Why Street Legal Golf Carts Are So Popular

Electric vehicles that were once limited to cart paths at golf courses are now being used as an economical mode of transportation in many environmentally conscious communities around the country.

Affordable, Versatile, and Fun…

“As a likely carry over from their use at resorts and amusement parks, street legal golf carts have taken to the open road,” says Brett Jackrel at Moto Electric Vehicles. “In golf course communities, town centers, schools, corporate campuses, and retirement areas, electric carts are more practical to drive on low-speed streets and private roadways.” In addition to being better for the environment, the benefits of golf carts also has additional appeal for daily commutes, such as:

• More Affordable – Even a fully-loaded lifted golf cart will cost much less than one of today’s automobiles. Moreover, due to their size and weight, a street legal electric golf cart offer cost-effective technologies like lithium ion batteries that have made today’s carts almost maintenance free. Owners can rest assured that they will pay less for repairs than they do to maintain a traditional, gasoline-powered vehicle.
• More Versatile – Whether you are driving your electric cart around a golf cart community or using it to shuttle guests around a facility, there are lots of places a street legal golf cart can go that does not allow conventional motor vehicles. Plus, most neighborhood electric vehicles (NEVs) are still a useful means of transportation when you do decide to play a round at the course. If you are visiting a beach, lake, or mountain hot spot, a street legal golf cart rental can add versatility to your trip.
• More Fun – Saving the best for last, electric golf carts are simply a more fun mode of transportation than traditional gasoline-powered vehicles. When traditional forms of traffic are backed up and creeping along at a snail’s pace, there lots of places where dedicated cart paths allow you to cruise around the entire community in a virtually-silent mode of transportation. In fact, the rising number of street legal golf carts being purchased today has a bunch to do with more drivers (and passengers) having more fun. With so many benefits of golf carts, it is no wonder why so many people are taking their street legal cart out for a ride and not just around the golf course.

In addition to the exhilarating feeling of driving a street legal golf cart in a slow speed environment, people say they enjoy the view and feel more in touch with nature. Moreover, a more nimble vehicle makes it easier to make tight turns and much easier to park in crowded community centers.

Beware of Pop-Up Cart Dealers

“Dealers for lifted street legal golf carts are popping up on every street corner in Florida,” warns Brett Jackrel. “Unfortunately, this is not necessarily a good thing. Where it is great that first-time buyers are seeing these appealing lifted golf carts on display, pop-up dealerships are all the more reason for you to do your due diligence rather than fall into a consumer trap as an impulse buyer.”

To ensure you are making a good investment and end up with the safest electric vehicle for your family’s use both on the street and off road, speak with someone at Moto Electric Vehicles. Our on-site staff has years of experience in modifying electric golf carts as well as safely lifting carts for personal and commercial applications.