- Mercedes-Benz EVs be part of the listing of non-Tesla vehicles that may use the Supercharger community.
- Homeowners within the U.S. will achieve entry to Superchargers within the U.S. and Canada in February.
- Canadian homeowners of Mercedes-Benz EVs must wait a bit of longer.
Mercedes-Benz electrical car drivers in the US will achieve entry to over 20,000 Tesla Supercharger stalls within the U.S. and Canada subsequent month. The DC quick chargers will likely be built-in into the Mercedes me Cost service, the place the German automaker is already providing entry to its personal Excessive-Energy Charging community, in addition to Ionna, Electrify America, EVGo, ChargePoint and others.
In whole, Mercedes-Benz EV drivers in the US may have entry to over 110,000 public charging factors throughout the US and Canada. Homeowners in Canada will achieve entry to the Tesla Supercharger community later this 12 months, in accordance with the automaker.
To make use of the Supercharger community–which is broadly considered among the best DC quick charging networks in North America–Mercedes-Benz EV homeowners will want a NACS to CCS1 charging adapter, which will likely be out there for buy at dealerships this quarter for $185. The German firm didn’t say what firm provides the adapter, however the official photographs present a Lectron-made unit.
The Vortex adapter is bought by Lectron for $199.99, so Mercedes-Benz is providing a barely higher deal on it. The adapter is rated for a most of 1,000 volts and 500 amps.
Talking about dealerships, some homeowners might want to pay them a go to. The automaker stated that its EVs will help the Plug & Cost characteristic at Tesla Superchargers, which means drivers will merely must plug in and the charging session will begin mechanically–so long as a fee technique is ready up within the Mercedes-Bens smartphone app. That stated, some autos–the corporate didn’t say which of them–will want a software program replace utilized on the dealership to allow the Plug & Cost performance.
With out the car software program replace, homeowners will nonetheless be capable to use Superchargers, however the charging session will have to be began and stopped through the smartphone app–as a result of Tesla’s DC quick chargers don’t have shows or buttons. The corporate stated it would contact homeowners on to schedule service appointments.
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Suitable Tesla Superchargers will likely be built-in into the autos’ navigation system, the place drivers will be capable to see what stalls can be found and what it prices to prime up in actual -time.
“By opening entry to Tesla Superchargers in North America to our clients, we underline our dedication to offering our clients with as many charging choices as attainable,” stated Franz Reiner, Chairman of the Board of Administration at Mercedes-Benz Mobility AG. “The fast-growing community of charging factors out there in Mercedes me Cost will now broaden to over 110,000 public charging factors throughout the US and Canada, offering Mercedes-Benz drivers with an industry-leading charging expertise every time and wherever they select to cost.”
Later this 12 months, Mercedes-Benz will ditch the CCS1 charging port that’s at present being put in in its EVs in favor of the Tesla-designed NACS connector. This may make using a NACS to CCS1 adapter redundant at Tesla Superchargers however will introduce the necessity for a CCS1 to NACS adapter if these autos might want to cost at different stations that don’t provide NACS cables.
