to 5.5 volts

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Electric Cars are for Girls

OCTOBER 12, 2010

What would be the problem of me using regular car batteries in my golf cart? I just need to connect them in line to add to 36 volts. Am I missing something

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Electric Cars are for Girls

MAY 11, 2011

When purchasing new batteries, the company installed 6V batteries into our 8V golf cart. We noticed it instantly as it would not charge on our charger

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Electric Cars are for Girls

JUNE 26, 2009

What does it cost to charge up an average golf cart w/ 6 -12 v, overnight, after a normal 40-60 discharge. Just a ballpark

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Electric Cars are for Girls

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

I have a set of new batteries, however, they are 6 years old. I've never used them. Can they be restored? Hi, Harry! Maybe, but I think much depends

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Electric Cars are for Girls

JANUARY 11, 2011

What is proper way to disconnect old batteries and connect new batteries? how long should I let new batteries charge before using? My wife, grandkids

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Electric Cars are for Girls

OCTOBER 19, 2010

My Trojan T-105's were great until I found myself as far away from the house as I could get in my development. I used all available power to get back

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 11, 2017

We're long past the days when car enthusiast publications sneered at electric cars as underpowered golf carts. plug-in cars Battery Electric Vehicle (BEV) Tesla SuperchargerMuch of the credit for that goes to Tesla, the first all-electric carmaker, whose Model S won the hearts of 'buff-book' writers everywhere for its speed and shape. Now electric cars, including Teslas, have become enough of a part of the.

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Electric Cars are for Girls

DECEMBER 13, 2010

I have one Trojan Battery that only shows 5-6 Volts on a hand held meter. Can I just replace the weak battery withoutThe other 5 show 8.3 volts.

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Electric Cars are for Girls

JULY 8, 2010

Is it necessary to charge new batteries when installing? Hi, George - Battery University says that if your batteries are lead-acid, they come already

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Electric Cars are for Girls

JUNE 13, 2010

I was told I have to replace all 6 batteries @95.00 each; that's a LOT of money.is it necessary? The man said if I didn't, the old ones would just

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Electric Cars are for Girls

JULY 20, 2009

I purchased my used 2002 EZ-Go with new batteries three years ago with new (no visible name) batteries. The cart is used for

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Electric Cars are for Girls

JULY 9, 2009

I am a courtesy cart driver with a GatorMoto 9 person shuttle. I go from the hotel to parking lot across the street, anywhere from

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Electric Cars are for Girls

JULY 26, 2010

My charger was not working and my batteries got so low that they do not have enough charge in them to call for the charger to cut on and charge them

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 14, 2012

Public preconceptions of electric cars as wimpy fiberglass golf carts are starting to wane, ever so slowly. Shown above is the world's first all-electric monster truck, formally known as the Odyssey Battery Bigfoot No. Now, another plug-in electric vehicle is literally looking to crush those outdated images. 20 Monster Truck. Thus far, it's only

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Electric Cars are for Girls

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

Who is the manufacturer of the Pacer 6 volt electric golf cart battery? Hi, Joe - (Sorry if your name is Jerry and you're from New Brunswick, but

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Electric Cars are for Girls

JANUARY 11, 2011

Usually when I plug the charger into the golf cart battery pack there is momentary pause, then hum, then the charging needle moves left to right to about

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Electric Cars are for Girls

OCTOBER 14, 2010

What does the term cycle life mean when you're talking about electric car or golf cart batteries? It's the number of times a battery Hi, good question.

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Electric Cars are for Girls

FEBRUARY 25, 2009

Have you heard of SunGo's solar-powered battery charger for golf carts? Here are some of the benefits of SunGo's solar battery charging systems

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Electric Cars are for Girls

JANUARY 15, 2011

How come my car's 12 volt battery is kept fully charged, yet I am told not to charge golf cart battery every night? I am told that I should only charge

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Electric Cars are for Girls

NOVEMBER 22, 2009

In my reading here I've got the basics: Golf Cart deep cycle batteries, 3 phase AC Induction Motor. I'll try this myself, but would like to talk

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 26, 2011

The GEM and Whip belong to a class of golf cart-like vehicles that aren’t required to meet the same federal safety standards as passenger vehicles. The Volt and Leaf are classified as small cars, with their overall length, width, and passenger capacity in line with their peers; however, their hefty battery packs put their curb weights closer to midsize and larger cars.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 12, 2011

The NYPD already uses electric scooters and electric powered golf carts on boardwalks, in parks and some transit hubs. Electric (Battery) Fleets Plug-insMayor Bloomberg announces the addition of 70 new electric vehicles.

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Porsche 914 EV Conversion

JUNE 5, 2007

After much time on the phone with UPS Freight, the 8-volt golf cart batteries finally showed up today! Here is the pallet of batteries in the truck bay, minus the shrink wrap.

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Open Source Civic EV Kit

MAY 31, 2008

The original CivicWithACord design used 18 8-volt golf cart batteries. After some debate on the Google Group and dealing with clutch-link interference issues, I'm tending towards 12-volt group-31 AGM batteries for the initial design.

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Porsche 914 EV Conversion

FEBRUARY 18, 2007

I'm currently working on a battery equalizer for the 914 EV based on the whitepaper at the following link: [link] The above two schematics show the circuit that I'm experimenting with using 12V batteries.

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Porsche 914 EV Conversion

MAY 1, 2007

Since I'm still waiting on parts from ElectroAuto, I decided to take the plunge and do some extensive research on Lead-Acid battery technology. The 914 AC kit uses 8V golf cart batteries and I'm wondering if different batteries like Hawkers or Optima Yellow-Top batteries would be better. Both US-Battery and Trojan have 8-volt golf-cart batteries.

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