Hi, I’ve had my new MG ZS EV for just over a month and have yet to see the range at 163 miles. The most I’ve seen it is 135 miles which was done on a 22kwh charger. I’ve tried using the granny style charger to see if it will top the remaining battery up but it doesn’t do anything to the range. I’m still waiting on my home charger being installed but would appreciate any advice regarding the charging process or if there’s something I should do? Thanks Chris
Hi,
Just to clear up something that took me a while to find out. I presume the 22kwh charger you mention was a public charger and classed as AC charging (never came across a 22kwh public charger that was DC) if so you are WASTING your time using it as the MG ZS will ONLY take a maximum of 7kwh when charging from a AC Charger no matter what output it promises. Unless you have time to kill on a long trip the only viable charging is DC using the CCS. Another point is that there is NOTHING wrong with charging to 100% on Rapid DC charger except that once the battery gets to 80% the remaining 20% will be very slow (maximum of about 3Kwh due BMS throttling the charge rate). I always charge to 100% on DC charging unless I had time issues or more importantly if someone else was waiting to charge.
All the best
Frank
PS The Granny Charger is the last option for charging (too slow and also places a huge strain on the plug socket which some older domestic installations will have trouble coping with, feel the plug socket next time you use it, lot of heat build is possible).
PPS The ONLY safe and reliable home charging is using a recognised Home Charger, and let the BMS do it's job with Regards to equalization charging. You do not need to have a charging regime, the BMS looks after the main battery, just plug it in EVERY time. It is very satisfying starting Every morning with a full tank for those unexpected journeys.