{"id":74653,"date":"2024-07-21T18:02:04","date_gmt":"2024-07-21T22:02:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=74653"},"modified":"2024-07-21T18:02:04","modified_gmt":"2024-07-21T22:02:04","slug":"e-quipment-highlight-club-car-urban-is-the-most-practical-electric-pickup-in-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=74653","title":{"rendered":"E-quipment Highlight: Club Car Urban is the most practical electric pickup in US"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Meet the Club Car UTV. A small, neighborhood-legal EV that its makers says combines the practicality of a pickup truck and the efficiency of a golf cart<\/a> to shuttle workers and supplies around the job site. It\u2019s so good, in fact, that it\u2019s making me ask: is this the most practical electric pickup you can buy<\/strong>?<\/p>\n

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Now that the Tesla Cybertruck has become the best-selling electric pickup in the US<\/a>, I think it\u2019s high time that we begin to ask ourselves what makes a truck a truck \u2026 because the slab-sided, low-poly, post-apocalyptic wedge thing ain\u2019t it for me.<\/p>\n

The Club Car Urban UTV, on the other hand? It\u2019s available with a 6.9 ft. pickup bed and offers a standard 2,204 lb. payload capacity. That\u2019s nearly 400 lbs. more than the Ford Ranger mid-size and about the same as Chevy\u2019s full-size Silverado 1500. It\u2019s plenty of truck, in other words \u2013 more than enough to get tools, parts, plants, sod, or whatever else you need across a campus or industrial park.<\/p>\n

And the Club Car Urban UTV move those 2,204 lbs. job much more efficiently than a conventional full-size truck.<\/p>\n

\u201cToday, most campus operations teams use pickup trucks to address their facility management needs,\u201d said Jeff Tyminski, Vice President of Product Management at Club Car.\u00a0 \u201c(The pickup) is the wrong tool for many jobs.\u00a0 A blended fleet of traditional pickup trucks and electric utility vehicles would improve operational productivity while lowering ownership costs and reducing greenhouse gas emissions.\u201d<\/p>\n

Club Car says the many benefits of its Urban UTV include lower purchase and operating costs. Like the truck body, the box van version<\/a> of the Club Car Urban UTV offers levels of payload and carrying capacity comparable to \u201cconventional\u201d fleet options.<\/p>\n

The Club Car Urban packs a 12.2 kWh lithium-ion battery and offers up to 62 miles (100 km) of range. In XR trim, the Club Car can hit speeds up to 19 mph (30 km\/h), while the LSV tops out at 25 mph (40 km\/h).<\/p>\n

\u201cOur industrial and commercial customer\u2019s looking for safe, on-road transportation that is street-legal, 100% electric and low-cost,\u201d says Club Car President Mark Wagner. \u201csolution\u201d(They) will find the Urban to be the ideal fit.\u201d<\/p>\n

Electrek\u2019s Take<\/h2>\n
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The new Urban platform expands Club Car\u2019s EV portfolio; via Club Car.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Every fleet manager eventually asks whether they need a bed, or payload. When they ask that question, they\u2019re usually trying to decide between something like a Ford Maverick and an F-150 \u2013\u00a0but with a Club Car Urban UTV, you get the bed and<\/em> the payload capacity \u2026 and you get it for $20-30,000 less<\/em> than a conventional half-ton truck.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s almost as if no one actually needs a big truck at all<\/a>, isn\u2019t it?<\/p>\n

Instead of something practical, though,\u00a0Ford\u2019s gonna give us more low-tech, high-profit three-quarter ton full-size pickup trucks and rake in the cash<\/a>. Let us know what you think of that<\/em> fun fact in the comments.<\/p>\n

SOURCES | IMAGES<\/strong>: Club Car<\/a>, Equipment World<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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