What I did with my MG ZS EV Today.

[Lancpudn]

Originally Posted by bikerdude666

Just a small thing re. Battery range. My wife went to visit her friend in Manchester last weekend, a journey of approx 145 miles. She said it was bad traffic most of the way, motorway clogging up and slowing, then clearing and back to normal speed before slowing again etc. When she got to her friends the dash was still showing 23 miles. And very similar on the return journey. By that it gives a range of 168 miles.

That's good going, What are you averaging for miles/kWh? I'm averaging over 4miles/kWh regular & as much as 4.8 miles/kWh on a urban run, Last trip was 4.2miles/kWh.

[guru]

Originally Posted by wizzo337

Still not great though is it, How long to charge it back up? My ZT deisel has a range of 600 consistent miles, sometimes higher and takes me about 3mins to fill and I'm on my way, if I need a per at the services, I have one, 5min, if I want a coffee, I buy one and stick it in the cup holder and progress my journey, none of this waiting for a charger and then waiting for the car to charge stuff, just progress. I do like my deisel motors, 2.0 ZT CDTI and 2.5 Sorento CDTI both Remapped.

For most people range just isn't an issue. We do 60 - 80 miles a day in our ZS and it gets plugged in when home so it's always at 100% the following morning. For us it's more convenient because we no longer have to drive out of our way to get to a petrol station.

[Lancpudn]

Cant believe it's almost two years I've had this car, Just booked my MG ZS EV in for it's second service for the first week in December. I asked her if there are any software updates available for it but she said they're not sure until it gets plugged into the MG motors computer system, If it needs them it will get them.

[wizzo337]

Originally Posted by guru

For most people range just isn't an issue. We do 60 - 80 miles a day in our ZS and it gets plugged in when home so it's always at 100% the following morning. For us it's more convenient because we no longer have to drive out of our way to get to a petrol station.

This guy writes a good article.

https://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/new...c-car-25989706

Up to date and make sense.

[guru]

Originally Posted by wizzo337

This guy writes a good article.

https://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/new...c-car-25989706

Up to date and make sense.

Not really fair comparing the running costs of a basic diesel BMW with a 400bhp SUV that can do 0-60 in 4.7 seconds!

For a slightly fairer comparison I recently did a run to Stanstead and back and the total cost including a few minutes on the Tesla supercharger was £11. Even in our diesel Mini it would have been at least £25 for the same journey and we would have been far less comfortable.

Charging away from home has always been the most difficult aspect of owning an EV however things are getting better pretty quickly now. We regularly drive from Bath to Norfolk and when we first got the ZS 2 years ago heading up the M11 there was only 1 slow charger (50Kw) at Birchanger and then nothing until we got to our home charger so we had to make sure we could take enough power to make the journey which took ages. Now there are 4 additional 150kw+ chargers between Birchanger and our house so loads more options. We've also now switched from the ZS which charged at 50kw and had a real world range of 130 miles at motorway speeds to an MG4 long range which can easily do well over 200 miles and charges at 135kw.

[Lancpudn]

It's that of month to do a battery pack balance, Haven't done one in over two months. I put the charger on the lowest 10 amp setting & let it charge to 100%. If the MG grill badge light stays on solid (which it does) instead of pulsating then it's carrying out a pack balance.
It's been balancing for over an hour up until now.

[Lancpudn]

Time for a charge today & the pack is looking nice & toasty

[guru]

Originally Posted by Lancpudn

Time for a charge today & the pack is looking nice & toasty

I don't think that's the battery pack temp, but rather the charger temp as there's no bi-directional comms between the BMS and the charger on AC.

My Ohme charger has also been showing pretty high temps as it's in the full glare of the sun in the afternoon, seems OK though.

[Lancpudn]

Originally Posted by guru

I don't think that's the battery pack temp, but rather the charger temp as there's no bi-directional comms between the BMS and the charger on AC.

My Ohme charger has also been showing pretty high temps as it's in the full glare of the sun in the afternoon, seems OK though.

Ah right! Thanks, I wasn't sure, I think that's the highest temp I've seen on the charger.

[Lancpudn]

I did a 100% charge yesterday & let the car do a battery pack balance, It's the first time in months I've charged it up to 100%, You're supposed to do it monthly to keep the cells balanced. I usually keep it charged to around 80% for our usage, The balance after 32 months is almost perfect using the OBD car scanner.