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I made this thread to concentrate all the valuable Mercedes Benz official information about EQS. I will keep this updated when more MBUSA info is released.
Attached is a good Q & A.
On the unlimited 30-minute free charge for the first two years...what do you think happens if you need to charge beyond 30 minutes? When you hit 30 minutes, maybe the session just stops and then you can initiate another 30-minute session after that? Or maybe the first 30 minutes are free and anything after that you pay the going kilowatt rate? Thoughts?
On the unlimited 30-minute free charge for the first two years...what do you think happens if you need to charge beyond 30 minutes? When you hit 30 minutes, maybe the session just stops and then you can initiate another 30-minute session after that? Or maybe the first 30 minutes are free and anything after that you pay the going kilowatt rate? Thoughts?
With my Porsche, I get a bill for the excess over 30 minutes. It's always due to inattention on my part, the car is fully charged within the 30 minutes.
With my Porsche, I get a bill for the excess over 30 minutes. It's always due to inattention on my part, the car is fully charged within the 30 minutes.
I'm guessing that if I wanted/needed to on a long distance drive...I could unplug at 30 minutes and plug back in to start a new free 30 minute session? This will be my first EV and I'll be learning a lot on long distance drive charging strategy - obviously at home, not an issue. The EV'ers I follow on Youtube seem to prefer shorter DC charging periods on longer trips to keep the charging kilowatt rate higher. Of course, this means more frequent stops....but maybe not an overall increase in trip time.
The real key to understanding how to drive an EV is understanding that you don't want to top it off every time. You want to hop, skip and jump from charger to charger. So, some charge times can be very short depending on what it takes to get to the next charger. I was just planning a 1600 mile trip using A Better Route Planner and it had me stopping in some instances for as few as 6 minutes. Interestingly, I planned using a 2018 Tesla Model X 100D (what I currently own), a Porsche Taycan 4S (what I almost bought) and an EQS 580 (what I'm awaiting). The EQS using Electrify America primarily for all stops covered the distance in almost 2 hours less time than either the Taycan or Tesla due to more efficient charging.
The real key to understanding how to drive an EV is understanding that you don't want to top it off every time. You want to hop, skip and jump from charger to charger. So, some charge times can be very short depending on what it takes to get to the next charger. I was just planning a 1600 mile trip using A Better Route Planner and it had me stopping in some instances for as few as 6 minutes. Interestingly, I planned using a 2018 Tesla Model X 100D (what I currently own), a Porsche Taycan 4S (what I almost bought) and an EQS 580 (what I'm awaiting). The EQS using Electrify America primarily for all stops covered the distance in almost 2 hours less time than either the Taycan or Tesla due to more efficient charging.
That makes sense. I find it somewhat funny...driving an EV on a long trip requires a little more planning to optimize the trip versus driving a gas car. It reminds me back in the day...before a long trip, I would stop by the local AAA office and have them do a TripTik package for me - laying out the route with gas and hotel stops. EV road trip planning seems to bring a little bit of that planning back - but all the available software definitely makes it so easy.
Due to several unusual factors, I simply don’t expect this type of situation to come into play.
At my age, I don’t expect to be driving my 450+ for more than a couple of years, if that long. I am only buying it for a new experience; I can easily limit the challenges I have to face, particularly recharging. The home-installed charger will see to that.
If we’re driving on an extended (e.g.,100-200 miles) trip, my wife will do by far the bulk of the driving and in our’18 S class. She only discovered her pleasure in it this year, always preferring to drive her Lexus RX350.
That makes sense. I find it somewhat funny...driving an EV on a long trip requires a little more planning to optimize the trip versus driving a gas car. It reminds me back in the day...before a long trip, I would stop by the local AAA office and have them do a TripTik package for me - laying out the route with gas and hotel stops. EV road trip planning seems to bring a little bit of that planning back - but all the available software definitely makes it so easy.
Make sure you use Plugshare (https://www.plugshare.com/). The reviews are really helpful when planning a long term trip.
11-27-2021, 04:59 PM
