MG5 Long Range - real range ?

[dickmorrell]

Thanks for all your help. BTW the Android Auto problem people are posting about you've all got the wrong answer.

The newer the version of Android the better, you will have to keep going into settings, apps, and deleting the cache and storage for Google Play Services AND Android Auto while you are in Neutral.

The issue is to do with how the underlying runtime on Android deals with paging requests.

The newer the version of Android AND the more memory on your phone the better.

If you have a 2GBlb memory phone you will suffer.

Android 11 users with 4/6Gb of memory are laughing.

And use a good quality shorter USB cable.

It's not that MG it's the handshake between device and the MG

 

[Gomev]

I am on my second EV and an owner of an MG5 Long Range since September. I have a home chargepoint and have clocked up 4000 miles since September.

I am concerned that even driven at a very sensible pace (say 61mph on adaptive cruise control) and with Kers Mode 2 engaged with no aircon on and being really really aware of road conditions and being an experienced EV driver that the charge NEVER goes above 203 available miles.

I love the car, think it's fantastic for the money but even discounting colder weather I've never seen anywhere near the 250 mile range in the battery, 201/203 being the MOST ever indicated. That includes balancing the batteries.

Anyone else seeing this ?

Does resetting the accumulative trip after recharging make a difference for you ? It should reset the range to factory value.

 

[Petriix]

Your thread title says 'real range' but you're talking about the GOM which is completely irrelevant. I'm averaging about 180 miles (extrapolated from percentage used) over the winter in my SR. You'd expect about 15% further in the LR so 205 miles would be about right.

 

[DuracellBunny]

I am on my second EV and an owner of an MG5 Long Range since September. I have a home chargepoint and have clocked up 4000 miles since September.

I am concerned that even driven at a very sensible pace (say 61mph on adaptive cruise control) and with Kers Mode 2 engaged with no aircon on and being really really aware of road conditions and being an experienced EV driver that the charge NEVER goes above 203 available miles.

I love the car, think it's fantastic for the money but even discounting colder weather I've never seen anywhere near the 250 mile range in the battery, 201/203 being the MOST ever indicated. That includes balancing the batteries.

Anyone else seeing this ?

Your numbers work out as 3.5miles/kw, this winter I have managed 3m/kw, when I have picked it up in September it was 3.6m/kw.
In ideal conditions you might get 250m if you avoid high speeds and hills.

 

[Gcat10]

At the moment my car (LR) is 2 weeks old and getting about 2.5kwh. Judging by the percentage left on the battery after a 70 mile journey (57%) I would only get another 90 miles if I was lucky. To me this is very very poor compared to what I'm reading on here, and I'm not flooring it, have Aircon, etc switched off. Dealer said the batteries may take a little while to 'equalise' whatever that means. Anyone else get had this when their car was new?

 

[weedavemac]

Put it on a RAPID Charger. If it stops charging at 95% SOC then it’s the LR version.

I have had rapids charge beyond 95%

 

[weedavemac]

Never ever ever ever ever had this. I am starting to think I've NOT got a Long Range yet have paid for one.

Have you got MG Pilot? If so, you do indeed have a long range model.

My GOM showed 277 miles the other day.... The most i have ever had displayed. Although ultimately, it means very little.

 

[Lguk]

Had mine a week, averaged 3.3kwh so far. My right foot is heavy. The first x miles at sub 5c rainy weather with heating, demister lights and wipers going it will show around 2.2, that's winter tax and me having all comfort features cranked up. Once I get to grips with driving efficiently and the weather warms up I'm hoping to see 4.5 or even higher. I went for the LR because it offset some of the winter tax.

My biggest issue is keeping to 60mph on a dual carriageway at rush hour. You're either doing 70 or 50 (god forbid I ever meet the asshat that runs the crane company that thinks rush hour is a good time for a run down the A12) ACC is taking some getting used to as well, but mostly due to everyone else's erratic driving.

