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charging

A charging station, also called an EV charger or electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE), is a piece of equipment that supplies electrical power for charging plug-in electric vehicles (including hybrids, neighborhood electric vehicles, trucks, buses, and others).
Although batteries can only be charged with DC power, most electric vehicles have an onboard AC-to-DC converter that allows them to be plugged into a standard household AC electrical receptacle. Inexpensive low-power public charging stations will also provide AC power, known as "AC charging stations". To facilitate higher power charging, which requires much larger AC-to-DC converters, the converter is built into the charging station instead of the vehicle, and the station supplies already-converted DC power directly to the vehicle, bypassing the vehicle's onboard converter. These are known as "DC charging stations". Most fully electric car models can accept both AC and DC power.
Charging stations provide connectors that conform to a variety of standards. DC charging stations are commonly equipped with multiple connectors to be able to supply a wide variety of vehicles.
Public charging stations are typically found street-side or at retail shopping centers, government facilities, and other parking areas.

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  1. abarlev

    Charging pad/USB power output

    Has anyone had issues with the power outout? It seems like barely 2.1W comming out of those things... Any way to improve to a 20W output?
  2. G

    Charging Issues

    Hi All, a weird one I have encountered this week. My MG4 charges at the standard 7kW on my domestic charger and until recently was charging at the standard 7kW at the chargers at work. For some reason the car is only charging at 3kW now at work but still 7kW at home. I am the only EV this is...
  3. DaevM

    ...like teardrops...in the rain 😥

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  4. S

    First 250+ mile trip down south in the MG4 LR

    I am going on my first proper long trip in the MG4 Trophy LR. I'll be driving down to Southampton from N. Yorks, about 250 miles, so just wondering about experiences / tips people have of stops on the way and the like. I think I might need to stop off a couple of times because I can only DC...
  5. S

    Tomorrow

    My MG4 journey comes to an end. My Red SE LR is sold and will be collected tomorrow. It was purchased as a cheap experiment into EV ownership and it has excelled at showing me that EV’s and the charging structure are now at a level where an EV makes sense especially for those that can charge...
  6. T

    Can any one [charging stops at 80% although set to go to 100%]

    Hi I got mg4 1 trophy long range set the power to 100 but it still stops at 80 percent
  7. D

    Tesla Charging Update, ZS EV, Free or Not Any Official Guide?

    Hi have done a search and as said in other posts Miles Roberts stated that this Software Update should be free, my dealer BullDog says they did not know about a free update. My question: Is there any official statement from MG about this update stating if its free or not, mine is about to go...
  8. Geriatric Joe

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  9. L

    Not charging on home Wallbox

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  10. T

    AC charge rate slowly decreases to 1kw

    I picked up a new MG4 Trophy Long Range on Saturday. Setup a charging schedule Saturday evening for the Octopus cheap rate window, woke up Sunday with the battery only charged less than 10%. I’ve noticed a charge starts pulling 6.6kW but over the first 10 minutes of the charge this steadily...
  11. Y

    Car keeps charging to 100%

    Hi everyone. Recently my Trophy (MY 22) keeps charging to 100%, regardless of what I set it to. It is usually charged once a week. It is set to charge at night, and I always set it to 80%, but the last 5 charges have all been to 100%. I know it needs to do this occasionally to balance the...
  12. E

    Not Charging with 7kW AC at home ?

    My 1 year old MG4 SE long range does not charge with the 7kW Pod Point charger but does it with the Granny 2.3kW !! I have tried all suggestions and different options but doesn't want to know.
  13. MG5 Lone Ranger

    iON-Tech EVSE Charger

    Good afternoon folks, I'm looking to buy one of these chargers '7kW 32A iON-Tech Small Cube Tethered charger'. So I'm asking the forum, if anyone has experience of these, the company looks legit, it's in Hatton Garden EC1N. Thanks in advance for any insight.
  14. ChrisTheTaurean

    Tesla charging in Ireland

    Does anyone know if Tesla chargers in Ireland, often at the applegreen sites, are open to non-Tesla, I have just acquired a pre-facelift MG5 Exclusive 2022 and trying to plan a long trip there in a couple of weeks. I have the Tesla app loaded but hesitant to subscribe at the 10.99 a month…
  15. A

    Scheduled Charging Problem

    I am away from my normal home charger and trying to use scheduled charging. In the car I have set the charging period for the cheaper rate over night, got out the car, locked it to make sure all power was off, unlocked it to open the flap, plugged in the granny charger, connected to the mains...
  16. K

    Charge Card Advice Pls...

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  17. G

    Water ingress from the charging port causing HV battery shut off

    As the title suggests, the car is being diagnosed for the fault that causes the HV battery shut off. They have come back that due to water ingress from the charging port of the car, this is causing the HV battery shut off fault. Apparently the rubber caps that cover the charging pins under the...
  18. C

    Overcharging beyond 100% ???

    I have an MG4 standard SE Electricity Tariff is 29.61 per kWh (rubbish - I already know) Last night I used my Podpoint homecharger app set on a schedule of 4.5hrs, while also having my MG app set to just manually charge at the same time - usually just use the MG App as never any issues with it...
  19. B

    Scheduled Charge Failed to Charge.

    I realise that there are multiple ISmart threads. But I had a specific problem. Using the ISmart app I scheduled the car to charge during the night in order to utilise my British Gas Electric Car tariff. The day before yesterday it charged ok. But last night, it failed to charge. This despite me...
  20. L

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