Don't the wheels fall off at 100%?
I'd think the cost of real estate in that location would be the killer for ROI.
Visited Mercedes-Benz first ever North American charging hub.
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I'd think the cost of real estate in that location would be the killer for ROI.
This is in the lot of their US headquarters so they already had the land to use (MBUSA doesn't own the plot - looks to be a land lease from the county). Looking back at Google Maps street view it appears it was just a surface parking lot behind their building so was pretty much dead space anyways.Don't the wheels fall off at 100%?
I'd think the cost of real estate in that location would be the killer for ROI.
I'm a bit confused. Where I'm at in west Atlanta there is free charging for two hours on a level two charger. Then it's $2 for 2 hours which works out to 16 cents a kilowatt.
Georgia Tech has a slew of free chargers for faculty and students. Four hours of free charging and then it's 85 cents an hour.
Mercedes is charging $$$ for that charging station. It is gorgeous but definitely not cheap. Fueling at that place is about equal to gas cost with a midsize car here in GA.
Georgia Tech has a slew of free chargers for faculty and students. Four hours of free charging and then it's 85 cents an hour.
Mercedes is charging $$$ for that charging station. It is gorgeous but definitely not cheap. Fueling at that place is about equal to gas cost with a midsize car here in GA.
Oh level 2 is always cheaper because its slow, what would take 8+ hours on L2 would take 15-30 minutes on these stations. Sure you L2 if lets say you are parking for work or class and your car would be parked for hours anyways but if you are in time crunch (road trip) or opportunity charging (grocery store stop, Target, Wal-Mart, fast food stop, etc.) you can plug in for 15-30 minutes during your stop and come out to a nearly full battery. That same 30 minutes on typical L2 (6.6KW) might get you a couple % increase vs 70-80%.
I get that. But the station is charging 50 cents per kWh unless I'm missing something.
It is .50/KWH and seems comparable to EVGo who is the only other network I have found who has switched to charging by KWH instead of by time.
L3 is not really meant for day to day use, some folks with free charging plans do use it routinely because its free but other than that it's not cost effective and it's not great for the battery pack to solely charge on L3. If you are not on a free plan and paying to charge on L3 as your only way to charge you are doing it wrong and paying a huge premium for it. While you might pay a premium for this on lets say a road trip but the extra cost is offset when you are charging at home or at work for much reduced cost.
I'll use a gas station example. There is a BP on Peachtree just 1/2 mile north of the Buckhead business/hotel district, their gas prices are easily .60-.80 more per gallon than stations not 1-2 miles away but I routinely see cars filling up there because its convenient and some folks pay for convenience.
Commercial electricity consumers are charged on the peak kW for any 5 minute period during the month. 800 kW (four 200 kW chargers in use simultaneously, even if that only happens once a month) will be a very large charge before you even get to the kWh portion of the bill.
Although since this facility is associated with a factory they may already be paying that for factory usage.
Although since this facility is associated with a factory they may already be paying that for factory usage.
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thanks for the review and posting the per kWh price. I wonder how that will change why demand and market.
Oh, that makes more sense then, still kind of pricey, our level 2 charger at work is 21 cents/kwh, which almost exactly what my power costs at home.