I grew up in a small town built around two golf courses. It was a very conservative area, but the electric vehical rate was also very high because about half of

I grew up in a small town built around two golf courses. It was a very conservative area, but the electric vehical rate was also very high because about half of the people there had golf carts and many of them were electric. People drove them everywhere and would often send their not-quite-16-year-old kids off in them. Many homes were designed with a 3rd small garage door specifically for golf carts. The local state rep even got a bill passed to change the law so it was legal for them to cross the highway at a stop light, which was reasonable as horses and buggies were permitted to do so. You probably only got 20ish miles out of a good charge, but that's more than enough when the farthest part of the community is barely 2 miles away. Point being, no one sold this community on golf carts because they were electric and efficient. People loved them because they were affordable, simple, and practical.