Mercedes-Benz’s first EV charging hubs will open this fall
by Umar Shakir from The Verge - All Posts on (#6E862)
A rendering of Mercedes-Benz's charging hub. | Image: Mercedes-Benz Mercedes-Benz announced its first electric vehicle DC fast charging hubs will launch in the fourth quarter of 2023, with the first station locations coming to Atlanta, Georgia; Chengdu, China; and Mannheim, Germany. The so-called Mercedes-Benz High-Power Charging Network" will have 2,000 chargers installed worldwide by the end of 2024, the automaker said.
At the beginning of this year, Mercedez-Benz announced it would go halfsies on spending about $1 billion with solar company MN8 Energy to build out a major worldwide charging network for electric vehicle owners. At the time, its plans included the installation of more than 2,500 DC fast chargers provided by ChargePoint at 400 hub locations in North America.
Today, Mercedez-Benz says it...