• saltesc@lemmy.world
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    11 days ago

    I have solar. I’m making money right now as I type. No EV yet, though. It was a close choice three years ago, but I travel very long distances at times, in remote areas too. Though, the latest releases seem to be over the point where these shortfalls are now covered by something I can afford.

    Gotta love the rapid improvements of a snowballing technology. Same thing happened when the internal combustion engine rolled out.

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        11 days ago

        Not the person you asked, but our system was around $20k for about 11 kWh setup for rooftop solar. Since Trump removed personal incentives for ownership we did a Lease to Own which helped shave $6k off the project (basically you “lease” the panels for 6 years then take over ownership).

        The only potential longterm downside from my perspective is that while it produces about as much energy we use in a year, we’re definitely not energy independent with the setup. We overproduce in the summer and underproduce in the winter, so even with a battery we would still be reliant on the grid. But our electric is typically over $100/month and with our states grid setup, we can basically zero that out.