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  1. pollenface

    Intelligent Speed Assist, can it be permanently switched on.

    I have an FY22 ZS (facelift model). I have just discovered how to turn on the Intelligent speed assist and activate it using the button on the ACC stick (with ACC off). However, each time the car is switched off the Intelligent Speed Assist also goes back to being Off and I have to go through...
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    Conservative driving...

    Lately I've been driving my ZS very much like a granny to see how low I can get the power consumption. During my drive last night with aircon set to 23c (26c outside), normal mode, with no passengers and trying to keep pedal input under 20% I was able to get it down to 9.9kwh/100kms, after...
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    12v battery thoughts

    After reading some of the posts here and other places on the internet, I'm forming the opinion that there is a lot of parasitic drain on the 12v battery when the car is switched off and the car does not fully charge the battery when driving. I've had my ZS EV for 3 months, in this time while...
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    Towing

    We've got our ZS EV booked in for a towbar, mainly just for a bicycle rack. I was wondering if anyone has done any kind of trailer towing with their vehicle and how the range was affected? I have a 7x4 box trailer and might think about hooking that up on occasions.
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    random portable charging idea

    I've been watching videos on youtube of people charging their EV's from portable powerstations with vast arrays of flexible solar panels. I've just worked out that I can fit 3x 12.8v 300ah lifepo4 batteries in the boot. Couple those with a 36v 3000w pure sine wave inverter weighing a total of...
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    Accidentally found the self driving feature

    We have the FY22 ZS EV Essence I don't recall reading about it in the manual, nor can i bring up any info about it on the net but a couple of times my wife has accidentally put it into a kind of semi-autonomous driving mode. The lines on the screen turn green and it drives itself, but makes a...
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    New ZS EV owner, wants to add solar .....

    Hi all, first post and I'm glad that there is a community dedicated to the MG EV range. My wife and I are 2 days into our EV adventure and I can't help pondering the viability of adding a large flexible solar panel atop my MG to assist with powering it's 12v systems. Not expecting huge...
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