Charging on the go.

MB.CHARGE Public for private customers is Mercedes-Benz's own charging service for public charging and is available exclusively to Mercedes-Benz drivers. The digital charging functions are seamlessly integrated into the multimedia system and the Mercedes-Benz App and can be operated via the same user interface. The Digital Extra MB.CHARGE Public currently brings together over 1.700 charging providers with around 3 million charging points worldwide. In the UK, there are over 70,000 charge points and over 50 charging providers. With just one charging contract, Mercedes-Benz drivers can always charge in the same user-friendly and familiar way at different charging station operators.

The Digital Extra MB.CHARGE Public currently gives access to over 1.700 charging providers with around 3 million charging points worldwide and is constantly growing. In the UK, there are over 70,000 charge points and over 50 charging providers.

The prerequisite for using MB.CHARGE Public for private customers is a Mercedes me ID and the VIN of an electrified Mercedes-Benz vehicle.

Customers pay the standard price of the charging station operator to which the charging station used belongs. The exact charging price per kilowatt hour or per minute, as well as the expected costs up to the set target charge level of the battery, can be viewed on the multimedia system display or in the Mercedes-Benz App before charging. In this way, Mercedes-Benz creates maximum cost transparency for charging costs at public charging stations.

Customers also have the option of charging at an attractive price that applies to the Preferred Partner Network. Two attractive tariffs, MB.CHARGE Public M & L, are available to you in order to optimally adapt the costs to your personal driving profile and individual charging behaviour.

The Digital Extra MB.CHARGE Public currently gives access to over 70,000 charge points and over 50 charge point operators in the UK. With just one charging contract, Mercedes-Benz drivers can always charge in the same user-friendly and familiar way at different charging station operators.

Customers benefit from their charging contract via MB.CHARGE Public for private customers, which makes them independent of contracts with the respective charging station operator. Each charging process is automatically processed using the payment information stored with MB.CHARGE Public for private customers.

At the charging station, authentication is conveniently carried out via the Mercedes-Benz App, the MB.CHARGE Public RFID Card or directly via Plug & Charge.

MB.CHARGE Public enables cross-border charging within Europe and North America. Customers in Europe always pay the local price, depending on the respective charging speed. Accordingly, this price may differ from the conditions in the respective home country. A foreign customer charges in transit at the same conditions as a local user. No additional contract is required for travel to other European countries. When crossing the border, the tariff-dependent country-specific roaming prices apply.

As part of MB.CHARGE Public, Mercedes-Benz guarantees Green Charging in Europe, Canada, the USA at public charging points. In comparison to our Mercedes-Benz Charging Network, for a customer it is sometimes difficult to discern whether a public charging point provides electricity from renewable energies or not.

 

If electricity from renewable energies is not yet provided at the respective charging station, MB.CHARGE Public uses Energy Attribute Certificates to ensure that an equivalent amount of electricity from renewable energies is fed into the power grid.

 

Energy Attribute Certificates are commonly used in the electricity sector to track the renewable properties of electricity and assign them to individual consumers, regardless of the actual flow of electricity. This separation makes certificates and electricity tradable separately.

 

The Energy Attribute Certificates are from certified energy generation plants (EKOenergy in Europe, Green-e in North America), i.e. exclusively wind and solar power plants that are less than six years old (except in the UK and Poland). Where possible, the Energy Attribute Certificates are generated and cancelled within the country where customers charge.

Plug & Charge is a technology that allows charging sessions at public charging stations to be started simply by connecting the charging cable. This eliminates the need to use a charging card or authentication via an app.

The public charging service MB.CHARGE Public is available to UK customers.

To activate MB.CHARGE Public, firstly, a charging contract with the third-party provider must be concluded. To be able to do so, the customer must have an active Mercedes-Benz company profile as well as vehicles connected to the account, The registration process with the third-party provider can be initiated through the Mercedes-Benz Website. Furthermore, a VAT ID is required to register. After successful registration with the third-party provider, charging contracts can be created for each vehicle and the Digital Extra MB.CHARGE Public will be activated automatically.

Business customers that do not have a VAT ID can use the MB.CHARGE Public solution for private customers and select "Business Customer" during the registration process, if allowed by company guidelindes. To be able to do so, the registration for MB.CHARGE Public must be initiated through a private Mercedes me ID.

– Central management of your Mercedes-Benz fleet, including user and vehicle administration via the Mercedes-Benz Website.

– Convenient and transparent billing and payment of all charging sessions through a single invoice per company.

– Management of charging contracts and RFID cards as well as review of transactions and invoices via the Charging Fleet Portal, provided by the third-party provider.