Electric Beach Cart in Charleston & Kiawah Island, SC
The complete electric beach wagon package for the Lowcountry's soft sand — folds to fit your car, no trailer hitch required.
The best electric beach cart for soft sand — built for the Lowcountry
Charleston and Kiawah Island combine a long beach season with some of the widest, softest sand on the East Coast — Kiawah's beach alone stretches for miles, and getting from a gated-community parking area to the water can be a real walk with chairs, coolers, and umbrellas in hand. e-KRT is a dual-motor, 3-wheel battery-powered beach wagon built specifically for soft sand, and it folds down to fit in the trunk of the car you already drive — no trailer hitch, no roof rack, nothing extra to store in the off-season.
e-KRT ships as one complete, ready-to-use package
Every cart includes the following as standard — nothing extra to buy before your first trip to the beach:
- Chair mounts (front + rear)
- Cooler platform
- Umbrella holders
- Side hang-points for bags/gear
- Dual 350W motors
- Removable 36V 31.5Ah lithium battery
- Keyed throttle/battery security
- 12-month warranty
Why it fits the Lowcountry specifically
- No hitch required. e-KRT folds to 30 × 24 × 28.5 inches and weighs about 80 lbs — it goes in the trunk or back seat of an SUV or sedan. Many electric beach carts on the market ship fully assembled and need a 2" trailer hitch plus a hitch-mounted cargo carrier just to get to the beach — a separate purchase most buyers don't find out about until after they've bought the cart.
- Soft-sand capable. Kiawah and Charleston-area beaches are wide, fine, and soft — exactly the terrain that bogs down a standard wheeled wagon. e-KRT's dual 350W motors and wide tires are built for it.
- One trip, not three. A removable 36V 31.5Ah lithium battery (1,134Wh) powers the cart for a full beach day, so the walk from a beach-house driveway or resort parking area to the water is one loaded trip instead of three unloaded ones.
- Room for your cooler. The cooler platform is sized for standard coolers in the 40–65-quart range on the standard mounts — we're finalizing exact dimension specs this week and will confirm which named models fit once that's verified.
A complete package costs less than a bare cart plus extras
Most electric beach wagons are sold as a bare cart — chair racks, umbrella mounts, and cooler trays are priced separately, and a cart heavy enough to need a trailer hitch adds a hitch and cargo carrier on top of that. Once those real costs are added in, e-KRT is the lower-cost option even though it isn't always the lowest sticker price:
| Accessories needed to match e-KRT |
Transport needed (hitch + carrier) |
True cost to own | |
|---|---|---|---|
| e-KRT — complete package | $0 — already included | $0 — folds to fit your car | $3,499 |
| Typical electric beach wagon | $380 – $1,265 | ≈ $504 | $3,875 – $5,483 |
Based on published pricing from leading electric beach cart brands as of August 2026 — accessories priced to match e-KRT's standard equipment, plus a trailer hitch and hitch-mounted cargo carrier where the cart doesn't fold and ships fully assembled. If a tow hitch is already fitted to your vehicle, that line item drops out for those brands too — e-KRT still needs neither.
e-KRT, LLC — New York, New York — ekrtus.com