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  1. Andrew Sinclair

    Police ram runaway electric iPace after brakes fail on M62 (debunked)

    Why report “…to plead for help” when “…to request assistance” was probably more accurate 🙄
  2. Andrew Sinclair

    Delay paying £190 car tax on EV until April 2026 (action needed before the end of March 2024)

    Retaxed today and made a donation of the same value to Cats Protection, they helped us recently with a stray we adopted 🐈🐈‍⬛ [other charities are available 🤣]
  3. Andrew Sinclair

    Tricky Chargers

    Ahh, now I have a better understanding - thank you.
  4. Andrew Sinclair

    Tricky Chargers

    The whole precharge amount is strange. Why do some companies, e.g. Instavolt, precharge and others, e.g. Gridserve, do not? I have no app or account with Gridserve I just tap my credit card.
  5. Andrew Sinclair

    SAIC IM brand coming to UK 2025

    I sincerely hope that they have a root and branch review of their quality assurance department! SAIC is to quality what Liz Truss was to being Prime Minister!
  6. Andrew Sinclair

    iSmart 2.x merged; please use for all iSmart 2.x issues

    Mine is working, v2.0.4 iOS 17.2.1
  7. Andrew Sinclair

    OBD2 Bluetooth Scanner

    Hello RR, I can only talk for a survey of 1, i.e. me, but I have left it plugged in for 3 months now and it hasn't caused me any problems in terms of alarms or draining the battery. That said, though the quality level of the software associated with the MG ZS EV is so poor that anything could...
  8. Andrew Sinclair

    OBD2 Bluetooth Scanner

    I did a little research recently and posted it here. These are based on the iPhone and the OBD2 dongles recommended by A Better Route Planner. The one I stuck with was the vLinker MC +
  9. Andrew Sinclair

    Fast charger near Bristol Airport

    There is also an Instavolt 120 kW CCS (85p/kWh) about 1.5 miles away from Bristol Airport at the bottom of Redhill on the A38 at Lye Cross Farm which is normally free and Lye Cross Farm shop offers some lovely sandwiches, cakes and tea/coffee. If you are parking at the airport’s Silver Zone...
  10. Andrew Sinclair

    iSmart 2.x merged; please use for all iSmart 2.x issues

    I agree with you wholeheartedly. Having been involved in product design, engineering and testing nearly all my professional life, the level of quality and consistency in both hardware and software in the MG ZS EV is shockingly bad. I have read several times on this forum that it is because of...
  11. Andrew Sinclair

    iSmart 2.x merged; please use for all iSmart 2.x issues

    🤣🤣🤣 It should be called MG ZS EV ‘Beta’. There is a choice between an EV that has been ‘productised’ and quality checked for a premium price or an MG.
  12. Andrew Sinclair

    iSmart 2.x merged; please use for all iSmart 2.x issues

    I just tried the map functionality and selected ‘EV Charging’. Fantastic result, “MuangHak1 5936.1 miles” You gotta hand it to SAIC, for comedy value the App is great 👍🤣🤣🤣🤣
  13. Andrew Sinclair

    iSmart 2.x merged; please use for all iSmart 2.x issues

    I was hoping that given the previously buried ‘Keyless start’ functionality has been elevated to the home screen meant that I could unlock and start with the minimum number of iPhone button presses but unfortunately not 🥺 It seems that the user still has to enter device key management, and...
  14. Andrew Sinclair

    Octopus Intelligent Go

    My understanding is that all the supply is billed at the lower rate and not just the car. I may be wrong though. Someone else on here will know definitively.
  15. Andrew Sinclair

    Octopus Intelligent Go

    Yes, that’s a good question. I suspect there is some prioritisation as you suggest.
  16. Andrew Sinclair

    Octopus Intelligent Go

    @ashok198311, I have a standard range and as mentioned above there is no connection between Octopus and the MG. The only reason that Octopus knows it is an MG with a 51kWh battery is that I selected this from the Octopus drop-down menu during the setup process. Actually, I don’t think Zappi or...
  17. Andrew Sinclair

    Octopus Intelligent Go

    I have a Zappi and ZS EV Mk 2. It works by connecting the myenergi account (Zappi charger account) to the Octopus account. Octopus then uses an API to control the Zappi charger. Octopus provides a charging schedule within a few seconds of plugging the car in and I just let it do its own thing...
  18. Andrew Sinclair

    Octopus Intelligent Go

    Why is it considered abuse? It is only done on the days that the car needs charging and I am up and out early. The system sets the charge times not me.
  19. Andrew Sinclair

    Octopus Intelligent Go

    I have had a similar experience. I then changed the settings so the car is ready for 04:00 am and the charging schedule starts at 20:30 the previous evening just in time for the washing machine etc.
  20. Andrew Sinclair

    iSmart 2.0 app woes [merged - all discussion in here please]

    I find the whole car works intermittently, it is really a beta sample that needs making production-ready and quality checking.
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