Membership Has Its Privileges: Why Supporting LSVDA Can Pay Off Big

For much of its history, the golf car industry did not view itself as a transportation market.

In the late 1970s, there were no personal transportation vehicle standards, no formal on‑road frameworks, and little regulatory clarity. Dealers sold fleet vehicles, serviced courses, and quietly adapted used cars for nearby communities as demand emerged. Markets formed before categories existed. Growth happened—but largely without structure.

Those patterns were not obvious only in hindsight. Long before formal categories like PTVs or LSVs existed, dealers were already adapting products, customers were already pushing use cases beyond original intent, and manufacturers were quietly deciding which risks to absorb and which to defer. Markets moved first. Structure followed later, often just in time.

What is different today is scale.

Low‑speed vehicles now sit squarely at the intersection of mobility, regulation, safety, and market growth. Visibility is higher. Expectations are higher. And the cost of operating in isolation has never been greater. In moments like this, when growth accelerates faster than coordination, industry engagement becomes a competitive advantage.

That is precisely the role the Low Speed Vehicle Dealer Association (LSVDA) was formed to play.

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