BLUETTI, a U.S.-Chinese renewable energy start-up, once again, created another miracle after their huge crowdfunding success with the cutting edge AC200 last year: their latest 5.1kWh home power station – the EP500/Pro – has pulled over $1 million in only an hour at kickstarter.com, and is now fast marching to the $2M milestone. The new power stations feature a more elegant and minimalist look, a 12V 30A output port for the RV crowd; up to 3000W pure sine wave inverter, and, yes, seamless UPS. But the price tag of these typically premium home battery products may be more important than ever.
Starts at only $2799 for the EP500($0.55 per watt-hour), makes the EP500 series extremely competitive even against the giants like Tesla’s Powerwall or Sonnencore. Yet, most importantly, unlike the Powerwall or Sonnen, the BLUETTI EP500 family is plug-and-play and way more versatile. Not only it will work as a home backup power station, but you can also shove it in the trunk of your car for a road trip or van life.
For the first time ever, BLUETTI offered the remote control feature on their EP500 Series. With BLUETTIs exclusive B-Lynk connection technology, you can easily monitor your EP500/Pro’s status and adjust settings whether it is near you or a thousand miles away(WAN & LAN). No more having to walk to a unit to determine the remaining battery or inverter capacity. With BLUETTIs exclusive B-Lynk connection technology; you can easily monitor your EP500’s status and adjust settings whether it is near you or a thousand miles away. No more having to walk to a unit to determine the remaining battery or inverter capacity.
If the 5.1kWh/3kW specs aren’t enough to cover your needs; feel free to get two of these and connect them together with BLUETTI’s Fusion Box. You can immediately double the capacity, voltage, and power; that’s MASSIVE 10.2kWh and up to 6kW output at 240V; which means not only for the vital needs, you can also run your home air conditioner, clothes dryer, in-wall electric heater, and other high power appliances totally off-grid with ease.
As for the most important part about crowdfunding projects – delivery and warranty; BLUETTI said they will DELIVER the EP500 in August(start shipping in late May); and the Pro will be DELIVERED two months later, in October. Since Kickstarter won’t charge your card until the crowdfunding campaign reaches its deadline; you only need to wait about 3 months after you finished the payment for the EP500; which is pretty impressive since even giants like Tesla would have to put you on the waiting list for about 4 months before the install. After backing the crowdfunding project, you’ll get a 3-year warranty out of the box, and by paying an additional $699, you can enjoy 5 years of peace in mind.
This year could be the time BLUETTI breaks through. With the groundbreaking features of the EP500 family; BLUETTI has obviously widened the gap with its early competitors and stepped; into a higher stage to compete against the Goliaths like Tesla and LG Chem. We’ll see. Learn more and pledge for the EP500 series Here.