Battery sign at bottom of pilot screen

[RTB]

Hello all and thank you for all the help and advice that has been offered all very much appreciated for those who have read my posts you've probably guessed I'm getting on now, My previous vehicle was an Audi A3 Sport back I'd had it from new for 22 years and everything about it was straight forward 163000 on the clock when we said good bye I always thought it would be my last car
I never thought about EV but was sold straight away with the MG Zs but who would have guessed it could be so complicated but I absolutely love it! Anyway enough of my ramblings.........
Bottom right of pilot screen battery sign with ready above i green to it left circle made up of 2 red sections and 1 green with the number 3 in the middle what is it telling us?

 

[Chris Law]

Do you mean the regenerative braking (3 levels) indicator? The image is from the handbook - P190 in my case.

 

[RTB]

View attachment 37247Do you mean the regenerative braking (3 levels) indicator? The image is from the handbook - P190 in my case.

Yes I guess I did thank you, what do the green and red segments tell me?

 

[Susanna]

@RTB

I think that green is the highest regeneration, amber medium, and red lowest? But it’s feasible that it’s the other way round! It always reverts to the highest regeneration anyway, so that should make the identifying colour obvious.

Sorry - that wasn’t actually much use!!

 

[MG Clive]

Hi @RTB, this video should explain all the features and functions of your dash display.

 

[BOB353]

Something I have often wondered is whether the brake light come on while slowing with regenerations or only when the brakes pedal is pressed?

I often drive on the freeway using cruise control and rarely need to apply the brakes and wonder if those following me are warned of my slowing.

 

[Roldorf]

Brake lights work the same as when a combustion engine slows the car and only come on when you press the brake pedal.

 

[Chris Law]

Brake lights work the same as when a combustion engine slows the car and only come on when you press the brake pedal.

Not the case for my (2023, bought 3/2024), Portuguese ZS EV LR. I checked by driving at night and observing the brake lights in the rear view mirror when using regen braking but not the brake pedal. The brake lights do come on when using regen (in my car at least).

 

[DBedford]

Agree Chris, same here!

 

[RTB]

Hi @RTB, this video should explain all the features and functions of your dash display.

Thank you really very helpful RTB

 

[Chris Law]

Thank you really very helpful RTB

This guy, Jerry Pan, has posted many useful YouTube videos from New Zealand. I found about 10 of his MG ZS EV videos really useful when I first bought the car. Recommended! Jerry Pan and CARS

 

[fred12345]

Something I have often wondered is whether the brake light come on while slowing with regenerations or only when the brakes pedal is pressed?

I often drive on the freeway using cruise control and rarely need to apply the brakes and wonder if those following me are warned of my slowing.

as soon as the regen starts, brake lights come on. I drive on 3 and as soon as I lift the accelerator pedal (almost said "gas" pedal), brake lights come on

 

[RTB]

@RTB

I think that green is the highest regeneration, amber medium, and red lowest? But it’s feasible that it’s the other way round! It always reverts to the highest regeneration anyway, so that should make the identifying colour obvious.

Sorry - that wasn’t actually much use!!

Of course it was thank you

 

[Gadget Geek]

Brake lights work the same as when a combustion engine slows the car and only come on when you press the brake pedal.

Not true. Depends on speed and level of regen set.

 

[fred12345]

Just to add on brake lights and regen - tried it yesterday on 2022 ZS. On regen 1 my brake lights are not coming on since the slowing down is quite weak, weaker than engine braking on ICE cars. My brake lights come on at regen 2 and 3 almost as soon as I lift the foot of the accelerator. As mentioned above, depends on speed and level of regen. The car is doing it as it should. On motorways and using adaptive cruise control, the brake lights come on if the breaking is a bit more substantial rather than a minor adjusting of speed, a bit up or down.

 

[BOB353]

Thanks folks, just something I wasn't certain about

 

[peterseddon]

Brake lights work the same as when a combustion engine slows the car and only come on when you press the brake pedal.

If you are in regen level 3 and release the accelerator them the brake lights will come on without pressing the brake pedal.

 

[hmadsen]

Most cars nowadays have multiple modes that turn on the brake light.

1. The brake pedal switch for when you actually press the brake pedal.
2. Accelerometer....This one is actually already in the car, used to know if the airbags should be deployed.

#2 measures the acceleration of decelleration in all axis and if the car slows down more than a certain amount, it will put the brake lights on.

On some cars (Dont know if the ZS EV does it also) if the decelleration exceeds a certain amount, it will flash the brake lights and/or put the hazards on, to tell those behind you, that you are braking hard.

 

[fred12345]

On some cars (Dont know if the ZS EV does it also) if the decelleration exceeds a certain amount, it will flash the brake lights and/or put the hazards on, to tell those behind you, that you are braking hard.

Yes, definitely on my 2022 ZS, I had to brake fairly briskly and all 4 indicator warning/hazard lights came on by themselves. You just turn them off on the switch ...

 

[hmadsen]

Yes, definitely on my 2022 ZS, I had to brake fairly briskly and all 4 indicator warning/hazard lights came on by themselves. You just turn them off on the switch ...

So it put the hazards on, and did not turn them off when the "event" was over.