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Thanks for sharing. Looks like the rear end was the focus (rear motor? charging electronics? something flammable in the boot?). As reported, the HV battery did not go up. Well done to the firefighters there.

oh to add some detail to my comments above: 700 kWh so far in April with a few hours of sunshine left (currently getting 2.36kW) We've used 398kWh, but dinner tonight will no doubt push us over 400. Today so far 28kwh generated and 4kwh used! Over £3 up for the day and the battery is full...

Finally in credit for April after March this year I actually had to pay money (six quid or something)! (Last Summer's credit ran out during February this year). Looks like it will be about £20 credit from April, so not loads. Maybe I should consider going back to Intelligent Flux export as we...

Rear camera. Bought one of Ali Express for about £100. Spent £300 for a local mobile auto-electrics specialist to fit it. Expensive but he took quite a while and it was nicely done. I would have spent ages and not done a great job. Works on the main screen.

On the Givenergy charger the amps can be adjusted in increments of 0.5a from 6a to 32a. So there are maybe 52 settings. Few older chargers would do this, but I expect the Zappi could long before others because myenergi were well ahead of the game with that product.

Sounds like a painful and stressful experience. But have I got this right... The battery in your key fob was low, which meant you could get into the car but not drive it? Or were there several problems which coincided together? How annoying that it didn't just say 'key not detected' or...

Actually I guess it is very hilly where you are so that complicates things a bit. Any chance of lamppost or other on-street chargers though?

I guess there is the Astra Estate and e-308 SW as the available options, though I'm not sure they are on sale as yet.

Time to elect different councillors methinks! Local elections coming up in a few days. Don't suppose there are any hustings or anything still to run?

Did they say 800hp and 2 seconds to 60mph? [referring here to IM's Tesla model 3 rival] That sounds faster even than the XPower!

Thanks for this - I saw it once and I've been looking for it ever since to share with people!

Maybe they didn't update it when the rest of the world did? Surprised as I thought Poland was particularly concerned about Russia/Ukraine given their proximity and history.

I think that our experience (on our few occasions using rapid chargers) with the SE 51kWh LFP was lower rates than the official ones. About 70kW max instead of the official 87kW. But that then is a much less significant relative drop than the one you are reporting.

I don't have experience of this model. However, here are the stats from EV Database based on fastned experience: https://ev-database.org/uk/car/1708/MG-MG4-EV-Long-Range#charge-table Here is Tesla Bjorn's test:

Some great deals on second hand EVs out there as they come off lease. Haven't experienced either the Kona or ZS but both seem like good practical options. Kona has either a small or a large battery if I remember rightly. Neither are particularly fast at CCS rapid charging but they do offer it...