Jennifer - for $11,000 I'd have one heck of "nice truck" going by my scale. I never paid more then $3000 in my life for any motor-vehicle.
As to the "greedy power companies" . . yeah they want to make money like any corporation. That being said - it near impossible to make your own power and do it cheaper. Not with solar and not with wind and not with water. Now if electric rates double or quadruple? Things might change. Your setup for sure is not going to be cheaper at today's rates. Maybe later. Will it give you some independence - yes.
Batteries, backup generators and electronics wear out. Especially batteries. There is no projected life span for batteries based on a months or years. Life is about how many times they are discharged. Trojan L16 batteries when run down to 50% will last around 1200 cycles. If down to 100% around 500 charge cycles. So their life depends on how much you "don't" use them and use the sun instead. Obviously you have to use them at night and dark day time periods. In my area - even bright days - solar panels only make meaningful current for 5-6 hours a day.
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