Mercedes-Benz EV owners can start using Tesla Superchargers in February

Mercedes-Benz said that its electrical vehicles will beryllium capable to entree Tesla’s Supercharger web starting successful February.

By now you should beryllium acquainted pinch really this goes: a shaper announces Supercharger access, first done the usage of NACS-to-CCS adapters and past later pinch autochthonal NACS integration. The adapters are disposable to acquisition done dealerships. And EV owners will get to giddily watch arsenic the number of accessible nationalist EV chargers abruptly grows by the thousands. (By past count, Tesla had 20,000 stalls successful the US and Canada.)

Of course, this is each unsocial to North American residents, arsenic Europeans who ain immoderate spirit of EV person agelong been capable to entree Tesla Superchargers acknowledgment to a much enlightened stance connected exertion standards.

The adapter, which is produced by EV charging supplier Lectron, will waste for $185 done authorized dealerships. According to Mercedes spokesperson Andrew Brudnicki, the Lectron adapter is “the only adapter to day that has been tested for information and compatibility pinch Mercedes-Benz EVs” and “includes different advantages for customers, specified arsenic a much robust interlock relationship betwixt the cablegram and adapter compared to akin adapters.”

(Lectron had a fewer issues pinch a faulty latch pin past year, resulting successful a callback of astir 1,600 units; the institution says those issues were addressed successful April 2024, and since then, location haven’t been immoderate different problems.)

Tesla Supercharger locations will besides beryllium added to Mercedes’ charger representation successful its app. And the strategy will beryllium integrated pinch the company’s usage of Plug & Charge, successful which charging initiates arsenic soon arsenic the customer plugs in, pinch nary further steps aliases authorizations required.

Later this year, Mercedes plans to rotation retired its first vehicles pinch factory-installed NACS ports. We don’t cognize which models will travel first, but the institution has a assortment of EVs available, from the luxurious EQS, to the much affordable EQE and EQB, to the status-conferring electric G-Wagen.