The E-Z-GO Shuttle is the passenger-carrying branch of the marque’s commercial range. In the 1990s E-Z-GO built the PC series of personnel carriers for four to eleven people, driven by 6.5 bhp electric motors, with a 295 cc single-cylinder petrol engine available as an option on three of the models.
E-Z-GO Shuttle at a glance
| Maker | E-Z-GO, Augusta, Georgia |
|---|---|
| Parent company | Textron Inc. since 1961 |
| Type | personnel carrier / multi-seat shuttle |
| Models | PC-4, PC-952, PC-954, PC-955, PC-956, PC-957 |
| Seats | four to eleven passengers |
| Electric motor | 6.5 bhp |
| Optional petrol engine | 295 cc single, 8.5 bhp |
| Optional engine offered on | PC-952, PC-954, PC-956 |
| Drive | direct drive |
| Typical use | factories, logistics sites, large grounds |
Based on one source: the PC personnel carriers are described in two paragraphs of the German Wikipedia article on E-Z-GO. The name Shuttle is used by E-Z-GO for the multi-seat passenger layout; the article keeps to the PC series named in the source.
History of the E-Z-GO Shuttle
E-Z-GO’s range began with golf cars and only left that field in 1973, but the same light, open vehicle was ideal for moving people around places that are too large to walk and too small for a bus. In the 1990s the company built a wide palette of vehicles for professional use in logistics and in-plant transport. The PC series of personnel carriers belongs to that palette: vehicles for four to eleven passengers, delivered with 6.5 bhp electric motors.
The PC series
Six models are named in the German Wikipedia article: PC-4, PC-952, PC-954, PC-955, PC-956 and PC-957. For the PC-952, PC-954 and PC-956 a 295 cc single-cylinder engine of 8.5 bhp could be ordered instead of the electric motor, which made the carriers usable where charging was impractical. The PC-4 also appears in the same article as a petrol model, driven by an Onan twin-cylinder flat engine of 20 bhp — a reminder that the numbering does not follow a single mechanical recipe.
Why they existed
These were works vehicles rather than golf cars. A factory, a warehouse complex or a large exhibition ground needs to move visitors, staff and small groups quickly over short distances, and a low-speed electric carrier does that without roads, licences or fuel handling. All E-Z-GO vehicles of the period had direct drive, according to the same source, and the largest of them — the XI-881 truck — could carry three short tons, so the carriers sat at the light end of a broad commercial programme.
Design and features
- Four to eleven seats: one series covering small and large groups.
- 6.5 bhp electric motor: the standard drive of the carriers.
- Optional petrol single: a 295 cc engine of 8.5 bhp on three models.
- Direct drive: the simple transmission used across the E-Z-GO commercial range.
- Works transport: built for factories, logistics sites and large grounds.
E-Z-GO Shuttle versions
- PC-4: the four-seat carrier, also listed as a 20 bhp Onan-engined petrol model.
- PC-952, PC-954, PC-956: electric as standard, with the 295 cc petrol single as an option.
- PC-955, PC-957: electric carriers without the petrol option in the source.
- Six-seat shuttle: the layout sold later as a golf cart shuttle for resort and estate use.
The cargo side of the same commercial range is described under E-Z-GO Workhorse; the working vehicles are the ST and MPT. More about the marque is on the E-Z-GO brand page and in the E-Z-GO collection.
Sources
- E-Z-GO, German Wikipedia: PC series, seating, motors, optional engine, direct drive
