How One Resort Saved $97 000 by Switching to an All-Electric Golf Cart Fleet Before Peak Season

Meta description: Real numbers from Paradise Dunes Golf Resort: energy, labour, marketing and guest-satisfaction gains after electrifying 80 carts in 90 days.

Baseline (gas)
– 80 carts × 65 000 annual rounds = 42 000 L of fuel @ $1.45/L → $60 900
– Oil & filters $7 200
– Noise-complaint compensation (free rounds) $4 100
– Staff hours 1.2 FTE @ $58 k = $69 600

Post-conversion (electric golf cart)
– Electricity $0.11/kWh; 0.12 kWh/round → $858
– Zero engine maintenance, only tyres & brakes $2 400
– Guest NPS +17 points; upsell “premium quiet” package +$8/round on 18 % of rides → $93 600 extra revenue
– Utility rebate $14 800

Net first-year savings: $97 042. Payback on 80 lithium electric golf cart units: 14 months.