Today it was chilly here and I ran the demister for good 2 miles. Swtiched it off and after another minute or two the car allowed switch to EV. It moved into Auto mode a few times but reverted to EV each time I tried afterwards. I honestly think it should enabled EV under 35 mph and switch engine on / off as needed rather than use idiots having to constantly press the bleeding button
warmed and demisted by wife's leaf using the app today. we do use the leaf a fair bit but its a Leaf 30 and she uses it most week
We live in a rapid charger desert - Hertfordshire. There's are a few more than when we picked up the car (there was only Nissan rapid 5 miles away) now we have a handful single units in 5 mile radiusYes ours is also a 17 plate Leaf, so it can cope with York-Leeds-York, on a cold day, but not much more. I do know where the decent rapid chargers are though
I didn't have this problem with my BMW PHEV. I was also able to pre heat the car remotely, which was a major benefit in the winter months. Virtually all modern cars have this ability today. Had I known about this problem of having to choose between a warm cabin or electric drive option, I wouldn't have gone for the MG. EV mode is effectively redundant during the winter months. Even when the car warms up and you force EV mode, as soon as the cabin temperature drops below the setting, the heater comes on and EV mode is disabled. You then have to manually switch it back on when you think the cabin temperature has risen to the setting, or alternatively you have to switch off the heater through the sluggish touch screen. You'll then be able to manually select EV mode. This is just one of the many lack of refinement issues I've found with the MH HS PHEV.
What a regime! I miss my BMW PHEV.
This is why, as much as we loved the HS we cancelled our order and went for the new ZS EV instead. As the weather has cooled we realised we preheat the leaf quite a bit and rely on the demister a lot too. We wouldn't be doing many EV miles at all in the HS and I don't want to be putting in a lot of fuel at over ÂŁ1.45 a litre. App-controlled preheat, charging timers, and the 360 cameras gave us what we are used to on the leaf but were missing on the original ZS EV.
I hope someone eventually opens it up and adds one. I’ve seen a Zoe video of someone doing the same
imho this is more than worth it to avoid the ICE coming on.Hej JABOJeg fandt endelig et værksted for at få installeret webasto,
På så mange måder er det en bil, der er mere værd, end du betaler, svigtet af et problem, der let kan løses.
MG har ingen planer om en løsning, jeg har været i kontakt med den danske importør.
Hej , automester pĂĄ Mesterlodden i Gentofte , det tager 2 dage og koster 18k incl. App styring fra mobilen. Jeg fĂĄr den tilbage i morgen, og skal nok dele mine erfaringer.
Think besides the block heater we need a way to block the air intake cooling the radiator rapidlyi finally found a workshop to have the webasto installed
In so many ways It's a car worth more than you Pay, let down by an easily fixable issue.
MG has no plans for a solution, i've been in contact with the Danish importer.
Why would you need to block airflow?
Because the airflow would quickly cool the engine, causing the coolant temp to go down with the block heater approach. One though i have had is installing a diesel heater that is air based(like those lowered costs ones) But that then needs a tank of diesel somewhere in the car.
The heat from engine is circulated to
