Battery Upgrade Option

[Dave53]

MG's new £30k '4' electric hatchback has a SWAPPABLE battery system

The MG4 will be offered as a cut-price alternative to popular battery-powered hatches already on the market, including the Volkswagen ID.3 and Nissan Leaf.

mol.im

Take a look at this new MG EV hatchback with new battery pack that can be swapped out

 

[ukflyer]

I didn’t know which thread to ask this question, so apologies if this is misplaced.

Being new to EV’s I wanted to know if (other than tyres and brakes needing to be bedded in) do ev’s need to be ‘run in’ as ICE cars do? Thanks.

 

[john andersen]

I didn’t know which thread to ask this question, so apologies if this is misplaced.

Being new to EV’s I wanted to know if (other than tyres and brakes needing to be bedded in) do ev’s need to be ‘run in’ as ICE cars do? Thanks.

nope, no engine that needs a max rpm until it is worn a bit, you dont run in a hoover
no extra cold starts wear either, so short trips are much better to do in a ev than ice when it is cold

 

[duncerduncs]

Usual good driving practice will do the trick, try to bed the brake pads in - not too many Carwow 60 - 0 brake tests....

 

[Jomarkh]

It is difficult to bed the brakes in as using Kers3 you hardly touch the brake pedal.

 

[Harry 17]

It is difficult to bed the brakes in as using Kers3 you hardly touch the brake pedal.

Good point, well presented

Maybe the bedding in period maybe to not use Kers for the first 1000 miles ??

 

[Gem10]

Is anyone aware if the MG4 has reversing light/s and if so where are they located?

Does it have a rear fog light? I could not see a switch for it on the light stalk.

 

[D1no]

Is anyone aware if the MG4 has reversing light/s and if so where are they located?

Does it have a rear fog light? I could not see a switch for it on the light stalk.

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Hopefully, they're both legal requirements.

Fog lights are probably on a separate switch somewhere, assuming they haven't buried them on a sub-menu of the infotainment system

 

[Gem10]

Position of reversing lights?

 

[MarkPorth]

Position of reversing lights?

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I would imagine you don't really need reversing lights at night if you go for orange

 

[D1no]

Position of reversing lights?

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Probably. Fog light looks like centre of the bumper as well.

 

[Harry 17]

MG's new £30k '4' electric hatchback has a SWAPPABLE battery system

The MG4 will be offered as a cut-price alternative to popular battery-powered hatches already on the market, including the Volkswagen ID.3 and Nissan Leaf.

mol.im

Take a look at this new MG EV hatchback with new battery pack that can be swapped out

Thanks @Dave53 , Whilst I utterly hate the daily Mail, with all my heart! I hope this turns out to be true.

I was going to part chop the Trophy I am getting soon, next year, which would have put of me bestowing the car to my wife, so that I can get me sell a MGC EV In a couple of years. But now, I will just upgrade the battery and stay on course

providing the Daily Crap, is not sprouting its usual racist jingoistic BS.

time will tell I guess.

 

[WonkoTheSaneUK]

Thanks @Dave53 , Whilst I utterly hate the daily Mail, with all my heart! I hope this turns out to be true.

I was going to part chop the Trophy I am getting soon, next year, which would have put of me bestowing the car to my wife, so that I can get me sell a MGC EV In a couple of years. But now, I will just upgrade the battery and stay on course

providing the Daily Crap, is not sprouting its usual racist jingoistic BS.

time will tell I guess.

From what I've read elsewhere, MG have designed the platform to be suitable for 800V charging & battery swapping at some time in the future. The MG4 is very unlikely to get either.

TL;DR - Daily Fail strikes again!

 

[Gomev]

Thanks @Dave53 , Whilst I utterly hate the daily Mail, with all my heart! I hope this turns out to be true.

I was going to part chop the Trophy I am getting soon, next year, which would have put of me bestowing the car to my wife, so that I can get me sell a MGC EV In a couple of years. But now, I will just upgrade the battery and stay on course

providing the Daily Crap, is not sprouting its usual racist jingoistic BS.

time will tell I guess.

I gather that you dislike the Daily Mail, but I'm struggling to understand what is racist or jingoistic about a swappable battery.

 

[BugEyed]

There's battery swapping and battery swapping. One as practised by BYD is where an automated station swaps your discharged battery for a fully charged one in about 3 minutes to avoid having to wait 40-60 minutes at a Rapid, the other as practised by a few DIYers with Nissan LEAF is to permanently change a degraded battery one for a better one.
The MoL is suggesting the former, but I wouldn't hold your breath.

 

[D1no]

There's battery swapping and battery swapping. One as practised by BYD is where an automated station swaps your discharged battery for a fully charged one in about 3 minutes to avoid having to wait 40-60 minutes at a Rapid, the other as practised by a few DIYers with Nissan LEAF is to permanently change a degraded battery one for a better one.
The MoL is suggesting the former, but I wouldn't hold your breath.

I think the capability has been designed into the new battery platform, but it's not going to come for this version of the MG4 at least. I suspect we'll see it appear in a couple of years on something built on the same basic platform.

With the much larger capacities available, the best option may be to build a Transit sized van with a swappable battery, which would be a game changer for delivery drivers rather than the under powered and limited range options available at the moment. If you could get say 100 miles and then swap for another 100 in 5 minutes or less, that's absolutely doable for Amazon etc

 

[siteguru]

Filled in the website form today to book a test drive ... local dealer called me back to confirm the request and will be in touch once they know more (re. getting their cars).

 

[Bonny 865]

With the mg 4 being launched tomorrow and presumably then on sale they aut to have had them in the dealer's ready I no they still have training but ime inpatient

 

[Gem10]

Hopefully, they're both legal requirements.

Fog lights are probably on a separate switch somewhere, assuming they haven't buried them on a sub-menu of the infotainment system

Can't be sure but I think the rear fog light switch is on light stalk, facing away from the driver. Could someone who gets to see a demo car please check?

 

[Bobbydutch]

Thanks @Dave53 , Whilst I utterly hate the daily Mail, with all my heart! I hope this turns out to be true.

I was going to part chop the Trophy I am getting soon, next year, which would have put of me bestowing the car to my wife, so that I can get me sell a MGC EV In a couple of years. But now, I will just upgrade the battery and stay on course

providing the Daily Crap, is not sprouting its usual racist jingoistic BS.

time will tell I guess.

MG's new £30k '4' electric hatchback has a SWAPPABLE battery system

Hi, Bobby here from the Netherlands, just ordered my MG4. Here it is just launched, I have to wait a couple of months. In the meantime I'm learning from you guys!
I was wondering if the dealers in the UK already confirmed the possibility to swap at a certain time the battery for a larger one.
Let's say, if you choose the standard range now, is it possible to swap the battery for a long range within 2 years or something?