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I have seen about 200 miles of range for motorway driving for the standard range MG5. The caveat is that you'll get that only if you stick to 70 mph or below. Even doing 75 had a noticeable reduction in the range. I haven't tried it, but I would not be surprised if you could squeeze out 230...

What sort of place were you staying at? We've now taken our MG5 to 3 long weekends away (and another one coming up), and I've had a 100% success rate so far asking for permission to charge the car with the granny charger. Usually from a socket in a garage, or an outdoor one. The key seems to be...

I have to use an extension lead to plug in the car when it's on the driveway. After a couple of months, the insulation on the external plug pins had melted from the heat. When I opened up the plug to replace it, I saw that the insulation on the brown (live) wire inside had also melted! Still...

I wouldn't be surprised if 350kW chargers would end up being exclusive to lorries, buses, and the like. So a very specialised bulky charging cable wouldn't be too much of an issue, because it would mostly be used by professionals. At the risk of making the same mistake as Bill Gates did in the...

I've seen MG5s quite regularly at motorway service stations. Last time I was at the charging station at Rugby services (which, by the way, is brand new and very nice), there where three MG5s (including mine), as well as one ZS EV. There was also a Leaf, which looked a bit like it accidentally...

I am ever so slightly disappointed that the LR model update has come so soon -- I love our MG5, but the one thing I would change about it is give it a 20% longer range. 🙂 However, I think this bodes well for the future. When the time comes to retire our other car (which is powered by dead...

Interesting. I'm glad to know that my habit of stopping fast charges at 80% might actually be good for the car!

80kW is indeed a huge power draw, but there are EVs on sale now (Teslas, Porshe, Hyundai Ioniq, etc) that claim to be able to charge at 150kW, so I guess the demand for fast charging is there? Funnily enough, the fastest charging I've seen has actually been on hot days. Might be a random...

Yeah, that all sounds very sensible. I'm happy to only charge up to 80% when on a road trip, to save on time (and to allow other people to use the chargers too -- last time I was at at Stafford services on the M6, there were 3 cars all wanting to use the single CCS charger, which only provided a...

I've noticed the same -- if I have my phone connected to the car via Bluetooth, and then plug it in via a USB cable, then Android Auto won't work.

I'm interested in knowing what charging rate people have observed at service stations and the like? MG claim that the MG5 can charge at up to 80kW. I've had my MG5 for a few months now, and when taking some long range trips that involved charging stops along the way, I've had the car charging...

Just to let people know, last week I had the promised letter about the 35kg roof rating from the dealership where I got my MG 5. As Les' correspondence suggests, they said there's a bit of paper about it to stick in the manual. I told them I would pick it up next time the car went in for a...

Ah, that's interesting! Will keep an eye on them in case they release a readymade version for the MG 5. Thanks!

First time EV owner here, and very pleased with my MG5 so far. I've got a question for the forum though. One of the reasons we got the MG5 is the possibility to put both luggage and our dog in the boot. I know MG sell a dog guard for the boot, but I was wondering if anyone could recommend one...