Club Car

Club Car was founded in 1958 in Houston, Texas, under the name Landreath Machine. In 1962, the company was purchased by entrepreneur Bill Stevens Jr., who relocated the business to Augusta, Georgia, and renamed it Club Car. The company has maintained its global headquarters in Augusta since that time.

In 1978, a group of eight former EZGO executives acquired Club Car, positioning the company as a local competitor in the golf cart manufacturing industry. Among the new leadership was William Dolan, a co-founder of EZGO.

Club Car was acquired by Ingersoll Rand in 1995 and became part of its Infrastructure division. Club Car was later merged with Bobcat to form a Compact Vehicles Technology division that expanded the company's offerings into utility and commercial vehicles in addition to golf cars. In 2017, Ingersoll Rand purchased GPS Industries which provided fleet management system for Club Car since 2009.

In 2021, Platinum Equity acquired Club Car from Ingersoll Rand in an all-cash transaction valued at $1.68 billion.

Nearly a year later, Club Car announced and subsequently completed the acquisition of Garia, a Danish low-speed electric vehicle manufacturer, which included its subsidiary Melex from Poland—marking the company’s first acquisition under Platinum Equity. The deal extended the company's reach into street-legal Neighborhood Electric Vehicles (NEVs) and lightweight utility vehicles.

Over the years, Club Car expanded its operations footprint globally to accommodate growth and demand for vehicles around the world. In addition to the global corporate headquarters, the company operates two other Georgia based facilities - a distribution center and a production facility. The company also operates facilities in Mielec, Poland and JiaXing, China.

In June 2025, Craig Scanlon was named President and CEO of Club Car.

Club Car produces vehicles for personal use, business and commercial applications, and golf operations. Golf Cart Models by Vertical

Club Car’s first product was a three-wheeled golf carts introduced in 1958.

The company is regarded as an industry leader involved in many innovations, including producing one of the first street-legal golf carts. It enjoyed newfound success with its DS line of golf cart beginning in 1980. The cart, named after designer Dom Saporito, became the company's hallmark until 2004, when the Precedent line of carts were introduced. The company revealed its next version, the Precedent i2, to critical acclaim, and again in 2008 in an all-new drive system.

The company's partnership with GPSI in 2008 produced the world's first connected golf cart in the Precedent i3, featuring one system to connect an entire golf fleet to the clubhouse and providing new options like score tracking to the golfer. The Precedent i2, i3, and 4Fun were used by golf courses, while the i2 was available for personal use. The Club Car Tempo vehicle launched in 2018 replacing the Precedent.