After launching its first moveable energy stations final 12 months, DJI simply launched the Energy 2000 with double the capability, extra output energy, and large scalability.
In contrast to a set Tesla Powerwall resolution, DJI’s followup to the Energy 1000 I reviewed final 12 months is designed to scale in help of your day-to-day vitality wants regardless of the place you go whereas additionally providing the quickest charging occasions on your DJI drones.
For instance, you may take the Energy 2000 alongside to a job website or weekend barbecue. Add photo voltaic panels and some growth batteries for longer car-camping journeys or a vanlife summer season, after which stack on a number of extra batteries once you return residence to offer hours of residence backup through the subsequent blackout emergency.
The Energy 2000 is constructed round a 2048Wh LFP battery and 3000W inverter making this a mid-level unit. It comes slathered in ports, together with two 140W USB-C, two 65W USB-C, 4 USB-A, and 4 AC outputs (the US mannequin swaps one jack for a 30A RV outlet). It additionally incorporates a pair of DJI’s dongle-loving SDC ports to quick cost DJI drones; add outputs like a 12V socket and inputs for photo voltaic panels; or to attach one in every of DJI’s Tremendous Quick Automobile Chargers to faucet into photo voltaic and/or the surplus charging capabilities of your automotive’s alternator. All of the ports could be monitored and managed contained in the DJI Residence app.
For residence house owners, these proprietary SDC ports can be used to daisy chain as much as ten of DJI’s current Energy Growth Battery 2000 modules again to the Energy 2000. That’s a formidable 10:1 ratio for an influence station (most are 2:1 or 6:1 max on this class) for 22kWh of whole saved vitality capability. A typical US residence consumes about 29.2kWh per day, however not each system is required throughout a blackout. Vanlifers require far much less capability and energy — I exploit about 1.6kWh per day in my very own van.
The Energy 2000 can pull as much as 2200W from a regular wall jack to cost its inner battery from zero to full in about 75 minutes. It may be charged extra slowly at a fairly quiet 30dB if the noise produced by the inner cooling followers is a priority. Within the occasion of an outage, the Energy 2000 incorporates a very quick 0.01 second cutover to behave as a UPS on your most delicate electronics.
By constructing its 22kg / 48.5lb Energy 2000 programs round comparatively light-weight (16.5kg / 36.4lb) 2kWh growth modules and off-loading sometimes used interfaces, DJI’s Energy 2000 resolution needs to be simpler to maneuver round than competing 3kWh battery programs from Anker, Bluetti, EcoFlow, and Jackery. These gadgets, nevertheless, are extra suited to supporting houses, even when these houses have wheels.
For instance, the Energy 2000 lacks a high-amperage output to straight energy 12V RV electrical programs, and DJI doesn’t supply a subpanel possibility that integrates straight into your home’s electrical system to intelligently offset your vitality prices. However these are tradeoffs I think about many will fortunately make within the title of elevated portability as long as they’ll keep away from having to purchase too many proprietary SDC dongles (which might simply get misplaced). And given DJI’s speedy embrace of the class, I wouldn’t be shocked to see these superior choices made accessible sooner or later as the corporate’s Energy lineup matures.
The DJI Energy 2000 is accessible right now beginning at $1,299 / €1,399. Maxing out the system with ten growth batteries will price near $10,000.
