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I have had the same issue with my MG4 Trophy LR. The car would not allow more than a few kWh charge to be put into the car - either with a Zappy 7kW charger or the Granny charger. I had not problems until the after car had its first service at the dealership. May be a coincidence, but I can't...

Might not be relevant - but I have only just got my MG4 Trophy back from the dealership (Stoneacre Derby) after it took them nearly 3 weeks to solve my charging issue. The car would only allow a very limited charge to be taken by the car - note not the power level, but limited time of charge...

Thanks for this explanation Daniel - very clear and much appreciated! I will now try to figure out how I am going to achieve this procedure with minimum disruption to use of my EV and also how to manage any range anxiety whilst discharging to below 10% on local journeys! It would have been...

OK thanks, I understand why you used the granny now! I assume that the reason for this low battery level (<10%) to 100% charge (if that's what they intended to state) is simply to reset the GOM accuracy? Otherwise if it isn't this reason, I don't understand why we have to do it and I suspect...

I would just like to query why so many people seem to believe that you need to use the Granny Charger (typ. 2kW only) in order to perform either the circa weekly or 2-week (depending on your typical mileage) charge to 100% including the balancing charge at the end of the charge? Here is pg.173...

I have the latest version of MG iSmart (2.02 that was automatically updated around 1 week ago). I now have the internal car temperature frequently reported as 87 deg C when I first do a vehicle scan! If I repeat the scan it reports the correct temperature (currently 9 deg. C). Also I find that...

As far as I can make out, the only difference this time (where it worked and achieved a balance charge) is that Intelligent Octopus scheduled a much longer charge duration this time (I assume due to my request for a 50% charge to be added) as opposed to previous occasions when I only requested a...

Finally achieved a balance charge using IOG overnight! On this occasion I set IOG to put 50% charge into the car (it actually only needed circa just over 40%); this was to ensure that the Zappi charger didn’t terminate the charge rather than the car at reaching 100%. Here is the charge plot:

I have now completed my tests to verify that using Intelligent Octopus Go (IOG) tariff (where the charge is typically allowed in 1/2 hr time slots during the night) and you set the MG4 to charge to 100% with sufficient charge add from the Zappi charger, it does not complete a balance charge i.e...

This is terrible English and also very ambiguous. It could refer to charging at a low rate (10% or I grid) or, as many people appear to have assumed, to perform a charge from less than 10% to 100%! I have requested clarification from the main dealer, but not received a satisfactory answer or...

I’m also on IOG tariff, but we have a Zappi charger (when Octopus tried to install the Ohme charger it did not perform due to our flaky mobile signal - hence we ended up with the Zappi as it uses a WiFi connection instead for linking to Octopus). Anyway, Zappi is a MyEnergy product and the app...

Thanks for the advice - I already know of this possibility as a result of reading the Consumer Rights Act 2015, but thank you for reminding me. Were it not for the complete lack of confidence that MG will fix all of these annoying software issues (but especially the screen reliability and lane...

I have been told by Octopus that I do need a working Smart meter in order to benefit from the Go or other 'smart' Octopus tariffs. Update on this is that our currently not-working Octopus Smart meter is hopefully going to get a 'hub' installed in order to overcome the now obvious issue that we...

What this review does not mention is the many other software 'features' that I personally have experienced with my MG4 Trophy (purchased new in June 2023)! For example, he does not mention that when the 'far too sensitive' light sensor on the dash, having switched the lights on when the car...

The Go tariff is active, however as the meter has stopped communicating, Octopus do not have knowledge of when power is used, consequently they seem to not be able to charge us correctly This is being investigated currently by Octopus - so I will reserve judgement! What I would like to know is...