Good idea, I think the South Coast gets much more sun than the rest of the country, so you should do well if you haven't got too much shade from tall trees or other buildings.
Loads of companies do solar these days, Octopus and Wickes for instance but you can probably find a good local firm.
There are still the odd cowboy lot around but should be easy enough to avoid. Just make sure they are MCS approved.
Also lots of good advice online, such as from "Gary Does solar".
@NLMGSAN, it is odd that the monthly milage over the raw power inputs from home and public charging give a mls/kWh efficiency higher than the on-board computer, and I questioned it too.
How the car algorithms work out the figure presented we don't know, but I just worked mine out from data I collect from my EVSE and Public charging stats over the milage for the month.
I've had similar figures for the past 3 month's submitted from a spreadsheet loosely based on one by @KnightRider for his IM 5.
As @wattmatters put it:
"They are both actual, just measuring different things"
Hello.
I'll be using this thread to share information with you about my MG4, and at the same time I'll use it for myself, for keeping track of its mileage, etc.
As a small introduction, I got my MG4, new from the dealership, at the beginning of June 2024.
It is a MY23 MG4 Standard (with the 51kWh LFP battery), in Diamond Red. It was on R33 software when I picked it up.
As for the stats, I'll be keeping track, monthly, of the following:
Period
Distance (km)
Efficiency (kWh/100km)
Average Speed (km/h)
Up Time
June, July and August 2024
3458
14.5 (4.29 mi/kWh)
34
99:59
September
1325
13.9 (4.49 mi/kWh)
31
42:34
October
1231
15.0 (4.14 mi/kWh)
28
43:49
November
1408
15.3 (4.06 mi/kWh)
36
38:16
December
1431
15.6 (3.98 mi/kWh)
34
42:06
January 2025
1656
16.9 (3.68 mi/kWh)
33
49:42
February 2025
1611
15.8 (3.93 mi/kWh)
33
47:44
March 2025
1697
14.9 (4.17 mi/kWh)
35
47:58
April 2025
1110
14.7 (4.23 mi/kWh)
34
32:14
May 2025
1475
14.3 (4.35 mi/kWh)
31
46:24
June 2025
2476.2
14.3 (4.35 mi/kWh)
41
60:49
July 2025
1428
15.4 (4.03 mi/kWh)
38
37:07
August 2025
2113
14.3 (4.35 mi/kWh)
47
44:03
September 2025
1151
14.6 (4.26 mi/kWh)
31
36:43
October 2025
1623
15.4 (4.03 mi/kWh)
32
49:19
November 2025
2432
16.6 (3.74 mi/kWh)
42
60:00
December 2025
2370
17.1 (3.63 mi/kWh)
45
51:50
Current overall combined efficiency, after 30,024 km: 15.2 kWh/100km (4.08 mi/kWh)
I'll also share more information (like issues, servicing, etc.) as it happens.
Feel free to ask me any questions.
The 18.7kwh/100kms is ball park to what we are getting, but a lot of our driving is at 100km/h to 110km/h on the freeway, and that does drop the efficiency quite a bit.
I was caught in strong winds for a trip recently to an Electric vehicle meeting and the 150km trip resulted in an average of 51kwh/100kms, made it home with a few % left from the 51km/h battery, that will stuff up the long term energy use for a while
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(That would be unusual, but not impossible).
