IM6 Rapid Charging

[tonyrome]

I have had far more than 80kW delivered from a 350kW Ionity charger.

 

[NikLiverpool]

I am not sure what went wrong there. I was all alone so no load sharing and the car was warmed up battery wise since I was out and about for a couple of hours at least.
I will try them again at some point or will look for alternative options around the area.

 

[MikeJS]

I am not sure what went wrong there. I was all alone so no load sharing and the car was warmed up battery wise since I was out and about for a couple of hours at least.
I will try them again at some point or will look for alternative options around the area.

Did you navigate to the charger with the in car nav? Asking as it is supposed to have a battery heater and it may be triggered by that?? Driving around, from empirical evidence does not seem to do a lot for battery charging.

 

[NikLiverpool]

No, to be fair I did not do that. I was out all morning driving and was passing that spot and went on a whim. Was driving around for a while though, around 2 hours at least with short stops.
I will try this option next time I am given the chance.

 

[MikeJS]

No, to be fair I did not do that. I was out all morning driving and was passing that spot and went on a whim. Was driving around for a while though, around 2 hours at least with short stops.
I will try this option next time I am given the chance.

It could be interesting as although the IM6 appears to have a battery heater we have no info on how to use it!
P.S. I have asked MG customer services…...

 

[tonyrome]

If the weather was cold and the battery not pre-heated, that would explain the low charging speed.

 

[MSvirus]

I heard from the dealer too, that IM6 has a battery heater. But no way to control it. In the display of my MG4 I get the question if I want to turn on intelligent battery heating, when the car detects it is -12C or lower, but did not get that q in the IM6 even if I drove in -16 the other day. Are the battery heater on and drives up my consumption drastically? And with both motors active still in eco mode, is there potential for lower consumption also here? Updates to these two things might do wonders for the winter range.

 

[tsedge]

Perhaps it is much more intelligent than in the MG4 and so needs no manual controls?

I am sure we will find out. It would explain the particularly poor consumption some people have experienced in cold weather.

 

[NickC]

I don't think the battery heater actually works. i plugged a dongle into my OBD port and have read the battery temperatures. Driving increases them slightly, navigating to a charger via the sat nav has no effect. This morning i tried pre hearting my car via the app, schedule a trip with the charger. connected. The app states it will activate battery insulation whatever that is. It certainly doesn't heat the battery

 

[MSvirus]

I don't think the battery heater actually works. i plugged a dongle into my OBD port and have read the battery temperatures. Driving increases them slightly, navigating to a charger via the sat nav has no effect. This morning i tried pre hearting my car via the app, schedule a trip with the charger. connected. The app states it will activate battery insulation whatever that is. It certainly doesn't heat the battery

Interesting. Which PIDs do you read out?

 

[MikeJS]

I don't think the battery heater actually works. i plugged a dongle into my OBD port and have read the battery temperatures. Driving increases them slightly, navigating to a charger via the sat nav has no effect. This morning i tried pre hearting my car via the app, schedule a trip with the charger. connected. The app states it will activate battery insulation whatever that is. It certainly doesn't heat the battery

Interesting. I sent this to customer support a couple of days ago -

The handbook shows a battery heater as being fitted (to enable rapid charging) but there is no info in the manual about how to use it. Do you have any information?

Unfortunately, the first response was - Regarding your query, to book a test drive, please use the link below to find your nearest dealership to book in:!!

I have asked them to try again….

 

[LenEV2016]

What you are experiencing with customer services is what we got with issues with our 4, I sincerely hope they up their game for you all, especially with where they are pitching the IMs

 

[MikeJS]

What you are experiencing with customer services is what we got with issues with our 4, I sincerely hope they up their game for you all, especially with where they are pitching the IMs

In fairness the other queries I have sent got sensible responses.

 

[LenEV2016]

In fairness the other queries I have sent got sensible responses.

Yeah but they can be very non committal and ambiguous, as I said i hope they have upped their game

 

[NickC]

Interesting. Whick PIDs do you read out?

It comes up as Battery Highest Temperature, Battery Temperature Average and Battery Lowest Temperature. Currently reading a max of 2 degrees after driving at 15 minutes, ambient temp -1. Not sure I trust the readings though.

The lack of a working battery heater is really poor.