I was poking around for 3D models for the Chevy Bolt we just got and I saw this:
https://www.printables.com/model/191350-chevy-bolt-roof-rack-tower
Did one of you do this? I’m not sure I trust EMT enough for a mountain bike on my car, but the style is really appealing to me (for some reason).
Shoot I trust the EMT, the printed part in the sun though. I would keep an eye on that.
What about 8020?
what is the rangse of your bolt and how long does it take to full charge, way off topic kinda, LOL
On paper, it is 220 miles. We are babying it ATM and we only charge over 80% if we think we would use the extra mileage, and I am still nervous about getting stranded on an empty battery. So we plug it in every day, and if I was driving more than 60 miles away, I would prepare a plan and pay attention to charging it up first, and know where a DCFC charger was along the route (there are good apps for that for non-tesla people). We aren’t stingy with the heater and it has heated/ventilated seats and steering wheel, so we aren’t maximizing the mileage. I am sure we could actually get 200 miles on a full charge but I would be stressed those last 20 miles, for sure.
GM gives you a free install of a 220V port in the garage, which just got installed last week. It can do a full charge overnight now, easily. We have been plugging it in every night and even on the 110V, we only had 1-2 days in that month where it wasn’t full until the following night. With the 220V, it has been refilling from our normal day of driving in 1.5hr or so. It has a bunch of settings, and I have it only charge off-peak when the kWh are cheap and I have it prefer to charge right away. You can also configure it to always be done charging (when possible) by a specific time, like 7am.
We really like it. It is bigger than my ICE cars (we have a subaru impreza 5dr and a gen 2 prius). Most of the extra room is in the back seat, which is really nice for our growing kiddos. The infotainment and android auto are way nicer than my old cars. The EV motor is quite zippy. It is really nice to just plug it in, and I feel no guilt about “starting” it to preheat the seats and cabin in a closed garage or while we are leaving a store. The maintenance schedule on it is great. Tires rotated every 7500miles, no timing belts, no starter, no oil changes. It still has a 12V battery for most of the accessories and that does go out eventually. The main battery has a 8 year/100k mile warranty.
I wasn’t really looking for a roof rack. We are planning on keeping the Subaru for 2-4 more years and it has all the roof rack and hitch for our family bikes and stuff. The bolt is plenty big enough for our hockey gear. If we drove to Nebraska we would take the Subaru. The bolt may end up being the work horse eventually, depending on what our next car is. But right now, it is a kid carrier and the hunter/gatherer (groceries and take out). If our next car is also an EV (which I am thinking it will be) it will have to have better DCFC than the Bolt.
Pretty far off our normal CNC stuff, but this is in random.
For the rack i am with ryan, elements on that plastic is not good.
Thanks for the info! I also just saw kawasaki introduced 2 electric bikes, but they are too small in my opinion.
ASA will work for that.
Yes, but roof bar loads have a habit of increasing sneakily, think: bumps and cross- gusts from trucks. On my van I used 5 mm aluminium strap for the structure and it sits in slots in the printed covers which act as spacers and bracing. It’s really a metal core doing the heavy lifting entirely hidden by the plastic.
I just saw a YouTube video on higher density TPU as a filament. I’d consider that in this application. Print with added walls and higher infill.
Mike
I would only consider it to get extra brownie points while cruising past any of the RRFs.