Mercedes-Benz shifts to Tesla charging port for North America

Mercedes-Benz on Friday introduced that it’s going to undertake the Tesla charging port for future EVs and a deliberate charging community in North America.

Simply as with the opposite manufacturers which have dedicated to date—Ford, GM, Rivian, Volvo, and Polestar—Mercedes will supply an adapter in 2024 to permit homeowners of present EVs to make use of the Tesla Supercharger community, adopted by the incorporation of the port in automobiles beginning in 2025.

Mercedes-Benz EV charging community

Mercedes didn’t say whether or not it deliberate to section out the Mixed Charging Customary (CCS) port utilized in its present EVs and solely use the Tesla port, also referred to as the North American Charging Customary (NACS) sooner or later. Nevertheless it confirmed plans to include each ports into its deliberate North American charging community.

Mercedes announced the EV fast-charging network for North America in January, and whereas it goals to get 2,500 fast-charging connectors and 400 North American websites in operation by 2027, it is launched few different particulars. The primary websites—which may have each CCS and NACS ports—are scheduled to open later this yr.

2014 Mercedes-Benz B-Class Electrical Drive

Previous to that, Volkswagen was reportedly shopping its Electrify America network round to potential traders, together with Mercedes, in a giant to scale up. Whereas that did not occur, VW did acquire an additional investment from Siemens.

There was once a deep connection between Mercedes and Tesla. Mercedes-Benz dad or mum Daimler as soon as owned about 10% of Tesla, and Elon Musk as soon as stated at a Wall Avenue Journal convention: “We were saved by Daimler.” Mercedes helped provide switchgear and different parts for earlier Mannequin S and Mannequin X. Tesla additionally provided the powertrain for the Mercedes-Benz B-Class Electric Drive, a compliance automobile that prevented this requirements debate, in a manner, by skipped fast-charging altogether.