Hi I have mg5 2022 reg butt I can’t charge a car on Tesla supercharger and some one told me to upgrade a software in car than you will charge at Tesla supercharger

We have a garage and plugged in our i3S in a 13amp socket having bought it in April. After a long weekend, I plugged it in to the 13amp socket so my wife could commute to work in it (four days a week). It was fully charged by the morning and we topped it up again on the Friday evening so we could use it over the weekend. Used a public charger over 150 miles away when we were on holiday and arrived home with 30%. After 8 weeks it’s clear two overnight charges are all it needs, so the only question now is whether to buy a home charger to manage the top ups better (between 10% and 80%) to avoid fully charging during commute routines? G

But you were not moving! Drive around the block awhile?

SAIC needs to work on their software. Starting from the SLOW infotainment to ironing out bugs and removing some annoying "features".

What range do you get from the car?

Normal people sharing real experiences. Fantastic. We had a MGZS EV and loved it. MG5 a better car I think. If you want wireless CarPlay you can get an adapter. We had car2play and there are others.

Can’t believe they dont do something like they do with petrol…buy some stuff and get a code that goes into the app. Pensioners would do this all the time by going late at night! They have time and less money which changes life dramatically.

In Slovenia we have a new tariff system where we choose our maximum power draw. If you choose too low, you pay penalties for crossing the limit, but you pay les fees and vice versa. I mostly charge my car over the day when solar is working and my wife when she comes from work. So the power is spread across the day. I also have a heat pump and that mostly works, when the cars aren't charging. It has 2000 liter buffer tank, so it works in a kind of on/off regime when needed. The irony is, that I make electronic modules for charging stations for one company and still use granny chargers. This going on for one year now without any problems. If you intend to use granny charger for longer periods of time, make sure that your outlet has at least 2.5mm2 cables and 16A breaker (230V system) and if you make an extension cord, make it as short as possible and use 4mm2 wire for it. It is not just for safety but also efficiency.

Had my Enyaq a month now and not needed a public charger yet, so I thank you for your upload ..... it should be simple enough when the time comes.

10 miles an hour not bad

You purchased a badge mg is wholly owned by the ccp

That's what you get withcheap chinese cars

Over forty years of driving used vehicles,and been stranded only twice.Modern cars just too complicated.

Just a petrol car..simples..half the price, cheaper to fuel, no waiting, no stopping for endless coffee, lunch breaks.

Give me a diesel any day ⛽️

We had an ICE Car when the EV visited the coachworks. Nice car, but as you say, clunky, slow to respond, horrible kick down. So glad to get our Ioniq back.

I have never owner a house that did not have an outdoor outlet.

This goes counter to 99.99% of EV owners who have no issues at all. And I can not find one blog on my ICE broke down. Check your facts there are now over one Million EVs on UK Roads and RAC and AA attend a far greater percentage pro rrata of broken ICEs than EVs. STOP DRAWING ATTENTION TO ISOLATED INCIDENTS TO INCREASE YOUR INCOME FROM KZfaq!

I’ll stick to diesel thanks 👍🏻

Hi, Did you have to get any software / hardware update for this to work? MG tell me I might need to £500 EVCC (charging module) update, which I struggle to believe (pre facelift).

I think European granny charging is faster than North American granny charging. We can add about 4 miles per hour of charging on a 110 outlet. It was going to be a stretch to be able to do that for me, but my job can have me traveling 120 miles or more a day or it could be a light 20 miles a day.

We have only ever used a granny cable in North America on a 120V outlet with only 1.3kW of power. We have done this for over 5 years. I am retired now but I used the car for 3 years before I retired. I had plenty of business trips as well. When I was working, we would just charge at night and it was enough. If I knew I was going on a longer trip, I would just make sure I charged to 100% a day or two ahead of time instead of charging to the usual 80%. It is also our only car and now has close to 70 000km on it.

My mg dealer just said this doesn’t happen any more since an update. Let me know if you know any different

What a pile of shite

You show the exact reason I won't buy a ev my car would do that trip three times without filling up

Nice huh those EV's. Crap first class.

Just fit an outside socket and plug in every time you park. I’ve been doing that for 7 years. It works fine.

