Electric Side by Side's

[Thread Savage]

Wondering if anyone has taken the plunge on electric UTV's yet.
The Polaris Kinetic is "first to market" as far as I'm concerned, being that I'm not counting Chinese stuff or like 48V upgraded golf carts. But Polaris Kinetics are like $30K for the base model.

I have no info on if/when Kubota will release one, but I'd trust my $30K to them more than I would to Polaris.

 

[wytx]

How do those batteries hold up in extreme cold temps?

 

[MuleyFever]

For use on smaller ranches/farms and whitetail hunting they would be great but you could probably get an electric golf cart for less. For long trail rides, carry a generator I guess.

 

[BluMtn]

Just as a correction Can-am has had an electric SxS since 2013.

2013 can-am electric SxS - Search Videos

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[passinggas33]

We’ve had an electric Polaris Ranger on our ranch of about 7k acres for a few years. It is eerie how quiet it is. You truly only hear the tires on the trails. No other noise. As for the battery, when we put about 50-60 miles a day on it, it’s about dead by the time we get back. But that is up and down big hills all day. Nothing flat here. But overall we’ve really liked it. With that being said it’s a little older and on the original batteries. So no clue how the new ones would do.

 

[Weldor]

We had abunch of fools diving around in the Tractor supply offroad golf cart last Elk season. Would drive to or as close as they could get to a waterhole at prime time. They left after more than a few hunters visited their camp. They said " well the Elk can't hear it" . Gotta love the modern road hunters.

 

[Speaks]

Bad fit for my most common use cases

1. Heading into the back country and camping out of it - no access to charging
2. Long trail rides - Insufficient range without access to charging and even if there were dont want to sit for a few hours
3. Hunting use - would be at least concerned about colds impact on battery life
4. Chores around the cabin and rides into town - likely fine for this though certainly no more convenient than my gas model and likely not cheaper to operate

Some day I am sure they will be there, I used to swear I would never use a battery chain saw but own 3 of them now.