25/01/21: Just had latest BMS software. Observations...

[Mark Holmes]

What m/kwh do you normally average - that’s the key factor! ?

Got 4.1 miles per KWh today in a 13 miles trip back out of London with heating and fans on.

 

[Chrisb]

Same here, car is due for its first service next month

 

[Mark Holmes]

Same here, car is due for its first service next month
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So there are more of us fantastic, and I thought I was special...!

 

[Gomev]

Flick the "Mode" button in the center console if it is the Eco and Sport mode you have never seen!

I frequently flick the mode button but I have never seen those images, it just changes the little icons at the bottom e.g D3E. I have never seen a picture of a car with the dramatic words above it saying Sports mode is active occupying the central screen on the dashboard.

 

[Mark Holmes]

I frequently flick the mode button but I have never seen those images, it just changes the little icons at the bottom e.g D3E. I have never seen a picture of a car with the dramatic words above it saying Sports mode is active occupying the central screen on the dashboard.

It’s when you select your driving mode, one of the buttons next to the KER’s and Battery button in front of the drive switch gear

 

[Adi6phil]

I've tried it and all that happens is E- N -S change no poctures

 

[Adi6phil]

Pictures

 

[Cocijo]

Were you in ‘P’?

 

[Adi6phil]

Tried it in all senarios today and sadly no fancy pictures .i dont know when these pictures went on the forum but is it a car from india as they they have loads more tech than us

 

[Paulie68]

Tried it in all senarios today and sadly no fancy pictures .i dont know when these pictures went on the forum but is it a car from india as they they have loads more tech than us

No, they all show the mode picture for a few seconds whenever you change mode. Well, apart from yours, it would seem!

 

[Cocijo]

I haven’t checked mine - I don’t recall seeing the pics change though. I’m too idle to get up and look at the mo ?

 

[Mark Holmes]

I get the pictures on mine, they look really cool...

 

[Cocijo]

Maybe they’re the answer to all the BMS woes - the missing link...

 

[Paul225]

First year service today - will report back later !!

Had a BMS update in the service today and there seems to have been a range problem after previous update - so MG have absorbed the cost of year 1 service as a compensation deal !!

 

[Paul225]

Had a BMS update in the service today and there seems to have been a range problem after previous update - so MG have absorbed the cost of year 1 service as a compensation deal !!

They also found a problem with drivers door handle which has been repaired/ modified and has been noted on other vehicles. The range should improve after a couple of weeks - that’s the advice. !

 

[SCB86]

Had my BMS update today; just plugged it in and found that the charging pins now lock without the car being locked, however the Pod Point I'm using won't start charging until the car is locked despite it also locking the charging cable to it.
Don't use the granny charger so can't comment on that but it seems the car now has the ability to charge unlocked.

 

[rbpasapera]

First rapid charge after BMS update, noticed it’s faster to reach 90% SOC, before update mine started to throttle at 8O%-ish, now it starts to throttle at 90%.

 

[AbuG]

Had a BMS update in the service today and there seems to have been a range problem after previous update - so MG have absorbed the cost of year 1 service as a compensation deal !!

Where did you get it done?

 

[Smendon]

Am I right in thinking that there is no way to tell what software updates you’ve had on the car?
I called my dealer this morning about the software update. They said after my last service, 11/01/21, that my car was up to date but I thought the BMS update wasn’t available until the week after?

I did a full charge last weekend and it showed as 450v. The charge took about 18 hours, including equalisation, but that was on a granny charger.

 

[SCB86]

The new BMS update was released on the 15th January. There's no way of knowing for definite what software your car is running, only MG can't tell you that.