Mercedes-Benz is the most recent of a number of automakers to announce plans to undertake the Tesla charging connector and grant its prospects entry to Tesla’s huge charging community, although Mercedes remains to be transferring forward with plans for its personal upscale charging community for its prospects.
Mercedes EV house owners will be capable of use the Tesla charging community beginning in 2024, the automaker introduced on Friday. An adapter will enable current Mercedes EVs, which use the Mixed Charging Normal (CCS) connector, to interface with Tesla’s connector, which Tesla has styled because the North American Charging Normal (NACS).
New Mercedes EVs could have a Tesla connector built-in beginning in 2025 within the North American area, however the automaker did not say whether or not it might section out CCS and use the Tesla connector solely.
Mercedes confirmed that it’s nonetheless planning its personal charging community, however now with each NACS and CCS connectors. Introduced on the 2023 CES earlier this yr, the charging community will include 400 “charging hubs” with greater than 2,500 particular person chargers in North America by the tip of the last decade. That might be a lot smaller than the Tesla community, which at present has greater than 12,000 chargers in North America.
Mercedes-Benz EV charging community
“To speed up the shift to electrical autos, we’re devoted to elevating your entire EV expertise for our prospects—together with quick, handy, and dependable charging options wherever their Mercedes-Benz takes them,” Ola Källenius, Mercedes’ CEO, stated in a press release.
Ford and Basic Motors have made related offers with Tesla to make use of its charging community, and have additionally introduced plans to make use of the NACS connector in future autos. They have been quickly adopted by Rivian, Volvo, and Polestar. Hyundai, Volkswagen Group, and Stellantis have all indicated they might comply with swimsuit.
