Mercedes-Benz was just lately talked about as one of many electrical automobile producers that’s contemplating utilizing Tesla’s North American Charging Commonplace (NACS) in North America.
The information comes from Benzinga (through Drive Tesla Canada), which wrote that Mercedes-Benz is evaluating “a technical implementation” of the Tesla charging connector, which can be adopted in North America additionally by Ford and Basic Motors, as a substitute of the Mixed Charging System (CCS1).
We do not know something extra in addition to this unofficial bit of knowledge, but it surely doesn’t sound stunning. More than likely, each producer has to conduct an inside technical and enterprise evaluation of NACS versus CCS1 to resolve what to do subsequent. OEMs must do the identical with any main change at gasoline stations (a distinct kind of gasoline) as nicely.
Let’s recall that Stellantis just lately additionally admitted that it “continues to guage” the NACS. The selections can be revealed when the time is true, we guess. In the meantime, Tesla CEO Elon Musk tries to tease Toyota a bit.
It is going to be very fascinating to see which European producer will resolve first to ditch CCS1 in North America and concentrate on NACS and achieve native compatibility with the Tesla Supercharging community. For premium producers like Mercedes-Benz, quick access to Supercharging could be crucial.
Mercedes-Benz Personal Quick Charging Community
It is price including that in January 2023, Mercedes-Benz introduced a plan to construct its personal DC quick charging community.
The German firm want to deploy greater than 10,000 particular person stalls globally (main markets), together with over 2,500 in North America (over 400 stations) by 2027.
The query is whether or not the broader adoption of NACS by different EV producers and potential entry to the Tesla Supercharging will change this plan.
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Presently, Mercedes-Benz automobiles in the US are geared up with the CCS1 charging inlet and are provided with a complimentary charging bundle at Electrify America stations.
Sadly, there have been quite a few reviews that the Electrify America community has reliability points, which isn’t essentially a superb factor for a premium automotive model. On this perspective, Tesla Supercharging/NACS has some benefits.