Tesla Supercharger Network of North America Now a Benz Charging Option

You are in the Tesla network or out of business in 10 years I think.  

And good that they are building their own charge stations too that anyone can use.

15 minutes ago, smk4565 said:

You are in the Tesla network or out of business in 10 years I think.  

And good that they are building their own charge stations too that anyone can use.

Nothing now by Benz and 2,500 at some point in the future is a joke compared to other networks not including the massive Tesla Supercharger network. 

If Benz truly cared about the experience, then why not commit to 10's of thousands of charging points?

21 hours ago, David said:

Nothing now by Benz and 2,500 at some point in the future is a joke compared to other networks not including the massive Tesla Supercharger network. 

If Benz truly cared about the experience, then why not commit to 10's of thousands of charging points?

How many auto makers have charge networks outside of Tesla?  And I am not talking about Electrify America or EVgo or anything like that, that any car and use.  Because I don't see Ford or VW branded charge stations that are owned and operated by the manufacturer.  

20 minutes ago, smk4565 said:

How many auto makers have charge networks outside of Tesla?  And I am not talking about Electrify America or EVgo or anything like that, that any car and use.  Because I don't see Ford or VW branded charge stations that are owned and operated by the manufacturer.  

That is just it, Ford, GM and VW have all committed to having multiple charging stations at their dealerships, but are depending on EA, EGgo, Chargepoint, etc. this is no different than Mercedes also depending on these 3rd party companies including Tesla Supercharging stations. At best Mercedes will be like all the others, have charging stations at their dealerships but nothing else.

23 hours ago, David said:

Nothing now by Benz and 2,500 at some point in the future is a joke compared to other networks not including the massive Tesla Supercharger network. 

If Benz truly cared about the experience, then why not commit to 10's of thousands of charging points?

No, Mercedes is building charging sites.  They only have 300 dealers that isn't enough.  Plus Mercedes doesn't own those dealers so they can't build on their property.  This sounds like Mercedes is going to buy 400 plots of land, install 2,500 chargers and then manage.  Which is a smart move, it helps adoption of EV's and lets them make money selling electricity.

4 hours ago, smk4565 said:

No, Mercedes is building charging sites.  They only have 300 dealers that isn't enough.  Plus Mercedes doesn't own those dealers so they can't build on their property.  This sounds like Mercedes is going to buy 400 plots of land, install 2,500 chargers and then manage.  Which is a smart move, it helps adoption of EV's and lets them make money selling electricity.

NO, NO, NO, Mercedes like GM and Ford has stated they will have multiple chargers at their dealerships. There is NOTHING in the press release about buying plots of land and building a stand alone charging station network.

Let me help you with the simple math. At your fictional 300 dealerships, that is 8 chargers per dealer. 

Now if we go by their actual website, Mercedes-Benz has 383 authorized dealerships located across the United States of America¹. Mercedes-Benz USA is headquartered in Montvale, NJ and has 11 office locations located throughout the US²

That means they will have 6.5 Chargers per dealership.

11 hours ago, David said:

NO, NO, NO, Mercedes like GM and Ford has stated they will have multiple chargers at their dealerships. There is NOTHING in the press release about buying plots of land and building a stand alone charging station network.

Let me help you with the simple math. At your fictional 300 dealerships, that is 8 chargers per dealer. 

Now if we go by their actual website, Mercedes-Benz has 383 authorized dealerships located across the United States of America¹. Mercedes-Benz USA is headquartered in Montvale, NJ and has 11 office locations located throughout the US²

That means they will have 6.5 Chargers per dealership.

A dealership is a bad place for public charging.  Maybe better than a Walmart parking lot since a dealer has  a waiting room.  But a restaurant/gas station/store type place makes more sense.  Also a lot of dealers aren’t along highways where you need charging on a road trip.  
 

And the point of EV’s is going to the dealer less for maintenance, I don’t want to have to drive to the dealer to charge my car.  

16 hours ago, David said:

NO, NO, NO, Mercedes like GM and Ford has stated they will have multiple chargers at their dealerships. There is NOTHING in the press release about buying plots of land and building a stand alone charging station network.

Let me help you with the simple math. At your fictional 300 dealerships, that is 8 chargers per dealer. 

Now if we go by their actual website, Mercedes-Benz has 383 authorized dealerships located across the United States of America¹. Mercedes-Benz USA is headquartered in Montvale, NJ and has 11 office locations located throughout the US²

That means they will have 6.5 Chargers per dealership.

They did actually say they were acquiring land for these chargers. 

"One big reason Mercedes is willing to spend billions to acquire land and install thousands of charging stations is to improve, eventually, a Mercedes driver's EV experience, according to Markus Schaefer, Mercedes-Benz chief technology officer, who spoke to the media during CES this week.

...That means finding safe, clean, and convenient places for the stations and a technological back end that provides benefits to Mercedes drivers. "

This also isn't just got Mercedes but for every automaker but they did state that they would prioritize Mercedes customers. 

https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a42408047/mercedes-high-speed-charging-network-evs/