Chipshot.com, a golf e-commerce company, could have resorted to equity funding when it was running low on cash last winter, but it wanted to delay another round for 60 daysto let a national ad campaign soak in and to hire key employees.

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From the look of it, the E-Bugster has a similar drivetrain to the E-Golf, but with 28.3 kilowatt-hours of lithium instead of 26.5.

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