Engineer Ditches F-150, Rigs Up Street-Legal Golf Cart

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John Auld is one of those who’s taking extreme measures to cut back on gas. He’s fitted a used golf cart with all the bells and whistles necessary to make it street legal, including lights, signals, wipers, and seatbelts. With a top speed of 25 mph, the cart is legal to operate in any 35-or-under zone, and is great for around-town errands and even family outings. It’s got a range of 30 miles and costs only 50 cents to recarge—not bad, when you think about powering those same 30 miles with $4 gas. What’s more, Auld will soon be collaborating with a golf-cart manufacturer to build made-to-order street-legal carts for the public. Check out the story at Detroit News.

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Comments

Fireball22
Jun 27, 2008 at 6:20 pm

Can’t wait to see one of these jacked up as a Donk…

anon
Jun 25, 2008 at 5:33 pm

holy crap. awesome idea…
I spotted , what I thought, was a cripple in a 3 wheeled electric “cart”, with a little trailer behind it, red flashing little lights to the impending dark (street lights make it obvious anyway). The driver wasn’t even a cripple! buzzing down the road in the handicaps buggy. Is the 1980s 40mpg scoob going to equal the 1978 caddy with a 500 cubic inch? oh. no.

7urtle
Jun 25, 2008 at 4:10 pm

haha sweet i want one

Highspeedhijinks
Jun 25, 2008 at 2:30 pm

Im just so confused, how can you take a golf cart and make it street legal and yet all these other car manufactures have to go through bumper tests and lighting regulations. Its kinda BS really
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What works for him will work for some, I’ll stick the my motorcycle

GTwildfire
Jun 25, 2008 at 4:42 am

Gotta do better than golf carts and electric “cars” that creep along at 25 MPH maximum.
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If the Tesla can do 125 and go hundreds of miles on a charge, why isn’t anyone stepping up to the plate with an EV that goes even half as fast and half as far?
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I hope somebody’s working on this, ’cause it can and really should be done. I’m getting really tired of reading about freaking toys where cars should be.

Captain Bacon
Jun 25, 2008 at 12:49 am

Hello, deep-dish wheels!

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