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  1. Alansurfer

    Whats everyone's thoughts on the negative ev press ?

    ….and Tesla have been overpricing since starting with a plan to reduce prices when the legacy auto manufactures finally start to up their ev game. Profit per vehicle for Tesla at point of sale is 32% plus 8-12% for after sale add-ons, no traditional motor manufacture can match that. Early on...
  2. Alansurfer

    MG5 Camping Boot Test

    Yes several times now. We have a big German Shepard in the boot so all our camping gear and luggage goes on the back seat, the flat floor in the back is useful. If you have no rear seat passengers you can remove the rear seat base (pull up from the front to un-clip) you then have a flat load space.
  3. Alansurfer

    Regen

    As others have mentioned if the battery is above 90-95% the regen will be not be as aggressive when coming off the throttle quickly as there isn’t enough room in the battery for a rapid charge rate. The regen is is slightly different in eco, normal and sport mode too.
  4. Alansurfer

    250 miles.... NOT!

    Electric vehicles do have a big advantage of always on torque for hill climbing though, just dropping a few mph slower and 5-10% on the power meter can make a big difference in efficiency when climbing. I’ve been driving and riding evs for a long time and in the early days hypermile’n was...
  5. Alansurfer

    250 miles.... NOT!

    I’ve had my short range MG5 for a year this week, I’m getting 3.4-3.6 miles per kWh winter and 3.8-4.2 summer mixed motorway, town, country A/B roads (heater and aircon all year round when needed). Driving a lot slower on the motorway, 60-65, I’m getting 4.4-4.6 summer and 3.8 miles per kWh...
  6. Alansurfer

    MG5 - Charging whilst unlocked

    .....just to add there is no problem charging on DC with my car.
  7. Alansurfer

    MG5 - Charging whilst unlocked

    My car (new 29th December) has been at the dealership for 18 days as has AC charging problems, unfortunately they don't seem to have the knowledge or equipment to quickly diagnose such a simple problem. I tried 5 different public chargers and my home pod point that's 5 years old and worked fine...
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