Mercedes-Benz has shared plans to open its first electric vehicle DC fast-charging hubs in Atlanta, Georgia; Chengdu, China; and Mannheim, Germany, starting in the fourth quarter of 2023.
The automaker plans to install 2,000 charging hubs worldwide by the end of 2024, with 10,000 chargers in North America, Europe, China and “other core markets” by 2030.
In July, Mercedes joined the ranks of automakers to adopt Tesla’s North American Charging Standard (NACS) charge port. Starting in 2024, the automaker will offer an NACS adapter for any existing EV with CCS ports so that those vehicles can access Tesla’s extensive Supercharging network — 45,000 chargers worldwide, as of April 2023. For model years 2025 and later, Mercedes’s North American vehicles will be built with an NAC …
