Starbucks and Mercedes-Benz announce a plan to install fast chargers open to all electric vehicles at 100 Starbucks cafes along Interstate 5, starting in 2025.
EV drivers braving Interstate 5 will soon get a chance for a double charge — electrons for the car, caffeine for the driver. Starbucks and Mercedes-Benz on Wednesday announced a partnership to install fast electric vehicle chargers at 100 Starbucks cafes along the freeway, starting in 2025. It's part of a plan to install hundreds of chargers at EV hot spots across the U.S. Although the chargers will carry the Mercedes-Benz brand, they'll be open to all EVs.
nozzles, the same kind Tesla uses. is fast becoming the industry standard. But the chargers will be fitted with CCS nozzles too. And they'll accommodate increasingly popular 800-volt battery architectures. Although the two brand giants are bound to attract attention, the pressure to perform will be intense. The reliability of publicly available EV chargers is abysmal, and even though the industry is trying to improve, it’s got a long way to go Several studies have shown up to 25% of public chargers out of order.
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