BATTERY SYSTEM WAKEUP BASED ON OCCUPANT INGRESS

A golf cart includes a chassis, a seating area supported by the chassis, a plurality of electric components including an electric motor, an occupancy sensor configured to facilitate detecting when an occupant enters the seating area, a battery configured to provide electrical power to the electric motor and the occupancy sensor, and a control system. The control system is configured to operate the golf cart in a low power state where the occupancy sensor is powered by the battery but the plurality of electric components are not powered by the battery, receive a signal from the occupancy sensor indicating that an operator has entered the seating area, and responsive to receiving the signal, initiate a wakeup procedure to power up the plurality of electric components with the battery without requiring the operator to provide an input to start the wakeup procedure.