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Electrical Neighborhood Vehicles: Slowing Us Down Or Matching Our Needs?
Critics of small electrical vehicles such as street legal golf carts seem to have the carts' alleged shortcomings as their sole focus rather than the needs of consumers.
GREVE, TX, September 10, 2011 /Automotive PR News/ -- Getting consumers to fully embrace the electrical vehicle as a viable alternative to gasoline driven vehicles has proven to be an uphill battle. This is especially so when it comes to street legal golf carts such as LSVs (low speed vehicles) that have been charged with criticisms on speed and safety.
This is a valid argument when comparing a battery-driven LSV; most often a golf cart that has been made street legal by adding safety features such as side mirrors and seat belts, to a big gasoline-driven vehicle designed for hour-long road trips.
"We hear the same arguments over and over again, but our product was never made for the highway. It was made for short distance transportation in an urban area", says Henrik Hansen, President of Garia Inc., a European manufacturer of luxury street legal golf carts.
A recent project* aimed at demonstrating how electrical vehicles can be used to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, air pollution, and gasoline consumption in selected suburbs in California shows that trip destinations of the participating households were mostly within 3 radial miles of home, a distance that can easily be accomplished by a LSV or another electrical vehicle.
This is as good news for advocates of electrical vehicles as it is for consumers. It shows that consumers' current driving needs matches the capability of a LSV, for example, and that consumers can cut down their gasoline budget and CO2 rate without compromising on their daily needs.
Some critics have pointed out that the rather slow speed of the LSVs (allowed to drive on public roads with a max speed of 35 mph or less) make them less safe in the traffic than traditional cars.
However, with the lower speed also comes a lower risk for the surroundings - pedestrians or cyclists - and many cities have now implemented designated lanes for LSVs.
In Surfside Beach, South Carolina, where "the golf cart is the national vehicle", Mike Frederick, chief of Surfside Police says that "Unlike large vehicle accidents involving SUVs and motorcycles, the S.C. Highway Patrol doesn't see many accidents involving golf carts"**.
Although safety concerns should always be taken seriously, a sensible driving style applies in all kinds of vehicles.
And what the LSVs do particularly well is meet consumers' needs and offer a form of personal transportation that suits the green lifestyle of the future. This is guaranteed to be the key to their success.
"The Garia LSV is a luxury and quality alternative to the traditional LSV. The increasing popularity of the LSV will produce a natural need for a product that stands out from the rest and has the quality of other luxury products", says Mr. Hansen.
To find out more about Garia, please visit www.garia.com
Garia Press Contact: press@garia.com
*Source: "Neighborhood Electric Vehicles in Mature Suburbs", Demonstration and Preliminary Evaluation, South Bay Cities Council of Governments, July 2011, www.southbaycities.org
**According to The Sun News: "Golf Cart Safety Not a Worry in Myrtle Beach Area", July 2nd 2011, www.thesunnews.com
Conceived in 2005, the vision of Garia was to produce, without compromise, the best golf car in the world. To achieve this goal Garia has teamed up with companies around the globe who are unsurpassed in their fields. The Garia is manufactured at the Valmet Automotive factory in Finland, where the Porsche Boxster and Porsche Cayman are built. Garia is a privately held company headquartered in Denmark, and with office in USA. For more information please contact press@garia.com
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