Samsung SDI is moving to increase its investment in the golf cart
industry, which is adopting eco-friendly lithium-ion batteries as a
major power source.
The Seoul-based firm said Sunday
the golf cart battery market has massive growth potential, driven by
the industry-wide movement to scrap the dominant lead-acid batteries and
replace them with energy-efficient lithium-ion ones.
The
company estimates 65 percent of some 1.1 million golf carts, used at
about 34,000 golf courses around the world, have lead-acid batteries.
Most of the rest have engines that use fossil fuels. Those with
lithium-ion batteries account for less than 1 percent, due the
industry's infancy, according to the battery affiliate of Samsung Group.
"The
number of golf carts with lithium-ion batteries will increase steeply,
with its share among all the existing golf carts expected to reach 14
percent this year," a Samsung SDI official said. "An average of 350 to
600 cylindrical batteries are required for a golf cart. This is equal to
400 million battery cells if all the remaining golf carts adopt
lithium-ion batteries."
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