Mercedes-Benz has introduced it is going to roll out a high-power charging community throughout North America, Europe, China and different markets, and it’ll be open to automobiles from different manufacturers.
The charging community shall be Mercedes-Benz-branded however developed in partnership with photo voltaic power and battery storage firm MN8 Power and charging community firm ChargePoint.
The rollout will start in North America this 12 months, with Europe, China and unspecified “different primary markets” to observe.
The North American community will encompass greater than 400 hubs with greater than 2500 high-power chargers, with work scheduled for completion by 2027.
Every hub will, relying on the situation, supply between 4 and 12 chargers with as much as 350kW charging energy. Mercedes-Benz says the hubs will “finally [have] as many as 30” chargers.
By the top of the last decade, Mercedes-Benz says its charging community may have expanded worldwide with greater than 10,000 high-power chargers.
Whereas they’ll be open to all manufacturers, Mercedes-Benz says homeowners of its automobiles will take pleasure in extra advantages like with the ability to reserve a charging spot – one thing Audi affords with its charging hubs in Europe.
Chargers shall be “spaced conveniently at common intervals”, near motorways, main intersections and metropolitan areas, and with meals retailers and restrooms close by.
Mercedes-Benz guarantees a “premium, sustainable and dependable” charging expertise, with the hubs that includes surveillance cameras and “different measures” to offer a protected and safe charging surroundings. Chosen factors may even be lined for cover from the weather.
Mercedes-Benz will “ideally guarantee” the hubs are equipped with power through inexperienced electrical energy provide contracts or by renewable power certificates from an accredited provider.
They’ll additionally accommodate a roof geared up with photovoltaic techniques to offer energy for lighting and surveillance cameras.
“At Mercedes-Benz, we’re totally dedicated to creating the charging of battery electric-vehicles simpler and extra accessible,” stated Markus Schäfer, member of the Board of Administration of Mercedes-Benz Group AG and chief know-how officer in command of growth and procurement.
“By choosing MN8 Power and ChargePoint as our companions in North America – two of the leaders of their respective fields – we’ll have the ability to proceed to drive the transformation in the direction of an electrical future, which is without doubt one of the primary pillars of our holistic, sustainable company technique.”
Mercedes-Benz received’t be the primary firm to have a branded charging community.
Tesla’s Supercharger community is essentially the most expansive and well-known, however Audi has additionally rolled out its first 4 ring-branded charging hubs in Europe.
Although its chargers don’t put on the Volkswagen brand, the German firm established the Electrify America charging community within the US, whereas Ionity in Europe and Chargefox in Australia have partnered with myriad automakers to offer homeowners of their automobiles entry to public charging.