I rent a house and can not add solar panels or a home battery to the house. I do have a large and very sunny yard to utilize. Anyone looked in to hooking up a solar array to a storage battery and then using the battery to charge up the electric car (Volt and Bolt in my case) during the night? I drive about 6 miles a day and my wife will soon get a Bolt and be driving 12 miles per day. If we have to use the home's outlets sometimes, no big deal.
Because net metering is somewhat favorable here, you may save quite a bit by not buying batteries and hooking it up to the grid...Bottom line, get quotes for both or even an on-grid and with battery...
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