MG ZS EV Gen1 CCS charge speeds - what do you get?

[mattdav]

Hi All,

I want to know what other's experiences are when charging a Gen 1 ZS. I posted here a few years ago about my slow charging speeds and responses seemed to suggest it may be external factors rather than the car. I don't really rapid charge this car but today found myself in a position where I had to (I messed up the overnight charge at home )

Here's my experience today.

It's 14°C this morning, I charged at a newish 120kW Instavolt charger - one of six with only one other being used (at the other end of the row). I'd done a 10 mile journey to get there.

I started charging at 7% and the initial charging rate was about 40 kW. As the car charged the rate went up to around 44kW which is where it peaked. The charge rate then started to decrease as below. I stopped the charge at 50%.

38% charge - 40kW
40% charge - 39kW
44% charge - 37 kW
46% charge - 36 kW
50% charge - 35 kW

I just want to know if this mirrors other people's experience. I have some longer trips planned over the next 6 months in probably colder weather. If this is the DC performance of the ZS then I'm not sure it's really fit for purpose for me. My old Nissan Leaf could only charge at 50kW but, even in colder conditions would be mid 40s or higher up to 80%.

Thanks and apologies if I just need to accept this is a slow charging car.

 

[Jomarkh]

That seems about right as the battery is cold. It peaked as the charging warmed the battery up.

 

[mattdav]

Fair enough if that's the case. So we're saying that at 14°C the peak charging rate is around 44kW at around 35% SoC?

I've had a Leaf in the past and currently also have a Tesla (I know that has battery pre-heating etc) which both charge much faster in these temperatures. If everything's working as planned, this makes longer trips in the MG a bit more inconvenient than I'm used to.

Thanks, it looks like I've been spoilt by my other EV experiences.

 

[Lovemyev]

Have read through this thread, it suggests that the Gen1 ZS EV can charge faster than what you have seen, but of course this will depend on a lot of different factors on the day.

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Thread 'Max charging rate for early MG ZS EV'

Aug 12, 2022

I have a 2000 ZS EV and have been given conflicting advice on the maximum charge rate for my car, one advisor told me that I could charge at up to 80kw whilst another told me that the max DC charge was 50kw. which is correct? I believe that the max AC charge is 7kw, is this correct?

• PeteJ
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[mattdav]

Have read through this thread, it suggests that the Gen1 ZS EV can charge faster than what you have seen, but of course this will depend on a lot of different factors on the day.

P

Thread 'Max charging rate for early MG ZS EV'

Aug 12, 2022

I have a 2000 ZS EV and have been given conflicting advice on the maximum charge rate for my car, one advisor told me that I could charge at up to 80kw whilst another told me that the max DC charge was 50kw. which is correct? I believe that the max AC charge is 7kw, is this correct?

• PeteJ
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• Replies: 5
• Forum: MG ZS EV Forum

Thanks, that's interesting. I had a look here at the charge curves for the EVs I've owned/currently own. Apart from the MG, they pretty much match my experiences.

My feeling is that I should get better faster charge speeds than I saw this morning. It is what it is though - I'll ask the garage to check for issues in a month at the next service. If there are none, I'll have to have a think. I was planning to do some longer journeys in the car but I fear what the charge time would be in much colder weather.