MG's Semi Solid State Battery

[MG Clive]

Coming soon. . . . . . .

 

[MG Clive]

Auto Express article - New MG4 Urban will be the UK’s first EV with semi-solid-state batteries

 

[salty]

Exciting times ahead for EVs. Can't wait to see what they are gonna come up with,
in the future. 5 mins for a full charge, 1000 mile range. Who knows.

 

[Rolfe]

I suppose the people who said, don't buy an EV yet, wait for them to get better, were right. They'll be right for a while yet, too. But why deny yourself the pleasure of EV motoring waiting for the technology to become absolutely mature? No matter how great the new cars are, my car will still be doing what I want it to do.

 

[salty]

That goes for everything not just cars. Can't be waiting, just get what you want, now!

 

[Rolfe]

That was the conclusion I came to. I'm actually glad I didn't end up in a 1st-gen Leaf or a battery-lease Zoe, but the MG4 is sufficient car to be going on with.

 

[Bam Bam]

Electrification is going to continue, so getting an EV now is better for future proofing than getting an ICE vehicle.

The big issue would be that the connectors no longer work.

As long as you can get electricity in the car it is fine.

But even then you can get adaptors and things. Harder to do for CHADEMO but there are even adaptors for that now.

Interestingly, I read that the UK car fleet is much older now than a few years ago. Is that as a result of...

1. People not being as well off. Wages stagnating while cost of living increases.
2. People holding off to wait for electric tech. or to see which way to go with these things. Decision paralysis
3. Other option?

What do you think?

 

[salty]

Can't see them changing from type 2 charging, think that would be the standard connection from now on. There's to many EVs and chargers already out there, to start, changing that.

 

[Bam Bam]

Can't see them changing from type 2 charging, think that would be the standard connection from now on. There's to many EVs and chargers already out there, to start, changing that.

Exactly. I don't think EV owners have anything to worry about in buying electric.

Some early cars were AC charging only, which is a big limitation on long distance journeys. Or use Chademo.

But as long as you've got CCS2 charging in the UK and Europe (like almost all do) you'll be fine.

However much faster future DC charging gets, our cars still work. The car will just limit the rate to the required speed.

 

[siteguru]

I'm perfectly happy with the (relatively slow) charging speed of my SE SR .. any faster and I won't have time to get both a pee and a coffee as the charging will have finished, so I'd have to go and move the car.