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Unfortunately, in my experience, most people would sacrifice a few miles/kwh or mpg for something that looks good. Check out all those folk that drive 4wd gas guzzlers that will never need 4wd in their driving life! People should care but......

Agree with you Stuart re charging infrastructure. However, I don't believe all cars will end up teardrop shaped for the lowest possible drag co-efficient. More likely battery technology will (is!) improve(ing) and car shape will become less important.

Agree. The key to this is not to be dependent on a Tesla charger. Have a backup non-Tesla option just in case.

The car is more than capable.....is the charging infrastructure up to the job? Watching with interest.

I find that my phone has to be "live" (can't think of a better word!) prior to plugging in. In other words showing the main screen. Not blank or a screensaver. Only when Android Auto is up and running does the Android Auto button on the car main screen work.

Some low mileage cars may still have been charged using DC rapids as there were a fair number of free chargers 2+ years ago (specially in Scotland). I think that's why my 20 plate ZS EV is 95% SOH! I just couldn't resist my local free rapid charger!!

Nov 2020 MG ZS EV Exclusive At last service - mileage = 13,000 SOH = 95% and GOM showing range of 155 miles (Mode = normal). Not great but to be expected according to the service manager. Still fine for my purposes but will probably hasten my trading it in for something else.

ZS EV Mk1 Nov 2020 Used the Tesla superchargers at Aviemore in September last year. No problem and a decent charging speed.

Supermarket trolley?

A couple of times I have had 5 miles/kwh on journeys of about 40 miles in mid summer. I try to drive as smoothly as possible without unnecessary acceleration or braking. I've certainly altered my driving style since getting the EV.

ZS EV Gen1 Nov 2020 Mileage 15,000 (approx) Winter months 3.0 miles/kwh Spring/Autumn months 3.5 miles/kwh Summer months 4.0 miles/kwh These are averages. My battery has degraded by 5% so usable capacity is 40kwh. So, winter 120 miles, spring/autumn 140 miles, summer 160 miles. Mostly A and...

Driving into the sun when it is low in the sky can cause this. The car will repeatedly warn you until you are no longer driving into the sun.

I used the Tesla chargers in Aviemore fairly recently with no problem. ZS EV gen 1

Last month I used the Tesla chargers at Aviemore. Straightforward using their app. Only issue was the very short length of cable meant I had to position my ZS EV a couple of times before I could get the cable to the charge port.

I would guess from MG's point of view that they would look at the failure rate before making changes/upgrades. What appears to be a high percentage of failure from the evidence of a forum could be tiny when looking at the whole picture.

Same issues. Appears to be random when on intermittent.

"Every penny's a prisoner!"

Don't understand why it's so important that the age of a car isn't easily determined from the number plate. I can understand having a "funny" number plate but just to hide the car's age....hmmmm!

Wouldn't at all be surprised in the South of England where charger availability would appear to be sorely insufficient.

I see your point. However, if I owned a Tesla and rolled up to a supercharger location to find all the chargers being used by non-Tesla vehicles then I wouldn't be too happy. Point I made was the price of a Tesla would indicate that a portion was used to create/maintain the super charger...