For those of you who have closed on an EQS, how has your experience been with the 2 years of free charging through EA. The only location near me maxes at 50kW but really stays around 35kW. I decided to drive out to a hyper station today and take advantage of the 350kW chargers and I’m sitting here charging at just 40kW. Do the restrict the speed of the complimentary charging? When I plugged it in, it temporarily climbed to 80kW but shortly went back down to 40kW. Am I doing something wrong? It’s kind of disheartening to know I’ll never be able to charge above 50kW.
EA is an absolute disaster. Cannot wait to see all these MBZ, BMW, Audi, Porsche, VW, Hyundai, Kia, Genesis, Volvo, Polestar lessees and manufacturers suing them for breach of contract. EA simply can’t deliver: their crappy equipment keeps breaking down, no spares parts, not enough knowledgeable techs.
EA is an exact opposite of Tesla network. Was in Malibu Village a few weeks ago where EA and Tesla chargers are right next to other. EA’s 3 out of 4 chargers were down and couldn’t even communicate with the network, so no way to reboot them. The last one was limping along at about 40 though it was supposed to be 150. The useless EA agent made a caustic remark that I basically should be grateful that this one worked at all at a low speed vs being completely out of service. Meanwhile, all the numerous Tesla chargers were up and running, Tesla drivers just kept coming and going.
What was your state of charge when you pull in to the charger? The EQS charging curve is about 50kW past 80%.
The EA chargers around me are hyper stations and I’ve been consistently been able to hit 190+kW. However, I only see this when my SOC is below 30-40%, consistent with the charging curve. If I plug in at higher SOCs, I see slower rates. I have seen other EVs charge at rates close to 50kW with SOCs in the 50% range, but that’s all I can say without knowing their charging curve.
That said, I completely agree EA is dropping the ball here and screwing over brands with their small and unreliable network. Considering they are owned by VWoA and born out of the Dieselgate scandal, I about expected this.
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Popes should just exclude “free charging” from their thought process when shopping for EVs IMO.
As of now, only get an EV if you have charging at home or work. Don’t rely on unreliable networks for your charging needs.
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I am 100% EA charging since I got my EQE in April, I do not have home or work charger. Definitely hit or miss at the 4-5 in my area buy I’ve never been totally screwed. Reach 125KWH at the 150 one this morning. The 350KWH ones are awesome.
I wish I got the numbers referenced in the article. I started my charge today at 13% and now I’m at 68%. I called EA and the rep confirmed that this location hasn’t been above 100kW in weeks. I’ll continue to try different locations and see if I can find one that works but so far I’ve been to three different charging stations (including this 350kW hyper station) and have not gotten over 80kW at any point. Just being over 50kW has been temporary.
Yeah I wish I could experience that. I’m at a 350mW now and I’ve been between 40-44kW for almost an hour and a half.
EA is certainly a disaster. Many a times the charging speed is low even when the car can support higher charging speed between 10 to 80% SOC.
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At least you guys can charge at all. I’ve been getting charging faults for the last month on all level 2 chargers.
Into the shop on Wednesday to see what the problem is.
Can someone explain to me why MB Financing arm would do this? Why would they fiddle with the RV and MF if they resulting effect would be the same monthly payment?
Are there any implications for an end-user for the RV going down and the MF going down? For example, If someone with the old terms were to pay off the car at the same time as someone with the new term on, let’s say, month 15 of a 24 month lease. Assuming all other terms are equal (MSRP, discount %, etc). Would the payoff be the same?
I completely stop trying to use the free charging a few months ago. If your time and sanity is worth anything you’ll do the same.
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Was your battery in a low state of charge and preconditioned? In order to see 200+kw you need to precondition, have below 20% battery, and use a 350kw charger. If you only see ~35kw, this means the cable cooling isn’t working so the charger limits output to 100 amps. You will need to set charger as a destination in navigation in order for the car to condition the battery.
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It looks like I found my answer:
By this logic, it seems that someone that leases an EQS SUV 450+ in September is actually worse off than someone who leased in August, even if the monthly payment is the same.
Thanks @mllcb42
In this case, it makes little difference since the depreciation is so ridiculous on these you’d never buy them out.
I suspect the real answer to the question you’re asking is more in line with them targeting a specific lease price and then balancing writing down an expense on a subsidized money factor now vs writing off a larger loss later on when the market value is worth way less than the residual.
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Man you guys go crazy with messages! lol hard to keep up
I wish we could do transfers on MB leases. My dad wants out of his EQS cause he doesn’t get the logic of keeping this thing charged. First world problems lol
How is it any different to filling up at the gas station? With EVs, you wake up to a full tank. Only situation where it might get annoying is a road trip.
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Landlines don’t need to be charged either
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See what happens when you hook up your relatives. 
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Does he own an iPhone?
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I’m picturing the folks in that household simply buy a new phone every day so they don’t have to encumber themselves with the whole charging bit haha.
And they probably have no washing machine since they just buy new clothes and throw out the dirty stuff.
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