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I hope that the Facebook comment "No one was injured is to be mourned" is a bad translation. Any French speakers care to comment on the translation?

A new car has rarely been charged fully, spending a lot of time on a ship or in a warehouse or sales lot. It can take a few weeks of 100% charges, leaving the plug in after the charge appears to be finished; that's when balancing happens. An unbalanced main battery will exhibit poor real-life...

Or they know full well that intermittent issues are a nightmare to diagnose, and there is a lot of easier work about. My attitude would be if you can fix such an issue, and they are aware of the difficulties, then you have a customer for life.

The DC-DC converter is very strong, capable of well over 150 A when needed. So when the DC-DC converter is operating, the only difference between the DC-DC output voltage, the 12 V battery voltage, and the "12V system voltage" is due to voltage drop across the wires. Usually the wire from the...

I copied that part of your post to the moderators' private forum, and Stuart acted right away. He's also added some text about the 2025 model to the earlier HS forum introductory sticky post. I'm not sure that we can always expect such prompt action, but it's nice when it happens!

My guess is that they simply forgot it's in there. The last edits would have been fixing car details that changed or needed extra wording. Edit: Or, I'm completely wrong above. From this page, SAIC are increasing exports to Russia. SAIC are state owned, so my guess is that the Chinese...

That's true (not sure about the costs), but note that the three phase cable is significantly heavier, bulkier, and awkward to use as the cable is so stiff. So I would instead recommend a single phase 32A cable (7kW). If you do end up with a three phase capable car in future, it's (at this...

Welcome to the forum! You'll probably find lots of answers here. The message about synchronisation is not familiar to me. It sounds like a phone and/or Bluetooth issue to me, not related to balancing.

I have the Mark 1 (non facelift) model. On that, the MG logo LEDs go solid when balancing (as opposed to "breathing" when charging). I think that the dash will show 100% and not charging, but to see that without disturbing the balance charge you have to be at the driver's window looking in, and...

It could be balance, temperature, or some weirdness with the charger. Your Car Scanner screenshot shows what appears to be quite good balance at 70% SoC, so that doesn't seem likely to be the issue. 25°C is possibly low for the best charging speed. I note that the reported 165kW was at some...

I note the one review, for one star. One review photo shows an MG; it looks like a ZS petrol to me.

I would not take the led lights going out as proof that it's not charging. Check the app, dash, warm or cold cables, house meter showing background or charging power level, etc. There are known issues with those charge port lights going dark. When they're on, it seems that you can believe them...

I believe so. I ended up with a January 2024 model, and was pleasantly surprised by the lack of problems with LKA etc. It seemed like it was worth the extra I paid compared to a 2023 model, though I was forced by availability. I still had the under-tray bulge though. But I'm in Australia, and...

I got one from Ali Express for more reasonable money. That was years ago though, and I forget the price. I have had zero issues with it, though I would have preferred a down button so it doesn't take ten presses to go down one amp. Watch out for a non-Australian mains plug. That's not a concern...

It's tricky, so yes it's possible. Updating maps is actually something that you can do yourself, if you know where to download the appropriate map updates. I assume that you need the address that all owners in South America use, though that might be too big, so they could well split that into...