Revolutionary New EV Charging Plans for US Revealed
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Higher electric vehicle charging speeds require cars capable of receiving the more powerful flow of electrons. Mercedes-AMG is building new cars capable of higher electric extremes than ever before, and Mercedes-Benz is creating a charging network to match.
"Just like AMG defines performance on the road, we define the charging performance," Michael Springmann, head of high-power charging in Europe for Mercedes-Benz Mobility, told Newsweek.
The company has committed to building 10,000 charging points at a minimum within the next 10 years. Mercedes-Benz has already confirmed that it will build over 2,500 charging points at a minimum of 400 stations across North America by 2027. The company has invested $1 billion to complete the installation.
Today, the company operates about 400 charging plugs in 14 U.S. states and will greatly increase the number of Mercedes-Benz High-Power Charging sites this summer. Each site has four to over 20 plugs. The average installation has 10 plugs.
A rendering of a vehicle parked at a Mercedes-Benz-branded charger.
A rendering of a vehicle parked at a Mercedes-Benz-branded charger.
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Canada will have its first High-Power Charging site by the end of the year.
"AMG has defined performance on the road for decades, now we're pushing the limits of charging performance. Drivers are hungry for fast charging in amenity rich locations that fit their lifestyle... Soon, we will increase charging power for an even faster experience across North America," Andrew Cornelia, president and CEO of Mercedes-Benz High-Power Charging North America, told Newsweek.
A recently announced technological innovation will be part of the company's efforts to revolutionize the charging experience in the U.S. and Europe. The enhanced electric capability is a result of a new charging station co-developed with Alpitronic, an Italian charging hub company with a U.S. base in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Like the Mercedes-AMG Concept AMG GT XX, the stations use direct cooling. This technology helps the charging station's thermal management capabilities, allowing battery cells and power lines to remain within heat tolerances during the high-heat-producing charging process.
Energy can flow at a higher rate out of the station as a direct result of these innovations, and because of the high-speed capability of the new AMG 800-volt electric vehicle architecture, more than 850 kilowatts, over a wide charging curve. All power is delivered via a CCS (Combined Charging System) connector cable.
"No one wants to fly on the Autobahn and then fail at the charger," Michael Schiebe, chairman of the board of management of Mercedes-AMG, told Newsweek.
Though powerful, the unit is not ready to hand over electrons quite as quickly as BYD's new chargers. Introduced in China, the chargers deliver 1,000 kilowatts of energy at 1,000 volts. The company's Han L sedan can gain nearly 250 miles of range in under five minutes at that rate.
The first production version of the new Alpitronic charging station will be installed in 2026, Springmann said. The company has already worked with Mercedes-Benz to install charging stations at locations across the U.S. Those stations are half the power of the proposed AMG stations.
Mercedes-Benz High-Power Charging North America has not said if the higher-power chargers AMG has worked on will replace some of the recently installed chargers in the region.
However, questions remain regarding the connector for those stations. With more vehicles coming to market with NACS (North American Charging Standard) charging, Alpitronic and Mercedes-Benz have yet to publicly sort out whether the charger will be brought to market exclusively with a CCS connection, as discussed in regard to the prototype technology, or with a NACS, or both.
Currently, some adapter solutions are available for electric vehicle owners.
This week, the High-Power Charging brand announced that it has entered into an agreement with Federal Realty Investment Trust to be the preferred charging provider of the company's national retail portfolio. The arm of the automaker will install over 500 400-kilowatt/800-volt charging stalls that are compatible with CCS and NACS-equipped vehicles from any brand.
The first location is expected to go live in 2026. An initial rollout will begin at 20 locations including Camelback Colonnade in Phoenix, AZ; Lawrence Park Shopping Center in Broomall, PA; and Shops at Pembroke Gardens in Pembroke Pines, FL. Each location will have up to 10 charging stalls capable of 400-kilowatt charging speeds, which can be used by vehicles that charge via CCS and NACS connections.
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