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In New Zealand I have had 2 annual services so far. Cost ~$200 NZ dollars ~100 pounds so about the same. The fact that I got a really good car valet service with it made it easier to bear. BTW I have now done 17,000 km in the ZS EV and the battery capacity is at 97.6 % which is not too bad. My...

Ok guys! I have a 2022 ZS EV and want to download an update for the already out of date data for Australia and New Zealand (they usually come together). No joy yet from the local agents, Ant suggestions?

That is a good idea profdraper I will check the time zone. 2 hours later is Eastern seaboard Australia time and quite likely! The Google map sync cannot be operational in my car because I recently went to my Vintage radio society AGM in the car and on the way it insisted that the speed limit...

One annoying problem with my ZS EV is the out of date data on my navigation system. It has been back for its first year checkout, but this was not addressed and I cannot get any sense from the local agents. Also has anyone had any problems with the clock? Mine suddenly went back two hours and...

I guess that I am very lucky here in NZ. What I did was to install a 5 KW solar roof, BEFORE getting an electric car. In the meantime it could save me money on power and charge my mobility scooter and electric bike. The Solar installation cost about $10,000 NZ and the high power charger system...

Bad news all. I have run into unexpected problems with my ZS EV just yesterday. It was due to go in for its 1 year check over next week too. Was going out to pick up my wife when I began to get a whole succession of error messages. First hill descending dropped out, then the collision avoidance...

Thanks a lot for the cruise control tip. I will be using the cruise a lot more now!! Yes, metallic objects would really mess up microwave radar especially at the high frequencies used these days.

That's very reassuring. I have noticed that the cruise control is very "light footed" and keeps the speed down on corners etc. That is good because i live in a small country town in NZ and have 80 kM/Hr limits on parts of all the roughly 30 k each way journeys to local shopping areas. That makes...

Thanks for confirming that! Yes they must work together in some way so a microwave image and a visual image are compared in the computer to get a pretty foolproof front view. I have rarely driven my ZS at night so haven't checked out the auto high beam yet. But it is good to know that it does...

I must stand corrected. It certainly could be the radar, but at many GHz it would behave quite like a camera electronically. However MG seem to be making a lot of modifications as they go on the ZS. Just here we have two locations for the front camera. However my message definitely said that...

I can tell you a funny story about the front camera. Recently I had a fall and when I went to our local medical centre to be patched up, I hit a bush with my front number plate and cracked the plastic surround. I later glued it up and used an old style large paper clip to hold it in place while...

I am a retired electronics engineer and I was very surprised by the owners surprise at having reduced range in very cold weather. It has always been my understanding that this was a characteristic of Lithium based batteries. Luckily I live in NZ where frosts are uncommon. But some way of warming...