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Golf carts have unique demands of electrical power - First they must be rugged - (not all carts stay on the path), Second they must be able to deliver 200 amps (at 48 volts) for at least 5 minutes. Lastly, they must be rechargeable in 8 hours or less and stand up to at least 400 discharges (a years usage). All this dictates the batteries construction plate thickness, separation and depth of individual cell. There are several GC sizes and voltages with the GC-2 being the old standard. That said not all deep cycle batteries as suitable for a golf cart. Textron (E-Z-GO) says the have about 80,000 golf carts at 1,350 golf courses. 6 or 8 batteries per cart is 480,000 to 640,000 per year. Here at my retirement village, the electric golf cart is the primary transportation for those of us in independent living. There are 242 houses and nearly every house has a golf cart, from the lowly TXT to the Express Elite. One of my neighbors has a 2019 E-Z-GO Express S4 Elite with fiber glass enclosure with sliding doors, leather seats, turn signals, horn, surround sound digital FM and Sirius-xm, windshield wiper, electric heat and a huge under dash squirrel cage fan. Of course there are an assortment of Club-Car and Yamaha carts.