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When researching the differences between Mk1 and Mk2 I came across the information that the Mk2 can top up the 12V battery from the HV battery when the car is stationary for a while and voltage of the 12V battery drops. Has anyone actually observed this happening? Is it is triggered by a...

I've got a theory that I would like to test. The theory is: in the Mk2 ZS EV with LFP battery (standard range), the battery State of Health (SOH) reported by the car is a fudge, that is nothing other than a count-down timer, that started running when the battery pack was manufactured, and...

Hi everyone! I wonder: what is the actual maximum charging speed in kW anyone has seen at an ultra rapid charger (100kW+) for the standard range facelift (Mk2) ZS EV? Reason to ask: this detail is not mentioned in the PDF brochure available on the MG Australia website, I didn't find it on the...

Just thought I'd document today's charging session, from 18% to 88%. I charge with an openEVSE, the current is limited by the available current from my PV system. The first figure is the most interesting one, the difference between the lowest and highest cell in mV. Who's got a theory to...

Has anyone (mostly OVMS users I guess) noticed that SOC jumps up and down a fair bit over night? The screenshots below are all from the same chart, just highlighting values for different points of it. On August 20th I came home after a 120km round trip. Since I prefer to charge from solar and...

First time I had a look underneath my ZS EV I saw what is documented in the photo: oil drops clinging to the underside of the transmission. That sure got my heart racing! My ICE car didn't do that for the first 17 years of its life... But when I found no oil spots on the garage floor that got...

Since I've got my OVMS up and running I get an overview of the voltage of the 12V battery over time. When the car is parked the voltage slowly drops, perhaps a little faster due to the OVMS itself and even faster since I've got a SIM installed and 3G is active. The 12V battery appears to get...

This is a snippet from the Australian ZS EV brochure, download from the website just now. Can anyone spot the inconsistency? Ok here we go: 18.6 × 2.63 = 48.918. That means, for the WLTP range to be realistic with the given WLTP efficiency, our battery would need to have a usable capacity of...

After a bit of a wait mine and a friend's ZS EV are ready to be delivered by a dealer in Victoria tomorrow. Ordered one month apart, they became available at the same time. Both have a production date of November 1st 2020, compliance plate date Feb / 2021. Today we tried to make sure that all...

I'm very seriously considering to place an order for a ZS EV in the next few days. The only thing holding me back is the lack of detail about the battery warranty. Big advertising: 8 years, 160k km, ok. But when is a battery deemed faulty? The horror stories I read from early Nissan Leaf...