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I had the same painful experience getting the charger installed. Success on third attempt but only because they subcontracted to a competent installer. A big plus with BG and Hive is that along with the low tariff, we get 12 months free electricity for charging EVs. As we run two EVs, an air...

Will do! Thanks.

Thanks for the feedback. I understood from Hive that if you have an off peak tariff, that’s what it would use as default, which makes sense. Off peak with no car schedule works just fine with MG4 and Mini PHEV. The reimbursement for the electricity used for 12 months is a welcome bonus .

For what it’s worth, have BG Sept 24 EV tariff, with SMET 2 smart meter. No problems from the start. Also have solar system with battery. After a bit of vino-fuelled research, discovered I could configure charging of my 6.5 kWh battery using off-peak electricity and use the energy during peak...

Ok, May be a bit of a re-learning curve 😉

Thanks for the advice. As it turns out, the initial suspicion of a software fault was eventually confirmed and MG pushed out a technical fix with no replacement of airbags or ecu. Picked up the car this afternoon ….smile has returned! After 25 years of front wheel/all4 vehicles, I’d forgotten...

Misery loves company. Collected new MG4 Trophy on 30 June 23. Ran fine for a few days the air bag faults on every power up. Car into dealer 10 July. Initially told it was a software glitch but now informed that it needs a new airbag…. which is on back order. This is obviously a recurrent...