400 kW Mercedes-Benz chargers in Horseheads

[ack154]

These look like they're just about to open any day now in Consumer Square.

400 kW chargers with 12 stations each with both CCS and NACS ports.
PlugShare: https://www.plugshare.com/location/1317885

Right next to a Popeye's and Wendy's with Taco Bell and some other stuff on the other side of a busy road.

This area has had a huge number of chargers open just in the past year or two now. 12 new V4 Superchargers about a mile down the road and a 4 station EvolveNY/EA station another 2-3 miles away in another plaza. Adding in these MB chargers and that's 28 300+ kW chargers within 3-4 miles.

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[Charge_Rob]

And when they go live they'll be in BlueOval Charge Network, so easy payment with the Ford app. Love heading to Mercedes chargers on my road trips.

 

[Tampamike]

They’re a little pricey. Very smooth, but pricey.

 

[silverelan]

And when they go live they'll be in BlueOval Charge Network, so easy payment with the Ford app. Love heading to Mercedes chargers on my road trips.

Do we need to do anything like actively get another certificate or anything? Or will it just work as-is, as long as P&C is enabled in the car?

 

[E90alex]

Do we need to do anything like actively get another certificate or anything? Or will it just work as-is, as long as P&C is enabled in the car?

Mercedes is already a part of the Blue Oval Charge Network, you don’t need to do anything. It’s all handled on the back end by Ford.

HOWEVER they do not support plug and charge currently, so you will need to search for the charger in the Ford app and manually activate it.

 

[AZBill]

This area has had a huge number of chargers open just in the past year or two now. 12 new V4 Superchargers about a mile down the road and a 4 station EvolveNY/EA station another 2-3 miles away in another plaza. Adding in these MB chargers and that's 28 300+ kW chargers within 3-4 miles.

The Tesla V4 chargers are not really 325kw, only for Cybertrucks, and even then only for about a minute. They still only support 400V cars, so actually about 200kw. Of course, nobody that owns a Ford EV can even get 200kw, so it does not matter.

Here in AZ, Ionna, BP Pulse and Walmart have all opened 400kw chargers. There is a new Buckee's being built near me that is supposed to have 36 of the MB chargers, will not be open until June. I have not tried any of these yet, but with my Hummer I expect to be able to get 370kw at low SoC.

 

[Charge_Rob]

Do we need to do anything like actively get another certificate or anything? Or will it just work as-is, as long as P&C is enabled in the car?

They're in BlueOval Charge Network - but not Plug & Charge, those are different things. Activate in the Ford app for all 21 network partners including Mercedes, Plug & Charge can also be used at 5 of the 21 partners (Electrify America, EVolve NY, Tesla, IONNA, select Ford Charge locations).

 

[ack154]

The Tesla V4 chargers are not really 325kw, only for Cybertrucks, and even then only for about a minute. They still only support 400V cars, so actually about 200kw. Of course, nobody that owns a Ford EV can even get 200kw, so it does not matter.

Here in AZ, Ionna, BP Pulse and Walmart have all opened 400kw chargers. There is a new Buckee's being built near me that is supposed to have 36 of the MB chargers, will not be open until June. I have not tried any of these yet, but with my Hummer I expect to be able to get 370kw at low SoC.

I was just looking up the Walmart chargers the other day. I recall seeing them mentioned a few months ago but hadn't really heard much else. Looks like they're mostly Texas and a bit of the southwest around you right now. I'm sure they'll be popular but I'm not a fan of them having to pay through the Walmart app - hopefully they at least have tap and pay at the charger or something?

 

[silverelan]

They're in BlueOval Charge Network - but not Plug & Charge, those are different things. Activate in the Ford app for all 21 network partners including Mercedes, Plug & Charge can also be used at 5 of the 21 partners (Electrify America, EVolve NY, Tesla, IONNA, select Ford Charge locations).

Gotcha, I misunderstood you to mean we have Plug and Charge at IONNA like other automakers already do on that network. Any chance P&C will be coming soon for Ford on IONNA?

 

[E90alex]

Gotcha, I misunderstood you to mean we have Plug and Charge at IONNA like other automakers already do on that network. Any chance P&C will be coming soon for Ford on IONNA?

IONNA plug and charge has been active since 11/20/25.

https://www.fromtheroad.ford.com/us/en/articles/2025/ford-plug-and-charge-for-easy-charging

 

[AZBill]

I was just looking up the Walmart chargers the other day. I recall seeing them mentioned a few months ago but hadn't really heard much else. Looks like they're mostly Texas and a bit of the southwest around you right now. I'm sure they'll be popular but I'm not a fan of them having to pay through the Walmart app - hopefully they at least have tap and pay at the charger or something?

Walmart has three open and ten more under construction in Phoenix, they do require use of their app, unfortunately. So far, they are not building any at sites that already have EA chargers, but their app includes those, mentioning 3rd party.

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