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. Its high torque and high efficiency extends range, battery life, and increases performance.
EV Adoption
JUNE 14, 2021
At the Plaid launch event Elon Musk said that the Plaid was “faster than any Porsche, safer than any Volvo.”. The fast acceleration capability of electric vehicles was a key component to reducing the “golf cart” image of EVs that existed before the Tesla Model S emerged in 2012.
Porsche 914 EV Conversion
MAY 1, 2007
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. With the AC system, I'll probably be pulling less amps and am looking forward to the extended range. Both US-Battery and Trojan have 8-volt golf-cart batteries.
Porsche 914 EV Conversion
MAY 13, 2007
On a more dangerous note, I ordered my 18 USBatt 8-v golf-cart batteries from American Battery company in California. The effective range of the car might only be ten miles, but that's not a problem when drag racing since we can recharge between runs and reduced weight is more important.
Porsche 914 EV Conversion
MAY 5, 2007
It's a pity that we have to remove this, but the size of the golf-cart batteries clearly interfere with the latch. Apparently, many hair dryers can run off of DC or AC voltage of a wide range which works well for a pack voltage of 144V (nominal). Here's the sawed off hood latch. The 914 uses pressure from the spare tire (??!!)
EV Adoption
NOVEMBER 19, 2022
I just received an email from Kia with the chart below touting their 2023 Kia EV6 GT , which has a quicker 0-60 time than various performance vehicles from Porsche, Lamborghini, Aston Martin, BMW, and Ferrari. It was needed to eliminate the view by many that EVs were simplify glorified golf carts. The public gets it now.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 22, 2009
"From what we have seen so far, [Chinese electric vehicle] technology is not that advanced" in terms of things like battery life, driving range and recharging, said Nick Reilly, head of GM Asia-Pacific operations, on Monday. and Korean golf cart maker CT&T Co. are expected to begin producing jointly this summer.
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