Golf carts are illegal on Ontario streets, that's what is holding all this back. I think people living in the city that commute downtown would prefer something like a golf cart (GTA people won't, since they need to use the highway).

I'd happily switch from driving to a golf cart for daily commutes and groceries. All my driving trips in the city take 20-30 minutes, and they'd basically take the same amount of time on a bike or in a golf cart. The top speed isn't the constraint, it's the city traffic that slows down commuters.

I recognize that for almost all of my city travels, a car is overkill. I almost never fill all the seats with passengers, I never get anywhere close to my car's top speed, and I never fill it to the brim with cargo.

But for all the reasons mentioned above, I'm not willing to invest in a bike and use it on my daily commutes either. A golf cart would be just as fast, cost way less, let me bring passengers, and would be much safer to use than a bike.

And if manufacturers put even an ounce of energy into golf cart innovation (which won't happen until they are legal), you could imagine all the top-tier audio systems, cutting-edge battery packs, heated seats, even leather interiors being ported over from cars to golf carts.