The pros in the golf shop were soon in touch with a Long Beach firm that
produced electric carts for invalids, and before long a quiet, electric - motored golf cart was in the making.
Researchers at MIT are building a prototype of a lightweight
electric vehicle that can be cheaply mass -
produced, rented by commuters under a shared - use business model, and folded and stacked like grocery
carts at subway stations or other central sites.