Recent content by Julian Edwards

EVs have gained a reputation for being expensive to insure. Some are, but then the X Power is a high performance car as are many BEVs. I would expect a high premium for a Ferrari or Porsche and this car is in the same performance league. My MG5 is ample for my performance needs and costs £300...

I have been trying different settings, the blind spot is quite significant. I do wonder if MG use more than one supplier of headlights. Some owners seem very happy others don't.

Thanks, I will have to employ someone to walk in front with a torch.

Yes indeed, I need something pointing down and to the side

Thanks for this information.

MG5 facelift 24 plate. I would like to fit spotlights and wondered if anyone has found a supplier for suitable lights. The headlights don't give good coverage when turning in dark lanes and I don't think just making them brighter is the answer. I have seen adverts for spotlights to fit the the...

Thanks, now I will dig deeper, but accept that there will be losses.

I recently upgraded my MG5 from a 22 plate to a 24 plate FL. Now I have the app I have noticed that when charging with a 10 amp that should be pulling 2.3 kW at least, the app tells me it is charging at 1.6 kW. Surely there is not a 25% efficiency loss, or is there?

I was in the same position, but eventually decided that getting another MG5 for £19,500 was too good to turn down. The EV3 was great on paper but too small in the back compared to the MG. Chinese is no longer a bad word for cars, just like Škoda, once a joke but no longer. In another two years...

Yes indeed, one of the last to be made.

I have yesterday handed back my three year old MG5 with 40,000 miles and no battery degredation. Plenty of 100,000 mile examples used as taxis. Battery issues are simply scare mungering based on early EVs before cooling and battery management. My car was charged to 100% almost every day.

Is that normal for the MG4, the efficiency of the MG5, at least mine has been averaging 4.2 in the summer and 3.6 in the winter. As the 4 is designed as an EV I would have expected it to be more efficient, not less. I had been considering upgrading from the 5 to a 4 next year.

Presumably you also had a solar charge controller. I would be tempted to add a few more panels as the bulk of the system is in place.

It's never worked for me.

I have three of these, make sure that they have 16amp commando type plugs and not the UK 13amp. The UK plugs will overheat if you exceed 10amp.