Yes daylight robbery.

Wow! I went from 15% to 80% in 23 minutes. It cost me £22.77 at a BP Pulse 150. This was in my MG4 SE LR.

Incredible speeds! I managed to reach 116.5kW and thought that was fast however this was at a BP Pulse 150 station.

It does. Sometimes it’s pennies but others as much as 20%

Thanks for the comments.

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Hi Danny, thanks for the question. All EVs are tested in a controlled environment which is called the WLTP. They suggest the range for the manufacturers based on their testing. Theoretically, you can achieve 277 miles in the right conditions but realistically ‘real world’ range is a little different when you contest outside temperatures, speed, weather, driving styles, tyres etc there’s so many variables I could list. The car tries to be as realistic as it can and you’ll find most EVs will over estimate its actual range, in most about 15-20%. Have a look at MGs figures for all climates and road settings and you’ll see the range figures vary. Another good source is EV-Database. I do a motorway 70mph range test in the car 100-0% to understand its ‘worst case scenario’ to give consumers an accurate idea of worst case. Of course you can adapt your driving to suit the range you need at any time. I hope this helps

Congrats on making the leap to EV. You can pay for these charging sessions through 3rd party apps like I do or through Ionities app.

Thanks for your comment Dave. There seems to be a miss-conception that EV drivers expect to get 350kW just because they arrived at a 350kW charger🤷‍♂️. Maybe that is the case for some???! If you’re familiar with the Bristol area charging network, there’s a big gap between 125 and 350kW charging facilities alongside motorway corridors. If I’m going to ‘test’ for the purpose of a video my peak charging speed and curve and my nearest is a 350 then, damn I know where I’m heading. It’s IONITY and works well and gives me data others don’t. Many 150kW chargers in the area where I charge will only open up that full power if you have an 800v architecture like MFG. It’s also worth mentioning that a charger is a charger. It doesn’t matter what speed it is as long as it charges an EV. There’s consideration if you’re somewhere which provides multiple outlets at different speeds, but it’s just a charger. There’s consideration if I revisit a charger because you know it well and know it works. I think you see where I’m going…

It differs everywhere. Cheapest I’ve seen on an incentive model is around 30p. If you can charge at home like me you can access 7.5p kWh.

He went from 14 to 172miles estimated range, so 158 miles added (although he’d just come off a 70mph motorway test so est range would have been lower than for mixed driving - but realistic for a motorway fuelling stop). 48kWh x £0.63 = £30 cost. ICE equivalent for 158 miles at 45mpg and £1.50/litre = 158 / 45 / 0.22 * £1.5 = £24. So in this case ICE is 20% cheaper and takes 5mins vs 30mins to refuel.

IMHO EVs only make sense if you can do 99% of your charging at home.

I’m trying to negotiate something with my local MG dealer 🤞

@@stuart_thomasThis is something I’d like to see! Fingers crossed.

Very impressive. One pedal driving is definitely a must in EVs, not to fussed with the extra head rest and rear wiper as I don't use them but I appreciate others would. From the EVs I'm currently testing, LKA is awful in all of them so MG4 isn't isolated. Thanks for the comment and enjoy your MG4

@@stuart_thomas Thanks Stu, been watching your videos long before getting mine and your reviews were a contributing factor, so enjoy yours as well :)

@@ytdood really appreciate your comments and your time watching my videos 👍

Thanks for the comments Mark. I agree a full charge is also important if it’s required however, that last 30-20% grinds down to such a slow speed you’d be more time efficient to plug back in again at a low or lower state of charge. X-power sounds great. I have a Tesla m3 so I can appreciate that power, but with dual motors like you said, it will destroy efficiency. I was expecting this model to ship with the larger battery so that’s a shame. I’ve used Tesla chargers many times with the MG4 so no issues with the 4 but I have heard of issues with the ZS models. As far as I’m aware no incentive's or charging plans with new MGs. I use Electroverse which I get with Octopus energy which does offer some great deals across various chargers. I love the ioniq 5, I’ve been living with one for two weeks for my ‘used EV series’. I’m totally in love with it, especially the charging but efficiency isn’t the best but it’s a big heavy car etc Thanks again for the great comments 👍

That's approx 36kw of charge at 7kw an hour is just over 5 hours (roughly). Which tallies with my experience at home.

I concur. In this test it does show that the car wanted to remain at 400 and under until it wasn’t possible.

@@stuart_thomas it cannot try to stay below 400V because the nominal voltage of the pack is at 380V. The car has 104S1P cell configuration. At 3,7V typical nomical voltage per cell (50% SoC) while idle and not charging, it nets out 384V. At 4,2V per cell (fully charged) you'd get 436V in the pack. While charging the voltage is higher than while idle. There are some discrepancies due to buffers and how the BMS manages everything. Renault Zoe for that matter has 96S2P, which gives you 355V nominal and 403V when it's fully charged.

I’ve got a 23-plate MG4 SE LR and was surprised when it turned up with a rear wiper. Do you know if that will be the norm now?

@@raffy7024 I don't. Are the wheels 18" and a different style as well? Also the AC interface I believe is updated to a new layout??

@@mattsmith-yg8zg Hi, I just had a look - I didn’t even notice the wheels or updated AC interface but yes - 18” wheels and new AC interface on my one.

What country have you received that in?

@@mattsmith-yg8zg I’m based in the UK.

44kW at 63p i think he said so £27.72p

Thanks for the comment Andy, quick question, do you have an EV?