Battery type in 2021 MG5

[Paul Hampshire]

Hi all, my first post so hope I'm doing this right...

I just bought a 2021 MG5 (standard battery). How can i be sure whether the battery is LPA or NMC? I think its the latter but would be good to be 100% sure. For example, does the VIN number give it away in some way? Thanks for any advice.

Second question: My old Leaf had a car timing-planner where you could set up the car to charge at a future day/ time and for how long which was very useful. MG5 seems to miss this? ie, you plug it in and it charges, you unplug it and it stops - there's no way to schedule charging start and top times automatically as far as i can see? Have i missed something?

Many thanks.

 

[MG Clive]

Welcome to MGEVs @Paul Hampshire, I can't help with your MG5 queries, but one of our MG5 members should be able to help.

PS. I've moved this to our MG5 forum.

 

[Black estate]

You can't program charging unless your charger has the function to do it
I have a wallbox and can do it in app

 

[Paul Hampshire]

You can't program charging unless your charger has the function to do it
I have a wallbox and can do it in app

Thank you

 

[Paul Mason]

All MG5s, whether SR or LR, are NMC chemistry. I understand that at smaller LFP battery was fitted to the facelift but it was never sold in this country; we only got the 61kW LR battery

 

[Jomarkh]

Hi all, my first post so hope I'm doing this right...

I just bought a 2021 MG5 (standard battery). How can i be sure whether the battery is LPA or NMC? I think its the latter but would be good to be 100% sure. For example, does the VIN number give it away in some way? Thanks for any advice.

Second question: My old Leaf had a car timing-planner where you could set up the car to charge at a future day/ time and for how long which was very useful. MG5 seems to miss this? ie, you plug it in and it charges, you unplug it and it stops - there's no way to schedule charging start and top times automatically as far as i can see? Have i missed something?

Many thanks.

Welcome to the forum.
If you look under the rear offside at the battery it should have a label saying NMC.