Exactly why I said "unless thee's other circumstances that may increase your use in the future"There are minimal spots of rust right now. Nothing that would cause me to fail inspection. I did have an area that would have failed me but a friend worked on it for me and I may now get three inspections out of that work.As I stated it is a 20 year old car that has lived its entire life in the Northeast, which makes it highly susceptible to car cancer - rust.You put just 46,000 miles on your car in 9 years. Do you really need a vehicle? If yes, then with your current driving habits I'd say you likely have a decade or more of driving to go before you need to search for a new vehicle. (Unless the car already has major problems?)
As for your solar system, I'd oversize it. Your usage will usually go up (unless you have a situation like teens that use a lot of electricity moving out soon). We installed 2.5 years ago and have since added a lot of previously unplanned usage and plan EV down the road. If I could've put more panels up, I would have!
IMO, hybrid is a great current option. They depreciate slower than EVs, and receive better reliability reviews than plug in hybrids. I drive 12k miles a year and hit the gas station maybe once every 2 weeks. If you are range anxiety prone, hybrids offer 500-600+ mile range vs EV real world 150-300. But if you go EV, you drive so few miles I don't think you would need to charge daily nor would you need a level 2 charger installed.
Also, I'm not looking to buy a car today. Only want to know how much capacity I need to allot for a solar installation to be able to handle some form of electric vehicle in the future.
Understood. Does it have rust now?
For your amount of driving, I'd plan a system capable of 110% - 120% of your current use. Unless there's other circumstances that may increase your use in the future.
110% to 120% use of current would not work. Forecasting how I'd use increase usage on all current electricity items I already own plus adding in 1,000 kWh for an electric vehicle puts me at about 44% more than current usage.
So take that future value, and add another 10% or so. That will probably more than what you will need.
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