Since it is close to me I figured I would swing on through even so I didn't need a charge (59% on arrival). Nice little spot if you happen to be traversing GA400 or the northern part of loop I-285 in Atlanta, located in Sandy Springs Georgia at MB's North American HQ campus. Cost is .50/KWH - not all stations in Georgia have yet converted to per/KWH so not entirely sure how it compares, EVGo has converted and when I charged it would have cost me .49/KWH at EVGo so the Mercedes prices are pretty competitive especially for the amenities. Trash cans at every stall, one pull through station for vehicles towing, restrooms and the lounge with vending and coffee. Vending machine prices are Mercedes expensive ($3.50 for a can of La Croix sparkling water).
The station shows as 400KW, not sure if that halves if someone plugged into the neighboring port but still even if it did it would still be higher than most BEV's on the road. Since I was such high SOC I was pulling ~55KW - I'm sure it would max out at ID.4 speed (~150KW) if I rolled in at low SOC. I only stayed long enough to snap a few photos and check out the lounge.
**Funny and annoying note. Lady who drives the Toyota BZ4X was curled up under a blanket with a book, occupying the entire sofa cause she was laid out on it with her shoes on the cushions. I didn't take a picture of the inside because I thought it would be rude since she would be in the photo, thinking back I should have and told her to pound sand if she said anything since she had zero regard for anyone else or caring about dirtying up someone else sofa. She is the type of person that will cause Mercedes to remove the nice things and just throw some hard plastic chairs in there like a tire shop waiting room. Rumor has it she is still there waiting for her BZ4X to get to 100% even so I left the location over an hour ago.
Anyways fun little visit to a nice charging lounge, hopefully as the DCFC charging situation evolves they turn more into setups like this.
The station shows as 400KW, not sure if that halves if someone plugged into the neighboring port but still even if it did it would still be higher than most BEV's on the road. Since I was such high SOC I was pulling ~55KW - I'm sure it would max out at ID.4 speed (~150KW) if I rolled in at low SOC. I only stayed long enough to snap a few photos and check out the lounge.
**Funny and annoying note. Lady who drives the Toyota BZ4X was curled up under a blanket with a book, occupying the entire sofa cause she was laid out on it with her shoes on the cushions. I didn't take a picture of the inside because I thought it would be rude since she would be in the photo, thinking back I should have and told her to pound sand if she said anything since she had zero regard for anyone else or caring about dirtying up someone else sofa. She is the type of person that will cause Mercedes to remove the nice things and just throw some hard plastic chairs in there like a tire shop waiting room. Rumor has it she is still there waiting for her BZ4X to get to 100% even so I left the location over an hour ago.
Anyways fun little visit to a nice charging lounge, hopefully as the DCFC charging situation evolves they turn more into setups like this.
