Sitting in car whilst charging

[Shengis]

Apologies, this may have already been answered but I can’t find it…

I haven’t had the occasion to charge my car anywhere other than home so far, but when I do can you tell me if and how I can charge it and sit inside the car without interfering with it charging?

In my experience so far the car only charges when it’s locked after plugging the charger in…

 

[Ian Key]

Apologies, this may have already been answered but I can’t find it…

I haven’t had the occasion to charge my car anywhere other than home so far, but when I do can you tell me if and how I can charge it and sit inside the car without interfering with it charging?

In my experience so far the car only charges when it’s locked after plugging the charger in…

I believe after it has started charging you can get back in.
You can also shut the car down from the infotainment screen to enable it to start charging so your passengers don't have to get out.

 

[amdmad]

That's what we do, shutdown plug-in

 

[Ryan]

I’ve sat in mine whilst waiting for it to charge when out and about without issue

 

[Shengis]

So if you…

Park the car
Power off from screen
Get out and plug in
Sit back in car

It should charge and allow you to sit in the car?

I’m sure mine doesn’t start charging until I press lock!

I’ll need to check again methinks….

 

[FiFi]

Does the heating work when you have done that and sitting in it whilst you wait for it to charge? I ask because I tried to pre-heat the car remotely on the app and it wouldn’t work whilst it was plugged in even though it indicated that it was working on the app. I know we are spoilt to have this function but a bit of a niggle to need to go out and unplug to set the pre heat on the car (particularly when it was frosted up) - unless anyone knows of a work around that?

 

[PeteC]

Does the heating work when you have done that and sitting in it whilst you wait for it to charge? I ask because I tried to pre-heat the car remotely on the app and it wouldn’t work whilst it was plugged in even though it indicated that it was working on the app. I know we are spoilt to have this function but a bit of a niggle to need to go out and unplug to set the pre heat on the car (particularly when it was frosted up) - unless anyone knows of a work around that?

Yes, the heating works when you sit back in the car.

 

[Paul V Smith]

Apologies, this may have already been answered but I can’t find it…

I haven’t had the occasion to charge my car anywhere other than home so far, but when I do can you tell me if and how I can charge it and sit inside the car without interfering with it charging?

In my experience so far the car only charges when it’s locked after plugging the charger in…

I too find that if I return and sit in my car it stops charging. I then go into the battery menu and select start charging. Then you can sit in the car with radio and heating on, whilst still charging.

 

[Shengis]

I too find that if I return and sit in my car it stops charging. I then go into the battery menu and select start charging. Then you can sit in the car with radio and heating on, whilst still charging.

Thanks. I’ve not had the occasion to do it yet but no doubt I will. I didn’t even realise there was a start charging option on the app!

 

[siteguru]

Thanks. I’ve not had the occasion to do it yet but no doubt I will. I didn’t even realise there was a start charging option on the app!

There's one in the car too.

 

[4ND]

Probably better than this scenario:

Queues stretching for hours show what it's like to own a Tesla at Christmas

'You can always rely on the British public to make an orderly queue.'

metro.co.uk

With a petrol car they woud have gone to a pump and filled up and be gone in ~ 500 seconds.

 

[Sloucher]

Probably better than this scenario:

Queues stretching for hours show what it's like to own a Tesla at Christmas

'You can always rely on the British public to make an orderly queue.'

metro.co.uk

With a petrol car they woud have gone to a pump and filled up and be gone in ~ 500 seconds.

Unless there's a fuel crisis, or a tanker driver strike - remember the queues of a couple of years ago?

 

[4ND]

Unless there's a fuel crisis, or a tanker driver strike - remember the queues of a couple of years ago?

True, but there isn't a comparable electric crisis or electric strike right now (in terms of flow). This is just people trying to charge their cars with no electric crisis.

 

[Elec Car Aust]

Depends on the EV but generally lock the car, plug in, start charging. Unlock and jump into car, car often stops charging for 10-15 seconds but will restart, then do whatever you need to do. If using accessories heater etc, just make sure you have the car 'on' so you don't flatten the 12 volt battery. Enjoy!

 

[Pebble]

Depends on the EV but generally lock the car, plug in, start charging. Unlock and jump into car, car often stops charging for 10-15 seconds but will restart, then do whatever you need to do. If using accessories heater etc, just make sure you have the car 'on' so you don't flatten the 12 volt battery. Enjoy!

Just curious, does the same procedure apply if you've got passengers or dogs in the car? Not sure about the interior sensing alarm as I've got a 5 Trophy.

 

[Ian Key]

Just curious, does the same procedure apply if you've got passengers or dogs in the car? Not sure about the interior sensing alarm as I've got a 5 Trophy.

There isn't an interior sensing alarm. I asked MG customer services as I also often have dogs in the car and they replied:

I can confirm that there are no motion sensors in the car. The alarm will mainly work through the immobiliser system when someone attempts entry or start the car with no key present.

 

[PristDean]

Probably better than this scenario:

Queues stretching for hours show what it's like to own a Tesla at Christmas

'You can always rely on the British public to make an orderly queue.'

metro.co.uk

With a petrol car they woud have gone to a pump and filled up and be gone in ~ 500 seconds.

People can probably get away so quickly after fuelling an ICE car these days as their wallet will be very much lighter

 

[Cocijo]

Sadly rapid charging an EV is not that much cheaper than petrol or diesel now…

 

[Elec Car Aust]

Just curious, does the same procedure apply if you've got passengers or dogs in the car? Not sure about the interior sensing alarm as I've got a 5 Trophy.

Good question and sorry cant answer that one. We don't have the MG 5 in Australia unfortunately.

 

[FiFi]

My MG4 trophy has been back in with dealer now for 16 days with issues they do not yet have the intel to fix. Patience is wearing thin!

Please could someone check to see if when their car is on charge on their driveway and they select pre-heat on the MG App if it will actually heat up/defrost the car or do they need to physically unplug for this to work. I want to know if this is yet another issue I need to report or the norm for our cars. Thank you