Mercedes-Benz Malaysia’s push into electrification will proceed in 2024, with the corporate set to broaden its present portfolio of all-electric EQ fashions, which is presently made up of 9 variants over seven mannequin varieties. Merchandise gained’t be the one focus, as its personal charging community can also be set to develop, unbiased of developments elsewhere.

At yesterday’s EQE SUV launch, which noticed the introduction of the EQE 500 4Matic AMG Line to the Malaysian market, the corporate revealed plans to broaden its DC quick charging community at dealerships (or retail companions, following the model’s change to an company mannequin for its gross sales operations right here) subsequent 12 months.

This follows on the charging community enlargement that was introduced final 12 months, the place the corporate indicated that it was planning to put in 13 DC quick chargers in strategic vendor areas, primarily within the Peninsular. At that time, it was talked about that charging could be made out there to be used by EQ clients for free of charge till the tip of 2023.

Issues are anticipated to modify to paid charging, in keeping with the announcement of deliberate company charging subscriptions for the corporate’s enterprise and fleet clients. Requested if this may open up use of those DC chargers at retailers to all EV customers, the corporate mentioned that entry would proceed to be just for Mercedes-Benz EV house owners within the current future.

In line with Edmin Naidoo, VP of buyer providers, Mercedes-Benz Automobiles Malaysia, this may permit the corporate to offer its clients with prepared entry to charging factors. “For our retailers, we’re two phases. At this cut-off date, the main target is on retail utilization (by its clients). Within the second part, it is going to be for automobiles which might be being serviced, the place you high up your car, and we are not looking for it to be utilised as a “filling” station. It’s mainly to deal with our clients that come,” he mentioned.

He mentioned that retail companions might be free to listing their chargers on their most popular cost level operator (CPO) for cost. This, he mentioned, could be a brand new income stream for retail companions to make up for decreased providers. At current, DC chargers within the community have totally different specs, with most being able to outputting 180 kW, whereas the remaining are capable of do 120 kW or 50 kW.

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