Hacker News with Generative AI: Off-Grid Living

Offgrid Electric Car (joeyh.name)
Eight months ago I came up my rocky driveway in an electric car, with the back full of solar panel mounting rails. I didn't know how I'd manage to keep it charged. I got the car earlier than planned, with my offgrid solar upgrade only beginning. There's no nearby EV charger, and winter was coming, less solar power every day. Still, it was the right time to take a leap to offgid EV life.
The exact moment that I decided to go off-grid in Portugal (twitter.com)
Who Says You Can't Live Off the Grid in Manhattan? (nytimes.com)
How long would you go without your refrigerator? How about your stove, lights, coffee maker, microwave, television? In May 2022, Joshua Spodek disconnected his Greenwich Village apartment from the electrical grid to see if he could live unplugged for a year.
Show HN: My $1k self-install, off-grid solar backup build for renters (sunboxlabs.com)