New consulting relationship with GreenTecAuto begins
What actually goes wrong with the batteries????
A look at todays Hybrid and EV battery packs
Battery packs exposed
Keeping Warm In New England
Plugging into the SUN
Making a small solar concentrator
Building MIMA and the plug in adapters
Converting a telephone truck to electric
DIY dual pulse Capacitor Discharge Spotwelder
Chevy Bolt EV joins the family
Battery conditioning
Better look at the drive unit
Bottom cover
Drive unit
EV meetup
First test
free solar charging
Getting deeper into winter
Goodby to the batmobile
How it lookes
Huge amount of things need to be disconnected
Hypermiling the Bolt EV
Installing a trailer hitch on my Bolt
Keeping the batteries warm in winter
Last look at my car collection
Making the trailer lights work
Very different than a gas car
One complaint/ future modification?
Transmission leak?
Getting in shape while making electricity
Retirement
Replacing gasoline with solar electric lawn equipment
What is Genesis One?
How to stop the aging process DIY
MIMA Install Day 2005 a Big Success!
Building a hybrid car grid charger
Tapping into the Wind
Expanding MIMA with the Distribution board ( users projects )

Installing a trailer hitch on my Bolt

Installing a trailer hitch on my Bolt

After some research
I settled on a draw tite hitch from e-trailer
It is rated at 2000 lbs and max of 200 lb tongue weight
I don't expect my trailer to be anywhere near that but rugged is better than
Light weight when it comes to trailer hitches
The scariest part in the install is cutting out the slot in the Bolts rear bumper cover.
Note***
Instructions say 3.25" wide x 5" tall in the center
I assumed the 5" was measured vertically so my slot actually came in st
5.75" after putting it together it seems they mean
5" measured along the face of the rear cover
Pop two rear cover plastic retainers
Remove bottom two screws of the bumper mount
Place two rear attachment screws with anti rotation bars
And cool fish wire into the big hole in the cars frame
Lift whole hitch under the now loose rear bumper cover
And hang it from the two bumper studs .
Start the two nuts but don't tighten until the frame bolts have been passed through the big hitch stabilizer arms
Tighten the 4 bolts and the hitch is installed
Will work on the light kit today