Mercedes-Benz on Wednesday unveiled the primary of a deliberate community of charging stations that the automaker claims would be the quickest within the U.S.—and it represents a template for the shape and performance of future stations on the community.
Situated at Mercedes’ headquarters in Sandy Springs, Georgia, close to Atlanta, this primary location options 400-kw DC quick chargers offered by ChargePoint. Mercedes claims its charging community will supply 400-kw chargers “completely,” permitting for larger common charging speeds than different networks that use a mixture of chargers, some with decrease energy charges.
The positioning additionally options facilities like restrooms, merchandising machines, and a 15-foot pylon seen from the road that signifies whether or not charging stalls are occupied. All amenities are handicap accessible, Mercedes claims, and the positioning consists of one drive-through stall designed for electrical vans or EVs with trailers as much as 26 ft in size.
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Mercedes-Benz EV Charging Hub in Sandy Springs, Georgia
A photo voltaic cover offers cowl for EV drivers, who can sit below it in lounge chairs and couches whereas they wait for his or her vehicles to cost. All the website additionally makes use of renewable power and is carbon impartial, Mercedes claims.
This primary website will function a template for others within the Mercedes community, which is about to broaden with a number of further websites at Buc-ee’s journey facilities in Texas, Florida, Alabama, and Georgia earlier than the top of the yr, and at Simon Mall places within the first half of 2024. Mercedes’ purpose for the community, a $1 billion three way partnership with MN8 Power, is to have 2,500 chargers at 400 websites by the top of the last decade.
Stations can be open to EVs from all manufacturers. Homeowners of 2024-model-year Mercedes EVs will get two years of free charging, whereas house owners of Mercedes EVs from earlier mannequin years will get six months of free charging.
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Mercedes-Benz EV Charging Hub in Sandy Springs, Georgia
Mercedes is shifting quick. The automaker simply introduced the charging community earlier this yr at CES. In July it introduced plans to shift to the Tesla-based North American Charging Customary (NACS) connector for North America. The next month it confirmed that it nonetheless deliberate its personal EV fast-charging hubs. The charging websites will embody each NACS and Mixed Charging Customary (CCS) connectors.
With a sequence of current idea vehicles, Mercedes has been touting an effectivity focus—which might permit such charging to be faster and go farther as properly.