 

[sido]

Given there is such difference in range between winter and summer should the car be marketed with both estimates rather than just the highest? My MG5 SR only does 150 miles on full charge in the winter that 65 miles shorter than manufacturers claim. I am not grumbling as I think my car is fantastic just questioning whether it is being marketed honestly or not?

 

[Ozzie1989]

The WLTP (Worldwide Harmonised Light Vehicles Test Procedure) is purely for comparing vehicles and was never designed to advertise a 'real life' range.

This exactly the same as MPG for ICE vehicles, that can only be achieved in specific testing circumstances.

Up to 250 miles means just that, a maximum of 250 but probably less.

Now the dealers, I think they do have a duty to advise customers before they order that mileage will vary and reduce in winter.

Education is the answer here, rather than a change to WLTP.

 

[Lguk]

Manufacturer MPG in an ICE car is usually closer to the realistic amount an owner can achieve, they also suffer much less of a swing for environmental factors.

The key is education, the anti-ev brigade just keep banding around the "upto" claims and "but mah caravan", sensational headlines always wins vs factual information. As adoption grows this will even out.

Trying to get across to my family, yes it's shorter range than my diesel (actually further than the v8) but I can also top it up a home whilst I sleep and I just need to keep it between 20% and 80% for an optimal life is rather difficult because it's about changing the complete mindset that they've lived with for the past 60+ years

 

[weedavemac]

Manufacturer MPG in an ICE car is usually closer to the realistic amount an owner can achieve, they also suffer much less of a swing for environmental factors.

The key is education, the anti-ev brigade just keep banding around the "upto" claims and "but mah caravan", sensational headlines always wins vs factual information. As adoption grows this will even out.

Trying to get across to my family, yes it's shorter range than my diesel (actually further than the v8) but I can also top it up a home whilst I sleep and I just need to keep it between 20% and 80% for an optimal life is rather difficult because it's about changing the complete mindset that they've lived with for the past 60+ years

There is no doubt that we do sacrifice flexibility. The ability to jump in the car at a moment's notice and do an emergency run if required is hampered by the fact that we might not have the car sufficiently charged at that moment in time. If that were an ICE car, then 5 minutes at a pump and the car is good to go

 

[sido]

Yes I agree we sacrifice some flexibility but 5 minutes at the petrol pump in my old Jaguar at current rates would cost over £110. I think we claw back some of that flexibility if we live near a rapid charger as within 30 minutes you can be on your way having spent a max of £25. I Take your point re emergencies and now I don’t go below 30% without recharging to 100%, just in case! 30% gives me about 60 miles which will be enough to cover most emergencies which are foreseeable.

 

[weedavemac]

I got caught out only having 19% left and then having to be 90 miles away in 90 minutes. Resorted to using my daughter's 12 year old Honda. Hopefully never again.

 

[smokie]

Buying a new car with a new technology is a big spend in the scheme of things and I suppose I'm surprised when people haven't apparently done much research into how at least the fundamentals will be different (even sometimes including how they are going to charge it, how long it takes etc). It's not as though there aren't a million websites and forums on most subjects.

I do realise that you can't be expected to learn everything in advance though.

By far the largest transaction many people make is committing to buying a house, and that is often done on the basis of maybe two ten minute walkabouts (but also some professionals advice e.g. surveys I suppose).

Weird really, when people sometimes agonise so much over much smaller decisions.

 

[dickmorrell]

So lesson learnt thanks to the amazing folks here. When charging always reset the clock.

262 miles ftw

 

[smokie]

If it makes you happy...

But you should realise it's not your real range

 

[jds1972]

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[Ozzie1989]

Given there is such difference in range between winter and summer should the car be marketed with both estimates rather than just the highest? My MG5 SR only does 150 miles on full charge in the winter that 65 miles shorter than manufacturers claim. I am not grumbling as I think my car is fantastic just questioning whether it is being marketed honestly or not?

Just popped on the MG site and found this, it's almost as if they heard you ?

 

[Kithmo]

I think the urban figures are wildly over exaggerated, especially if you do short trips.