I haven’t seen MB saying it will be free. The announcement said:
Starting in 2024, Mercedes-Benz drivers get access to more than 12,000 Tesla Superchargers in North America through Mercedes-Benz’s own charging service Mercedes me Charge. Mercedes-Benz drivers will see Tesla Superchargers on the map in the vehicle and the app including availability status and price. They can seamlessly access the chargers and automatically pay for their charging sessions.
I could not even get an answer from Mercedes Premier Customer service (EQS + Maybach only) re charging at MBZ’s own new network. The lady opined that they will offer free charging “thru April 2023”. Nor sure whether it meant 4/1 or 4/30… She could not even give me any locations and guide where I could find a list or a map of those. I happened to find one at Long Beach, CA but have not gone there yet.
The same lady told me that MercedesMe support should have the answers to those questions. HUH!!! The next dude did not even know MBZ had their own chargers, nvm any details. He offered to do a “deep dive” to research it after I was already on that phone call/hold for about an hour, I politely requested a callback from a lead instead. Was promised to be contacted in 24-48 hours and that was a few weeks ago, Apparently, he is still deep diving for answers, lol!
PS: Just noticed that there’s a couple of contacts at MBZ at the bottom of the second linked page. Anyone cares to reach out to them?
Hi, DM’d you regarding this. Thanks
I wonder if the EQS deals are going to get even better starting next year? I cant imagine they removing the 7,500 incentive. and with rate cuts approaching I assume we get a better MF too. I just picked up a EQS 450 loaner and thought I did well! Got it in the $550 range for a 24/7.5, but am struggling to get a great deal on a SUV for the spouse.
Anyone have any thoughts?
I think MB has found an existing plan that works… they have enough factory money on the hood right now to clear out their units… look at how the marketplace moves units and how DJ rabbi keeps buying cars lol.
I don’t think they need more incentives in 2024, they just need to manage supply a bit better to avoid a glut of units on the floor.
They will eventually cut rates before adding more money on hood or trunk. Their captive bonds are starting to go down in rate
Not sure how much more they can cut the rates. It is at .0006 for sedan and .00078 for suv on the 580. With msds, it is practically 0%.
Didn’t realize they were at that for sedan.
I think Derek said 580 sedan was 0.0008.
But yeah if you one pay or max the MSD it’s like 0.0001
It does apply the brakes as well as motor regen but the car is so heavy no way for me to tell because I believe when I had my Tesla it would use two different colors for regen vs brakes
Hot spots on the rotors and pads were worn. Both were replaced under12/12 warranty. Trying to drive in normal regen now but the car burn so much more energy in the colder days
anyone in the midwest snag one in dec? RV is 53%, kills the deals compared to most RV of 60%+ here this is specifically for the 450 suv
Do you mean your brakes got worn due to strong Regen?
Wonder how the tires are holding up for you all? I’ve got 8k miles done, and tires are at 8/32 thread left. Seems a little excessive… is there a minimum tire thread to have when returning a lease to not get charged for new tires?
4/32” is the minimum for MBFS
Do you have summer tires or all-season?
That’s how I read it too, but that doesn’t make any sense.
I don’t know for sure but it’s possible because strong regen is applying the brake when regen isn’t available or low. Service dept didn’t have an answer and said this is the 1st time they had to do brakes for one of these
Got the all season Bridgestone Turanza tires
I got the same and was hoping you’d say summer. I’m only at 3900 miles though. It’s usually the folks with summer tires that are experiencing that kind of wear, at least from what I’ve seen on this site.