Jackery’s Solar Roof announced alongside a fast car charger and new solar generator
Jackery is expanding its lineup of energy products for home use and outdoor adventures at CES 2025 with the launch of its new Solar Roof tiles, a mid-sized solar generator, and a high-powered charger for vans, pickups, and RVs that can keep its giant portable batteries at the ready.
Most interesting is the Solar Roof built around curved tiles available in obsidian or terra-cotta red — the latter mimicking clay-tiled roofs even better than the flat terra-cotta solar panels we’ve seen in Europe. Jackery claims an “industry-leading cell conversion efficiency of over 25 percent” for its panels that can withstand hail impact, high winds, and temperatures from -40 degrees Fahrenheit to 185 degrees Fahrenheit, all backed up by a 30-year warranty.
Jackery’s Solar Roof is designed to work with the company’s most powerful energy storage solutions, including Jackery’s existing 5000 Plus flagship solar generator and the massively scalable HomePower Energy System (ES) launching later this year. Announced a few months back, the HomePower ES system requires professional installation and can produce up to 11.4kW of power and handle both 120V and 240V loads. The system features LFP batteries with a max storage capacity that reaches a whopping 123.2kWh — enough power and stored energy to keep every electrical device in an average home running for more than four days during a blackout.
The new Explorer 3000 v2 solar generator slots in just below Jackery’s 5000 Plus model and is designed to keep critical devices like the fridge running for several hours during a blackout and serve as a portable battery that can be recharged from the sun when heading off the grid for work or recreation. It features 3kWh of LFP storage and a sustained output of 3600W. Impressively, Jackery claims an instantaneous 0ms UPS cutover time.
Jackery says it can be recharged in about 11 hours from a pair of 200W solar panels or 2.5 hours when connected to an AC wall jack. It’ll take nearly 36 hours to charge from a 12V car socket, or better yet, plug it into Jackery’s new DC-DC car charger also being announced at CES 2025.
Jackery joins Bluetti, EcoFlow, DJI, and others with its first alternator charger. After the DC-DC car charger is installed in your vehicle with a cable snaked up to your car’s battery, you'll be rewarded with up to 600W of charging for your big-ass Jackery battery, which is about five times faster charging than you’d get from a standard 12V car socket.
Unfortunately, Jackery’s announcements are lacking in detail like pricing or availability, despite our asking.