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So I've been logging my vehicle trips to plan for a new car. Turns out 90% of them are 2-4 mile hops on 20-35mph roads, and it also turns out there's a federal category of "low speed vehicle" or "neighborhood electric vehicle" that would cover most of my mileage, allowing me to buy an old pickup for the rest of it.
How silly is this? I'm really tempted to build one myself, because I could do it from an old golf cart frame and wire the battery/charger unit to provide backup power to my house...
My school club in grade school actually built our own electric carts for parades, so I've even got relevant experience lol.
Is this how most golf carts are registered?
Sounds like a good idea to me. Better than a bike for cargo, and maybe you’d dodge the stigma of a “DUI guy.” How’s the climate where you live? Is A/C optional?
Most golf carts don't have the little extras required (seat belts, mirrors, etc), but many of the more expensive "campus security vehicles" are road legal, like the ones Google uses.
Funny anecdote actually: my college made it very clear that the new gold-plated camp sec golf carts hit the dollar threshold for Grand Theft Auto if you, say, got shitfaced and stole one to do donuts on the baseball diamond.
They were the road-legal upgrade package so they could use the public side roads instead of being limited to campus paths.
As for climate, I'd want some zip-up canvas doors or something to keep the winter rain off, and probably need to build a garage + heated batt box for charging lithium batteries in cold weather.
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