Pros of golf carts and neighborhood electric vehicles (NEVs) replacing all private cars within a city:

  • Only goes as fast as a bicycle, so isn’t a viable suburban commuter vehicle, meaning you’ll probably only take it to the nearest transit station
  • Only goes as fast as a bicycle, so isn’t likely to kill people
  • Excellent visibility, so less likely to run over children
  • Much smaller and lighter, so building parking garages for park-and-rides would be a lot cheaper and less objectionable than with our current style of cars
  • Electric
  • Smaller batteries than jumbo EVs
  • Compatible with dense, transit-oriented city development
  • Could be installed with mandatory speed limiters

Cons:

  • Less profit for GM and ExxonMobil
    • cmbabul@lemmy.worldEnglish
      7·
      10 months ago

      I knew a guy that grew up there, he wasn’t the sharpest tool in the shed and was kinda shocked that all the other folks we worked with (most of us from other parts of Georgia than Peachtree City) didn’t have golf carts growing up. Actually seems like a cool idea, although it only works if you can afford a golfcart

      • Cort@lemmy.worldEnglish
        15·
        10 months ago

        Tbf, the current system only works if you can afford a car which is typically more expensive than a golf cart

        • cmbabul@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3·
          10 months ago

          True, but all these people also have both, often multiple of both, it’s a pretty well off part of metro Atlanta