The Future of Personal Transportation Has Been Here for 70 Years

GREVE, DENMARK, October 04, 2010 (Press-News.org) As concern grows for the environment and our dependence on petroleum, new types of vehicles such as small electric vehicles and The Segway have courted consumers during the last decade with only mixed results.

Hailed as the new leader in personal transportation, The Segway was introduced to the market almost ten years ago and had what seemed to be a very promising future. So far, however, its success has not met the expectations, possibly due to fact that only one person can ride it and it offers only limited means of carrying luggage or other heavy loads.

In trying to copy regular cars, electric vehicles manufacturers have come up with solutions that offer ample storage room, but have other limitations: at a rather low speed of 25-35 mph people do not want to be boxed into a small confined space. Instead, they want to feel free and have a more socially interactive experience allowing the driver to feel much more a part of the environment.

What consumers want are small electric vehicles that are as convenient as possible for day-to-day use.

And that makes the future of personal transportation a vehicle that is well-known in today's market and that has been around for the last seven decades.

The golf cart.

In the 1940s, golf carts were originally built for golfers with disabilities. A golf cart built for use in a supermarket was soon modified into the first mass produced golf cart, becoming the first electric vehicles available to the general public. From then on development continued rapidly and a wide range of different golf carts such as the street-legal* NEV (Neighborhood Electric Vehicle) and LSV (Low Speed Vehicle) expanded the carts' utility in unanticipated ways.

The demand for street-legal golf carts in communities or other urban environments is larger than ever. And since these small electric vehicles are less costly to keep on the road and far less polluting than traditional vehicles there is all the more reason to believe that the demand will increase in years to come.

As the first manufacturer to bring a luxury version of the golf cart to market and challenge the current conventions in terms of design, usability and quality, Garia has introduced The Garia Golf Car and The Garia LSV, a street-legal version of The Garia Golf Car.

The Garia is built at the same factory as the Porsche Boxster and Cayman, features a drive train built by an Italian company that also produces Ducati gearboxes, and components made by the same companies that supply Aston Martin, Jaguar, and Volvo. With automotive features unseen in the golf cart industry The Garia has entered the automotive league and earned its right to be called a car as opposed to a cart.

For more information, please visit:
http://www.garia.com

High-res images available for download:
The Garia LSV: http://garia.dk/high-res-photos-of-garia-lsv
The Garia Golf Car: http://garia.dk/high-res-photos-of-garia-golf-car

Garia Press Contact:
Kristina Rohde, Communication & PR Coordinator, press@garia.com


*Subject to state or country regulations.

Conceived in 2005, the vision of Garia was to produce, without compromise, the best golf car in the world. To achieve this goal Garia has teamed up with companies around the globe who are unsurpassed in their fields. The Garia is manufactured at the Valmet Automotive factory in Finland, where the Porsche Boxster and Porsche Cayman are built. Garia is a privately held company headquartered in Denmark, and with office in USA. For more information please contact press@garia.com