fishbee
Standard Member
I'm interested in knowing what charging rate people have observed at service stations and the like? MG claim that the MG5 can charge at up to 80kW.
I've had my MG5 for a few months now, and when taking some long range trips that involved charging stops along the way, I've had the car charging at just under 30kW (Instavolt at Corley services on the M6, old-style Ecotricity on M1), 40kW (old-style Ecotricity on M6), and 50-60kW (at the new Rugby services on the M6). So not quite the same as what I expected before buying the car! I'm particularly disappointed by the 30kW chargers -- charging at 50kW or more means (at least for me!) that you don't really spend much more time at motorway services than with a petrol car. You drive in, plug in your car, get out, use the loo, maybe grab a snack or drink, get back to the car, and there you go, it's nearly back at 80% charge. But if the charger is only going at 28kW or so, you're there for at least an hour before you're ready to go!
Is the state of the motorway charging network simply poor at the moment? (I'm willing to believe that it's getting better -- as I said, the fastest charge I've had so far was at a brand new bank of Electric Highway chargers at Rugby services.)
Or is there a problem with my MG5? I suppose I should try it at one of the BP Chargemaster 100kW+ chargers, and see what happens there.
I've had my MG5 for a few months now, and when taking some long range trips that involved charging stops along the way, I've had the car charging at just under 30kW (Instavolt at Corley services on the M6, old-style Ecotricity on M1), 40kW (old-style Ecotricity on M6), and 50-60kW (at the new Rugby services on the M6). So not quite the same as what I expected before buying the car! I'm particularly disappointed by the 30kW chargers -- charging at 50kW or more means (at least for me!) that you don't really spend much more time at motorway services than with a petrol car. You drive in, plug in your car, get out, use the loo, maybe grab a snack or drink, get back to the car, and there you go, it's nearly back at 80% charge. But if the charger is only going at 28kW or so, you're there for at least an hour before you're ready to go!
Is the state of the motorway charging network simply poor at the moment? (I'm willing to believe that it's getting better -- as I said, the fastest charge I've had so far was at a brand new bank of Electric Highway chargers at Rugby services.)
Or is there a problem with my MG5? I suppose I should try it at one of the BP Chargemaster 100kW+ chargers, and see what happens there.