Mercedes-Benz HPC North America (Mercedes-Benz HPC NA), a three way partnership between Mercedes-Benz and MN8 Power, launching a community of premium electrical car charging stations throughout North America, inaugurated its first Mercedes-Benz Charging Hub, situated on the headquarters of Mercedes-Benz USA in Sandy Springs, Georgia.
With the launch of the Mercedes-Benz Charging Community, Mercedes-Benz goals to set a brand new commonplace for quick, handy, clear and dependable EV charging, whereas selling EV adoption by increasing the North American public charging map for all model of EVs. This inaugural charging hub is step one in Mercedes-Benz’s dedication to speculate over $1 billion, in a three way partnership with MN8 Power, to ship 2,500 chargers inside not less than 400 charging hubs throughout North America by the tip of the last decade.
The inaugural charging hub on the Mercedes-Benz USA headquarters represents a benchmark for standalone charging hubs. Particular options embody:
400kW Chargers: The primary chargers put in are offered by ChargePoint and are all able to charging charges of as much as 400kW, providing clients a number of the quickest charging speeds within the {industry}.Open to all from day one: Drivers of EVs from any model can cost their car and revel in a Mercedes-Benz model commensurate expertise.Charging lounge: Charging hub clients can get pleasure from a premium, clear and comfy atmosphere whereas their car fees, full with couches and lounge chairs, merchandising machines, refreshments, and restroom amenities.Photo voltaic Cover: Supplies climate cowl for patrons, overhead LED lighting for security and photo voltaic panels on high to generate passive clear electrical energy.Clever Indicators: A pylon constructed to a top of 15 toes, seen from the road, signifies the standing of the charging stall: in use, free or reserved.Accessibility: The charging hub consists of one charging spot, closest to the charging lounge, designed particularly for handicap accessible automobiles, in addition to one uncovered, drive-through charging spot that’s designed for electrical vans or EVs with trailers as much as 26 toes in size.Powered by clear power: Via each direct and oblique means, the charging hub makes use of renewable power and is carbon impartial.
A Swiftly Increasing Nationwide Community
The Mercedes-Benz Charging Community will set a brand new benchmark for high quality and buyer expertise within the charging {industry}. With confirmed companions to help ambitions for industry-leading uptime and reliability, Mercedes-Benz charging hubs will provide a seamless buyer expertise the place charging fades into the background of EV drivers’ each day lives.
Key to Mercedes-Benz HPC NA’s driver worth community technique is retail integration, and not too long ago introduced agreements with Simon and Buc-ees display this technique in motion. Simon shops are locations for meals, procuring and socializing situated in key areas of EV saturation – the place clients are – and Buc-ee’s places are the world’s most-loved journey facilities situated strategically alongside key journey corridors and EV charging deserts – the place clients are going.
Along with at the moment’s first Charging Hub opening, Mercedes-Benz HPC NA introduced that a number of hubs will open at Buc-ee’s journey facilities in Texas, Florida, Alabama, and Georgia by the tip of 2023, with additional growth in 2024. Charging hubs at Simon Mall places are deliberate to launch within the first half of 2024, each displaying the ability of retail integration collaborations to facilitate a speedy community construct out that has quick buyer affect.
Key Mercedes-Benz Charging Community Highlights:
The Quickest Charging Community within the US: The Mercedes-Benz Charging Community will completely provide chargers of as much as 400kW in any respect charging hubs. Clever charging administration ensures swift cost instances, enabling sure EVs to cost from 10% to 80% in lower than 20 minutes, sufficient time to get pleasure from a espresso, for relevant automobiles and situations. Moreover, the corporate is dedicated to sustaining a future-proof community that strikes with the pace of change – irrespective of the automotive, hubs are constructed to work hand in glove with the best-in-industry charging {hardware} and software program, that includes CCS1 and NACS connectors.Open Entry from Day One: Mercedes-Benz extends its model promise of high quality and excellence to drivers of all manufacturers of EVs with this open charging hub community, linked to and visual on all main charging hub aggregators. That is paramount to our dedication to develop the North American charging map and drive additional EV adoption broadly.Charging that Fades into the Background: EV charging is what occurs whenever you work, store, stay and play. The Mercedes-Benz Charging Community guarantees premium buyer experiences, full with close by facilities to combine charging into EV drivers’ each day lives. Unique charging lounges will probably be constructed at choose places, whereas retail integration will permit a cease at a Mercedes-Benz Charging Hub to be the backdrop to getting a espresso, testing the most recent fashions or assembly up with associates.Dependable Charging Ensured by Business Leaders: By teaming up with MN8 Power, a number one renewable power firm, Mercedes-Benz HPC NA goals to realize industry-leading uptime. MN8’s deep expertise as an owner-operator of enterprise renewable power options, brings unparalleled asset-ownership experience on the largest scale – a essential element of delivering a high-quality, dependable and premium expertise to EV drivers.Assembly demand and pushing adoption. Mercedes-Benz HPC NA’s nationwide community technique relies on worth for drivers, specializing in the place EV drivers are and the place they’re going. On this means Mercedes-Benz HPC NA concurrently promotes EV adoption in areas of saturation and fills in charging gaps alongside standard journey routes.The place Chopping-Edge Innovation Meets Unique Driver Perks. Mercedes-Benz Charging Hubs will provide unique advantages for Mercedes-Benz EV drivers. These privileges embody computerized charger reservations enabled by the native Navigation with Electrical Intelligence characteristic on Mercedes-EQ fashions, and the ‘Plug & Cost’ characteristic for customers of the Mercedes me Cost app. This permits Mercedes-EQ drivers to drag up, plug in and stroll away as their charging session begins, ends and processes cost with out drivers having to fret a few factor. Additional, drivers of mannequin yr 2024 Mercedes-EQ vehicles and SUVs will obtain two years of limitless complimentary charging at Mercedes-Benz charging hubs, whereas present drivers of Mercedes-EQ automobiles will obtain six months of free charging.
A World Dedication to Clear, Electrified Mobility
Mercedes-Benz is repeatedly increasing public charging choices to clients globally. Mercedes-Benz’s collaborative initiatives to additional develop EV charging world wide additionally embody the Europe-wide fast-charging three way partnership IONITY, which already contains round 3,000 charging factors, and the not too long ago established three way partnership with six different automotive OEMs to develop the North American high-power charging community. The corporate’s personal Mercedes-Benz Charging Community consisting of branded charging hubs is the following essential step within the firm’s electrification technique. Globally, the Mercedes-Benz Charging Community goals to construct greater than 2,000 charging hubs with over 10,000 charging factors by the tip of the last decade within the US, Europe, China and several other different markets. All of those initiatives are a part of Ambition 2039, the Mercedes-Benz Group’s international dedication to create a carbon-neutral worth chain by the tip of the following decade.
Mercedes-Benz continues to drive its “electrical solely” technique ahead and commits to a future-oriented charging infrastructure by investing in a world charging community. With the event of the Mercedes-Benz Excessive-Energy Charging Community in North America, Mercedes-Benz continues its daring pursuit of a carbon-neutral future for the automotive {industry} and the planet.
Nov 16, 2023