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Ohme with intelligent Octopus has a dynamic charge schedule, taking into account things like green energy and grid load, and I have noticed it will charge outside the fixed slots more often lately. I think it also defaults to “charge better for battery” so will try and slow charge often. As I...

Hi Ashok, Few questions so we can try and help you as it can have a variety of reasons: - Have you used this particular charger before? - Is it a smart charger linked to a smart tariff? (octopus Intelligent) - if it’s a new charger to you: is it an 11kW charger? (Long shot in the UK) since...

Was this a blue MG 5 FL at around 11:00 French time? We were charging there around then but it took us about 20min and a charger change to initiate the charge.

Thanks for letting us know. We still have the car, currently on a trip to Europe. Annoyingly (to diagnose the issue) it’s been fine since I did a 12V disconnect, in the UK the error came back in a few days after doing that. Did Wareham diagnose and correct the issue or just diagnose it...

Hi, It’s nothing to worry about, it comes up all the time at ours when using the MG Pilot function. In a way it’s a good thing as it shows you have a light touch to the steering wheel. Not sure if it’s weight sensors or reacting to force applied to the steering wheel.

Thank you for the concern I think at least the last time this was done. We periodically checked the app as they said they wouldn’t really have availability to take the car and the 12V was charging. Update after my 2x 3hr drive today: 12V does not charge above 50% as indicated by the car when...

Another update: To no one’s surprise the issue returned after about a month. This time it actually died on the driveway and MG assistance got involved. The car went in again and they performed all sorts of diagnostics and tests in liaison with MG technical. As the 12V battery shows as healthy...

Yes single phase 32A (as common in the UK) allows 7kW charging. On continental Europe, where 3-phase supply is more common, an FL that’s been plugged in with a 32A 3-phase cable into a 11kW charge point will charge at 10kW. It can be quite useful as it’ll charge in about 5-6hrs. Using a...

I don’t know how common this knowledge is but if you connect a single phase cable to an 11kW AC charger you will only get 3,5kW as it can only use 1 phase at 16A.

Small update for anyone interested and who might be experiencing similar issues. Car went into the dealers today and stayed there till the evening. They reportedly performed a 12V health check, which was passed, and updated the some 12V Battery management software which apparently had crapped...

Expecting 400km with mostly motorway driving is the same as expecting an ICE car to do their claimed figures, as mentioned above MG actually states 193miles on motorway which is about 310km and in my experience you can probably do that. Off course the slower you go the more efficient you...

If your car can’t make 200km then something might be wrong with it and you should consider taking it to the dealer as other members suggest. Currently doing a trip from Belgium - Dorset and starting with 100% charge this morning I managed to do 270km and still have 17% left.

I used one of them a few months ago in Eastbourne. 75kW unit near a pub. Which gave a consistent 50kWh. Edit: I was at quite a high state of charge (50% just needed to top up to get home) so that charging speed is spot on what I expected the car to do. That one was a unit with power sharing...

Thank you for your reply. Yeah I have thought about replacing it, but before I do that I would like to get to the bottom of the draining issue, no use putting a brand new battery in that will then get drained to low voltages within a day or 2. Also I thought there is a 1 yr warranty on the 12V?

Good evening all, We took delivery of our brand new Piccadilly Blue MG5 in March earlier this year (FL model). We can honestly say that it surpassed a lot of our expectations both in range and charging speed. However, in May the car developed an issue where the 12V battery drained more than...