Golf carts are cool. Hovercrafts are cooler. Why hasn't anyone ever made a golf cart out of a hovercraft? Now they have.

There's no question in my mind that this golf cart does a better tire-bursting burnout than any Lamborghini Aventador, Murcielago, or Gallardo ever has.

Tim Francis of Lexington, Ky., mated a couch and coffee table to an electric golf cart frame so he could cruise his neighborhood. It's like "Inception" set in the dreams of a Lexus suspension engineer. [Kentucky.com via Born Rich]

The $45,000 Indian-built and -designed Metaltech Anti-Terrorist Assault Cart is essentially an armored golf cart designed to withstand grenade attacks. Although seemingly the least threatening armored vehicle ever built, it makes perfect sense for Mumbai-like confined quarters anti-terrorism use.

The United States Army is going to trade in its Humvees and Jeeps for E-Z-Go golf carts and Native American Biofuels electric trucks in an effort to save money and improve the army's average fuel efficiency.

Those complaining about high gas prices and the lack of electric cars need look no further than the putting green, where electric golf carts are being converted to look like Hummers, hot rods and even fire trucks. Some carts are even capable of speeds in excess of 45 mph and will travel 25 miles on a single charge.…