Oh man, so there’s this TV interview I stumbled upon—if you can believe it—where Mark Rickell, who’s like the big shot VP of Sales at Club Car, was yapping about tariffs and this whole Chinese golf cart dumping thing. Honestly, golf carts and trade? Never thought I’d be into it, but here we are. Life surprises you sometimes, doesn’t it?
Rickell throws out this bombshell, right? Turns out Club Car is this giant in the electric car manufacturing world. Who knew? They’re only behind Tesla, can you believe it? But they’re apparently feeling the heat from these random imported carts that are subsidized up to their windshields.
Here’s the wild part: American manufacturers—those folks who make those low-speed personal transport thingamajigs (LSPTVs? I know, what a mouthful), went crying to the International Trade Commission in 2024. They were all like, “Hey! China’s playing foul with these subsidies and dumping practices.” No idea about you, but I picture a courtroom scene in my mind—awkward suits and all.
Rickell goes on record saying they’re fighting for fairness. And as he’s talking, my mind wanders to think about if he’s like the Sherlock Holmes of golf carts. Or maybe that’s just my brain short-circuiting. Anyway, they hit up the ITC and the Commerce Department and are all about sticking it to those violating trade laws. Apparently also scoring some victories. Who’d have thought golf cart trade gossip could get so spicy?
Oh, and they’re being all watchful about people trying to pull fast ones to dodge tariffs. I just imagine a game of whack-a-mole but with golf carts. Like, seriously, how does that even work?
There’s a video of all this. Kinda like proof of this unexpected drama—just in case you’re as caught off guard by this as I was. And listen, if for some totally inexplicable reason you’re having issues seeing it here, and believe me, stranger things have happened, there’s a link somewhere to get to the original stuff.
And, side note, there’s some sort of encouragement to engage with the GolfBlogger content, or maybe even get the posts sent directly to your email. Because who wouldn’t want to stay updated on this riveting electric golf cart saga, right?