Bought an MG4 and as an OAP with time , I used the Granny charger to see if I could cope . Using a fast charger when golf days came up , it was a real pain . Overnight on a 13amp 3pin would put maybe 50/60 miles range and cost £8 . The occasional 45 minute fast charge £25. Now I have an Ohme charger . Program 4hrs overnight @ £2.59 gives me 90/100 miles ....perfect. With golf and shopping I do 200 miles a week . 2x charges =£5.16p. Beats £30 of Diesel

You cloud buy 13A model and charge at 13A 3kW

Planning an EV and have a ready outdoor 3 pin socket. Just hope the wiring is up to code (13 amps here at 240V). A bit wary of drawing the full 3kW for many hours. Seen some sockets in other homes having overheating marks (blackened). That was some years ago, maybe standards have improved since.

I never even try to use chargers that require an app none seem ever to work, I will only use a Gridserve plug & tap card and charge.

We have charged our 40kw leaf for 6 months this way . Had no problems at all , getting the charge you need in the octopus 4 hr off peak windows adds that little extra planning , 40 , Miles per night does us well

Can I ask what the pack size of that tent is?

What was the Ac temperature

So how long does it take to charge an mg5 to full charge?

My MG5 LR 72 plate would not charge at the Tafford Centre Tesla chargers. Have you had to have a software update to do this?

Note: If you have a EV ensure you buy in advance the AAA Platinum Titanium Black Express+ Towing package. To include the extended range UBER package. Because you will need it constantly.

Or MG4 which has the i3 beaten on every level and is cheaper.

Why didn't you use the new MG5?

Junk cars!! Should buy a real car mate.

5 hours every night at cheap rate is 12kw/h for around £1. Just do it every night.

Thanks! Exactly the question I needed answering. Probably more doable if you can use the electrical outlet in a garage.

I have used (and still) use my Granny charger for 3 years! I fitted an outside house fitting (with cover) when I had my motorhome, so it was no brainer to use a Granny cable to charge my EV when I purchased it! I keep getting offers to fit an electric station on my outside wall from companies, which they claim would charge my EV quicker and I would receive a cheaper charging rate/electric bills! Anyone can fit these waterproof electric fittings to their outside wall! We are pensioners and we do not do high millage - we may have the odd journey up north and plug into the charging station/s there to create enough charge too get us back home! Charge my EV at night, as the tariff is cheaper! Hope this helps others?

10 miles an hour is higher than i expected or wanted. surprised by that number. There will be a 110kw EV big van with 250 mile range in the market in a month or two in the US and it's a question i had, how many nights can i run the OEM AC on low overnight parked (9pm to 6am), but the van will also have a 110v 15amp outlets and the option of a 500w 5000btu test is a question I had, because in theory that might run for days even with conversion losses so it surprises me that an EV OEM AC would consume >2kw when a wall unit only consumes .5kw per hour.

That's a pain. I am forever saying there is way too much software in cars

The more I see these type of issues wih EV, the more I appreciate the internal combustion engine. And especially the diesel engine.

We too have an MG5 and just the granny charger, but we are within 1/2 mile of 20 supermarkets - Aldi and Tesco, Aldi being the preferred choice, it's 25p / kwhr on an 11WH charger with crucially no time limit on the car park. I took the car then on the monday morning, worked from home and collected it fully charged just after 4 for a total cost of £11.84 for 45.93kWh. We use the granny for anything less than 20% top ups.

I bought an EV 6 months ago. I rent at a house with a driveway, my landlord doesn't want to install a charger, so I charge my car on a 3 pin plug. I charge on nights at 6 Amps (1,2Kw/h) but it is enough to top up my car. I never saw my cable, the plug or the socket warm. So, as long as it looks safe, I continue. I never go to sleep while I charge the car. I am always there if something happens.

Uses car to take kids to school, get an EV to take kids to school have to stop to let it charge and walk the kids to school. Those kids sure are going to love the fact their parents have an EV when they have to walk in the rain and cold weather to school, and meanwhile kids with ICE vehicle parents get dropped off right at school and no need to walk in the rain and cold. EV's are for those people that my grandma warned me about, they have more money than sense and as the old saying goes fools and their money will soon be parted. If people are buying these things, I should be able to sell them some ocean front property in Oklahoma!

Is the granny charger that comes with the MG ok to just put straight into a house socket?