Mercedes-Benz has huge plans to construct out a worldwide charging community with 10,000 chargers by the top of the last decade. In North America, Mercedes says to count on at the least 400 charging hubs with 2,500 chargers. By the top of the yr, Mercedes plans to open a number of charging hubs throughout Texas, Florida, Alabama and Georgia. For now, although, there’s just one, and it’s simply north of Atlanta in Sandy Springs, Georgia. As of Wednesday, it’s formally on-line.
Not like most different charging networks, Mercedes insists its charging community will really be an excellent expertise. With 400-kW chargers, you’ll be capable of refill as quick as your automotive will enable, and so they’ll be situated in locations with loos, meals and drinks so that you don’t have to remain in your automotive whereas it’s charging. Maybe most significantly, Mercedes guarantees that its chargers will really work. Precisely how dependable they’ll be nonetheless stays to be seen, however we respect that they’re at the least speaking about it.
It’s additionally vital to notice that these chargers gained’t solely be for Mercedes house owners. They’ll get a couple of benefits, reminiscent of the chance to make use of the navigation system to order a charging spot, however anybody with an electrical car will be capable of use them.
Mercedes has partnered with Simon Malls so that you’ll be capable of cost whereas procuring, however what’s far more attention-grabbing to us is that Mercedes has additionally partnered with Jalopnik’s favourite fuel station — Buc-ee’s. So if you want to cease for a cost in your Mercedes-Maybach EQS SUV, you’ll additionally be capable of choose up some Sea Salted Caramel Beaver Nuggets, a chopped brisket sandwich, some banana pudding, a beaver onesie and as many novelty indicators as your coronary heart wishes.
Buc-ee’s was already one of the best (sorry Sheetz), however if in case you have an EV, it’s about to get an entire lot higher. Not less than assuming the chargers find yourself being as dependable as Mercedes guarantees they are going to be.
