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Latest SMMT figures show the MG4 was the 2nd highest BEV in 2023: New car market delivers best year since 2019 as fleets fuel growth So MG should have a local supply of common spares for the MG4 (as an MG5 owner the case will be weaker).

Thanks - though I think planning policy and legislation is local - hence asking the council.

A seasonal title - but not a seasonal issue. Our small toon of 7,000 is well catered for with AC fast chargers 7kW/22kW (3x2 free Charge Place Scotland = 1x2 pay for Charge Place Scotland, + 2 pay for in Aldi). The free ones have high use, the others rarely used. I suspect the free to use ones...

The 2 charges at the Premier Inn are now live (my previous post said Travel lodge - sorry) Geniepoint 79p/kWh 50kW.

Cyberstar makes its debut in Scotland test drives 16-17 Sept https://www.arnoldclark.com/mg/events This is at the Arnold Clark Innovation centre in Whiteinch, Glasgow. Unusually this is not a sales centre, but has displays of battery systems, chargers etc + a wide range of EVs to test drive.

Latest breakdown of new UK registrations - pure electric at 21%, with MG having 2% behind Tesla at 5% - MG4 sales have been reported as key. So FUD may be prominent in the media, but the market switch continues. More breakdowns here: New AutoMotive - Accelerating the switch to electric

Charging in Aviemore earlier this week: CPS (car park next to the public toilets) - CCS fine, type 2 cable is destroyed (photo) & reported Fuuse (High Range Hotel) - CCS fine, needs Fuuse app. Unit 1 is pink on LHS, as the units are not numbered this needed a swift repositioning from unit 2...

My MG5 was in for its first service. Chatted to sales team after picking car up, asked "Have you seen the X Power?" Ans = "We have one at the back". Looks nice. I might have to pop back for a test drive, though there may be a queue.

Apparently Public - as stated and non Tesla price tariff

Pre FL

There is a thread on this topic here: The Public Charge Point Regulations 2023

Similar process but shorter experience. My 5 was in for 3 and half weeks over last Christmas. So much shorter - but the process was the same. Lots of trial and error, starting with the simple and cheap fixes and slowly moving to the more expensive solutions. The cycle was slowed because 1)...

These are the plain text main points from the regulation + some observations from me. Regulation 5 requires a charge point operator, within a specified period, to ensure that a person is able to pay to charge an electric vehicle by contactless payment without entering into a pre-existing...

UK review posted 4 days ago - seems to be quite exciting - you will see what I mean. Plus a drag race vs an Audi e-tron GT Enjoy

Shiv, the emergency release is for a cable stuck in the charging port. But it is not a robust system, for a trapped cable the technique is a gentle pull on the cable and simultaneously a pull on the stuck charging cable. So once you solve the flap problem check that a charging cable will lock...