![]() It’s refreshing to see an art project executed with both elegant aesthetics and brutally powerful hardware. With that much power, your average flatback bed would be ripped to pieces, but never fear for this one – there’s plenty of heavy engineering holding it together. reports it can comfortably haul 12 people without slowing down, and we don’t doubt it. These are fed through a 20:1 gear reduction to boost torque and avoid the bed moving too quickly. The drivetrain is a couple of 4 horsepower DC motors with speed controllers cribbed from a golf cart. It’s pretty basic as far as “self-driving” technology goes, but it gets the job done.įar from being a lightweight artistic statement, the bed has some serious performance credentials. The bed chooses a random direction in which to move, checking for obstacles on the way. This is achieved through the use of ultrasonic sensors, with an Arduino Mega as the brains. The core principle was not just to create a bed that could move under its own power, but one that could intelligently drive around and avoid obstacles, too. They need more motors, more horsepower, more self-driving smarts – right? Honestly, we’re not sure, but if that’s the question being asked, has the answer.Īptly named, Bedfellow is an art project that sought to create a bed that could explore and socialise with occupants aboard. Posted in car hacks, Misc Hacks Tagged bullet mirrors, expanding foam, fiberglass, golf cart, sports carīeds! They don’t move around enough, so the young people say. Go see this baby DeLorean before you’re outta time. The local body shops refused to paint this baby roadster, so did it himself before adding the killer touches - 1930s Brooklands-style windscreens and 1950s bullet mirrors that look great together.īelieve it or not, this isn’t the first amazing golf cart mod we’ve seen. The rear is done more traditionally with a foam mold, but the front is fiberglassed directly over expanding foam insulation framed with cardboard. We love the fiberglass fab work did to the front and rear - it looks great, especially considering he’d never done it before. Two of the batteries are now in the back, supported by a platform made from old bed frames. Since the cart won’t be hitting the links anymore, there’s no need for a place to put clubs. Now the batteries are distributed throughout the vehicle, including one that’s been cleverly disguised as center console. The result is retro-styled kart that would not look out of place at a micro car show.īefore getting to the really fun bits, he had to do a bit of prep work, such as relocating the six large batteries so that super cool stock seat can sit lower. When went to trade in his old golf cart for a new one, he found that it would be more valuable to hang on to the old one and have a bit of fun with it. In 2009, Falconhead Capital, Club Car and Greg Norman formed GPS Industries and acquired ProLink.Ĭhessler, who left the company in 2002, is the chief investment officer at the Greg Norman Company.Technically speaking, golf carts are already sports cars, they’re just not very sporty in themselves. It grabbed early marketshare, but like most GPS companies at that time, it failed to attract a significant number of golf course clients. ![]() It was founded by David Chessler in 1993. GPSi’s predecessor was ParView, one of the first GPS golf car companies to bring a product to market. “With GPSi, we are well positioned to help customers maximize the value of their fleets, and to capitalize on the multi-billion dollar market for intelligent mobile assets across trucking, resort, golf, education, rental and other industries,” said Dave Regnery, executive vice president of Ingersoll Rand. Ingersoll-Rand hopes to expand in those markets. GPSi has moved beyond golf to serve other low speed vehicle markets, including education and resorts. It launched the Club Car Precedent i3 in 2014, and the company has connected more than 70,000 vehicles in 50 countries through the Visage platform. Visage is a fleet management system that provides fleet owners with real-time tracking, vehicle control and diagnostics, and golfers with an enhanced experience that includes in-vehicle display of course information, food and beverage service, messages and alerts. The GPS company has provided Club Car with Visage for the past 8 years. Ingersoll-Rand, parent company of Club Car, announced it was acquiring GPSi Holdings, also known as GPS Industries.
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