MG5 2023 Trophy Winter Mileage

[kevin ellard]

Of course it won't give you a 'true' range, but many newer EVers are witnessing the winter 'range' for the first time. The effect of cold temperatures, short runs with the heater on and are causing a few 'what the heck' reactions.
Resetting the accumulated trip (all that is necessary) is a simple method to allay the fears that something could be wrong because the GOM range is so low.

I'm not sure that inflating the range prior to a journey is a great way to allay fears. I'd imagine it does a better job of delaying fears.

I am wondering if charging my 2023 MG5 Trophy to 100% via a 3 pin 13 amp in cold weather (around -1) should give me better than 145 miles?
Any comments would be greatly appreciated.

When the car is calculating the range it doesn't know (or care) how the charging was done. It just looks at how much charge it has and how quickly the charge was being used in the last few miles.
It is entirely possible that if you drove fast in sub zero temperatures you might only get 145 miles from a full battery. When I visit the south coast it is a round trip of about 150 miles and if the temperature is very low then I do a large part of the journey at about 60mph until I'm sure that I have enough in reserve to get home.

 

[Gomev]

I'm not sure that inflating the range prior to a journey is a great way to allay fears. I'd imagine it does a better job of delaying fears.

It can allay the fear that there is something wrong with the battery, nothing more, nothing less. The GOM will soon return to the lower levels and the actual range won't magically increase.
I'm not sure what fears it will be delaying, as the fear now is the state of the battery causing a low GOM rather than other factors. The fears won't be there later, in the summer when the range shows much higher numbers.