Mercedes-Benz EV Quick Chargers Rolling Into A City Close to You

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Paul Fosse went to Atlanta to cowl the opening of the primary Mercedes-Benz charging hub in late 2023. “Mercedes-Benz is dedicated to investing over $1 billion within the Mercedes-Benz Charging Community,” he wrote on the time. “The community will probably be powered by 100% clear power utilizing carbon impartial renewable power sources.” The community will use charging stations with as much as 400 kW of energy capability, he added, and will probably be open to drivers of varied manufacturers of EVs. Naturally, Mercedes is working with companions, like ChargePoint, to truly produce these charging stations.

Jake Richardson reported final 12 months that these Mercedes-Benz charging hubs can be put in at greater than 100 Starbucks areas across the USA, and not too long ago reported on Mercedes-Benz EV quick chargers now being put in in Texas. “At this time our community is absolutely geared up to assist CCS-1 charging and we’re within the means of including NACS cables at each charging stall to provide our clients the ability of selection. Past this, our workforce has additionally fastidiously thought-about small however vital particulars like cable size, to enhance comfort it doesn’t matter what sort of auto you drive,” Heiko Schmidt, Vice President of Community Technique & Monetization at Mercedes-Benz Excessive-Energy Charging, advised him. Nonetheless, the emphasis in that interview was on the expansions into Texas.

A couple of weeks earlier than that article, I noticed new charging stations getting put in at an outlet mall and ice rink the place I routinely Supercharge. There are additionally Electrify America stations subsequent to the Tesla Superchargers and throughout the car parking zone from this new development, so I used to be curious what else was getting put in there.

Every week later, once I was in a position to get a greater look, I noticed that they had been Mercedes-Benz EV chargers! In fact, I remembered Paul’s journey to the launch of this initiative and was joyful to see the chargers within the wild.

Then, seeing the Texas information, I figured this was all half of a giant rollout, or that Florida can be the following state the place Mercedes-Benz can be saying the launch of extra stations. These stations should not on-line but, however they’re getting shut.

In any case, the important thing information is that Mercedes-Benz is now putting in these EV quick chargers across the nation, so look out in your space and see in the event you can spot any!