Starting in February, Mercedes-Benz cars will be able to charge at 20,000 Tesla Supercharger stations in the United States, the automaker announced Thursday.
Access to the Superrater will be enabled through a dealer-installed software update, not over the air. Customers will be contacted through Mercedes to schedule this. The update will maintain the plug-and-rate capability featured in existing Mercedes electric vehicles, allowing drivers to rate by simply plugging them in, and will allow Superraters to appear in the Mercedes app and infotainment systems.
Mercedes-Benz opens Tesla Supercharger access
The adapters cost $185 and will also be distributed to dealers. They will be available in the United States this quarter, Mercedes said, but Canadian drivers will have to wait until the second quarter. Prices for this market will be shown later. Between the United States and Canada, Mercedes expects drivers to have access to approximately 20,000 Supercharger stations.
Mercedes plans to integrate Tesla’s NACS ports into new cars for North American markets starting this year. So far, the refreshed Hyundai Ioniq five 202five is the only non-Tesla electric vehicle on sale with a NACS port, and its speed is slower with it. because Tesla’s top super-qualifiers lately cannot qualify at top speeds of 800 volts, which does not apply to the 400-volt Mercedes electric vehicles on the road today.
Mercedes-Benz opens up to Tesla Supercharger
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