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    Tesla Opening Up Supercharger Network - A BAD Idea

    I have always thought it was a great idea to open up the Tesla network to everyone, why not? I'll tell you why........ I'm currently working on a contract for the next few months, it involves driving a survey equipped vehicle around 8 major cities in the UK. The vehicle is a Tesla Model Y and...
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    A Gift From British Gas to Its Customers

    If youre a British Gas customer, you can have half price electricity on Christmas day but you need to opt in before the 17th. MSN
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    Octopus Intelligent and ZAPPI

    Today I took a deep breath and deleted my i3 from the IO list of devices, I then went through the sign up procedure naming the ZAPPI as my charger. Octopus just need to login to the MyEnergi account and that was it, job done, less than 5 minutes. Now plugging the car in invokes an almost...
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    New MG5 Rear Seatbelts Issue

    Hi, We took delivery of our MG5 just over a month ago. My Wife has just told me that her friend had real difficulty with the rear seatbelts, the buckle keeps disappearing down into the seat squab. I've just looked at it and it's nigh on impossible to use single handed, the buckles do fall away...
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    I wonder Why It's Called Snowfoam

    Why do they call it snowfoam LOL? MG Getting the treatment Leave for 10 minutes and a brace of clean EV's. My work is done :) Ceramic coating makes a hell of a difference. stormtrooper is now 6 years old, 88,000 on the clock, it looks as good as new. With the snowfoam, no brushing...
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    EV Runaway

    You will have no doubt heard the story recently of someone in Scotland suffering a runaway of an EV. There are many (including me) that doubt this is the truth. There has been a lengthy discussion and various wishes for the future - Emergency Stop Button, other software related fixes etc...
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    Our Inaugural Trip Planned

    To christen our new MG5 Trophy and for nt better half to get used to the features of the new car, public charging and potential range anxiety (unlikely), we have our first min break planned. Wednesday 11th October were off to Heythrop Park for 2 nights, visiting Jezzer and Diddly Squat Farm on...
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    At Last, it's here :)

    At long last on Friday our car was ready, MG5 Trophy and it's looking good. We had the gardx done inside and out, my little stormtrooper at the side.
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    What Vessels do MG Use To Transport Vehicles To The UK

    As per the title, does anyone know what vessels SAIC use to transport cars to the UK please? I have seen a post on here that named 4 vessels I think but foolishly I didnt note them down and I cant find it now :( We are expecting an MG5 that was awaiting shipment a week ago and I'd like to...
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    MG5 Shipment

    Does anyone have any info on the latest shipment of MG5's? We ordered a month ago with a delivery date of 30/06/23 but we've been told it's going to be delayed a little. Is there any way to see whats coming out of the factory and where its going?
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    BBC Panorama Are We Ready For EV's

    Ive just watched BBC's Panorama about EV's, for once, it was an almost balanced view presented. All the usual garbage was in there about how expensive it can be to charge and when they mentioned home charging he reported about £20 to fully charge which is a bit out, £5 being nearer the mark...
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    G'Day Everyone

    Hi, Thank you for allowing me to join this forum. We run an Outlander PHEV and a BMW i3, yesterday we test drove an MG5 Trophy as a potential replacement for the Outlander. I was absolutely amazed at the level of refinement in the MG, the seats were amongst the best I've sat on. Performance of...
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