Recent content by Phil

Thanks, much as I had reasoned myself…means I just need to charge once a week, usually the night before or the morning before. It would also take me down to the sub 20% level each time.

Just wondering about regularity of 100% charging. I do up to 3 trips to Canberra a week (I should move there😂) which means about 380km in total which is getting up to the max. comfortable range for me. If I charge to 100% the night before I start my weekly driving, can I do this week by week...

Electric motors convert electric energy into motive force in most trains, I’ve been on two ships in the last few years that are state of the art Azopod electric steer/drives and one was 300,000t displacement…all from motors with minimal moving parts.

My Ute was usually pulling a dual axle trailer carrying a couple of 500kg steers, so working hard. That the MG can pull a trailer and only have a 1.4 magnitude decrease in efficiency tells me that ICE v EV pulling efficiencies are not too dissimilar. ICE drivers imo tend not to look into the...

I’m calculating about 23 kWh/100km then if my maths serves me, this is 1.44 times the base consumption of my MG4 so (based on numbers I’ve generated over the years towing trailers with my Hilux) it is better than the 1.6x increase I usually got with a diesel ute. I’m impressed but not surprised.

I’ll have to get a dog😂

Yes, we’re thinking of doing a big lap staying at pubs mainly, a small trailer would work so that we could throw in a swag or two as well🙂

Begs the question regarding a roof rack?

If my car is getting efficiencies in the 14.5-17kWh/100km it is fine…under the perspective that my solar/battery system is giving me ‘free’ km, the effect is not seen in effective range and I’ll just note the variation in efficiency but not really try to do anything about it as there are lots of...

Here in Oz it’s the macho dual cabs that are the easiest…put 200-300m on them at the lights, reach and sit on the speed limit while they chuff up behind you and exceed the speed limit to pass you.

Last winter my average was 16+kWh /100km, this summer it was 14.4kWh/100km. Winter mornings usually -2°C or above.

I wasn’t aware of that…a nasty experience for the unwary especially if you are close to the next vehicle ahead🤔

Took me 12 months to finally work this out😂A great feature! But…it only takes a very small touch on the accelerator to release it.

I saw somewhere you could get fake exhaust pipes for the MG4.

I hope you had a beer at the “Clubhouse Hotel” while you charged at Yass, you needed it!