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    Electroverse discount today - 19 Dec 2023

    I just a notification that all charging on IONITY and Osprey chargers through Electroverse is 40% off this evening between 22:00 and 23:59. Maybe somebody can make use of this.
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    MG5 ANCAP testing

    Oh dear! ANCAP testing
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    Article on falling battery prices and Chinese cars

    An interesting read from Goldman Sachs
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    Brakes and ABS on the MG4

    The 4 does not appear to have a conventional separate ABS system as we know it. Everything goes through the IBS (Intelligent Brake System) including the wheel speed sensors. The only way I can see it achieves ABS (and traction control) is by activating a pair of inlet and relief valves on each...
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    Car makers acronyms/abbreviations

    The older car brands had their well known, humorous, but too true to life acronyms like: Lotus - Lots of trouble, usually serious! TVR - Tow vehicle required etc. So how about updating MG and SAIC? MG Mostly good Many gremlins Manic guidance SAIC Software? Aren't interested chum! Over to you...
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    After 5 months trouble free the problems start...

    After 5 months without a single software hitch (apart from the issues everyone has, Bluetooth pairing, LKA etc) I've just started having issues with the car on a trip to Scotland. First it threw a TPMS error during a drive - shutdown/power-on when we stopped fixed that. Then two days later...
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    iSmart App Digital Key not working - The fix

    My digital key worked, then when I got a new phone it would unlock the car, but not start it. The common "Smart key not detected", "Put key in the manual start position". I tried unbinding/binding the car, logging out and logging back to the app, deleting app data and logging again...
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    More mad MG software - battery heating

    Today, after returning to the car after shopping, for the first time ever I got a message on the system "Low ambient temperature. Do you want to turn on intelligent battery heating?" What! The ambient temperature was 18°C, but not a peep out of the system when the ambient temperature was 4°C...
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    USB/Wireless charging

    We got home the other day and my wife reported her phone had lost all its charge. She had plugged into the front USB-C port. So, I just checked (using the Ampere app - so not totally accurate but a good guide). These were the maximum charge rates I observed... Front USB-A = 850 mA Front USB-C...
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    Car Scanner App - now has MG4 support

    Version 1.98.6 has added support for the MG4. I've had a brief try of the free version, and the All Sensor list does display values for quite a lot of the EV variables, some of them jump to silly values occasionally. Things like SoC, SoH, battery cell min/max/difference values, battery...
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