EZ-GO

EZ-GO golf cart

EZ-GO was an American manufacturer of golf carts , small multi-purpose vehicles and commercial vehicles for works traffic and is now a Textron brand . The company was founded in Augusta (Georgia) in 1954 by the brothers Bill and Beverly Dolan and was taken over by Textron in 1961 and continued as a brand. Other vehicle brands of the Textron Corporation are Cushman and TUG in the logistics sector , especially for company traffic, and Bad Boys Buggies for leisure vehicles.

Golf carts

EZ-GO golf cart as a luggage carrier on Fuerteventura

Until 1973, EZ-GO was limited to the golf cart sector, in which it claims to be a leader today.

The best-known series that EZ-GO has built so far is called TXT . The latest generation of golf cars is called RXV . Most of the EZ-GO vehicles are delivered with an electric motor , but they are also available with combustion engines. With the EZ-GO MPT and EZ-GO ST series , work vehicles are also available, which have a petrol or electric motor, high ground clearance and z. T. all-terrain tires are equipped so that they can be used, among other things, in the field of landscape maintenance. The golf carts are also sometimes used in extensive hotel complexes.

Vehicles for logistics and works traffic

EZ-GO XI-875 at London Zoo

EZ-GO built a wide range of vehicles for professional use in the logistics sector in the 1990s. The models XI-300 Electric, XI-500 Electric, XI-775 Electric, XI-875 Electric and XI-875P Electric were electrically driven (with motors from 1.5 to 6.5 bhp and 24 or 36 V voltage). The engine of the larger XI-881 Electric is unknown.

The GXI 804 series used a two - cylinder four-stroke engine with 295 cm³ and 8.5 bhp output. The larger GXI-1500 and the PC-4 petrol engine were powered by an Onan two-cylinder four-stroke boxer engine with 20 bhp output.

The PC-4, PC-952, PC-954, PC-955, PC-956, and PC-957 passenger carriers for four to eleven passengers received 6.5 bhp electric motors; for the PC-952, PC-954 and PC-956, the 295 cm³ single cylinder with 8.5 bhp output was optionally available.

The largest vehicle from EZ-GO was the XI-881 with a payload of 3 tn . All vehicles were direct drive .

It appears that these vehicles are now being sold under the Cushman and TUG brand names.

EZ-GO in Germany

EZ-GO pick-up in Herzogenriedpark

The general importer for Germany, Austria and Switzerland for EZ-GO is Golf Tech Maschinenvertriebs GmbH in Münster. Golf Tech is also an importer for the Textron brands Ransomes and Jacobsen (large area lawnmowers for municipal and golf use). EZ-GO has the largest sales and service network in the industry and has more dealer locations and independent distributors than any other manufacturer.

Sponsorship

In 2008 EZ-GO appeared as the title sponsor for the EZ-GO 200 NASCAR race. In 2009 EZ-GO received the Shingo Prize for Operational Excellence .

Trivia

• Pronounced English, the name sounds like easy go , which means something like "easy to drive".
• Around 1909 one of the very first go-carts was named EZ-GO. There is no known reference to this vehicle in Beloit and Monroe ( Wisconsin was made) by Frederick Kaplan and Abraham and A. Knells.

literature

• Albert Mroz: Illustrated Encyclopedia of American Trucks and Commercial Vehicles ; Krause Publications, Iola WI (1996); ISBN 0-87341-368-7 ; ISBN 978-0-87341-368-8
• Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter EZ-GO.
• Beverly Rae Kimes (Editor), Henry Austin Clark Jr.: Standard Catalog of American Cars 1805–1942. 3. Edition. Krause Publications, Iola WI (1996), ISBN 978-0-87341-428-9 ISBN 0-87341-428-4

Web links

Commons : EZ-GO Vehicles  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• http://www.ezgo.com/

• Website of the general importer Golf Tech Maschinenvertriebs GmbH

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b c} Textron Specialized Vehicles Inc .: About EZ-GO. Retrieved March 17, 2019 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter EZ-GO.
3. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g} Mroz: Ill. Encyclopedia of American Trucks and Commercial Vehicles (1996), p. 125
4. ↑ Bad Boy Off Road . ( ezgo.com [accessed July 23, 2018]).
5. ↑ Our People ( Memento of February 28, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
6. ↑ EZ-GO Named Title Sponsor for NASCAR Craftsman Truck Race at AMS ( Memento from December 28, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
7. ↑ EZ-GO Awarded The Shingo Prize for Operational Excellence. ( Memento from September 4, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
8. ^ Kimes / Cark: Standard Catalog of American Cars 1805-1942 (1996), p. 554