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Hi Steve, I see no one actually answered your question, they just expected MG service to fix it under warranty! Those of us with practical skills, whose cars (MG5) are not under warranty would fix it ourselves! Also owners of other cars (MG4, ZS, etc) were answering, pipe not nec. in the same...

Used to always come on when I put a bag of shopping on the rear seat. Now I leave the rear seat belts fastened when the seats are empty, and put the shopping on top! It usually doesn't come on for a few seconds when you start. It certainly shouldn't be on for reversing.

I'm currently thinking about using 6x 52.5kWh MG5 batteries from scrapped cars (about £1200 ea) to make a 309kWh grid storage, so that the customer charges it from PV during the day, and then sells it to the grid during the 16-19:00 peak time!!! 🤣 (at 100kW) If anyone reading this knows the...

Wow! I gotta get me 10 of these chinese gizmos, and increase my range to 1000 miles!!! Electric Vehicle Range Extending Generator Battery Car Solar Wind Power Generat✈ | eBay 😆🤣

You need a 2nd generation smart meter.

It's designed in China. They have very few tall people!

Well, I thought this site was for MGEVs, which hybrid cars are not. If you can return it, I would, and buy an EV instead. For comparison, yesterday it was ~4deg I drove 105km, about 60% on motorways and major roads, and achieved 4.4miles/kWh which is equivalent of 180mpg. My highest revs were...

I'm a professional in the field of renewable energy. PV modules (panels) are at an all-time low cost, you can get e.g. 540W half-cell mono for ~£55inc. (~48+VAT) they tend to be larger than older panels, efficiency of 21.5% not uncommon. 670W is available, but these are bigger, 233x 115cm You...

Well, yes. Tell the chinese designers, that's what the car does. Yes, I think if you've got the heater running, it won't disconnect. Not necessarily a good thing, I once left my heater on 25deg to warm up on a cold day, and when I came out later, the car was boiling and the battery was on 75%!!! 🤣

This is because the car controller will disengage the HV battery, if the car is left for long periods parked with the car switched on (ready to drive) this is for safety, and also to save discharging the battery if the car has accidentally been left switched on.

This is also incorrect, the EHB cannot be apply at any more than abour 1/2 mph, (less than 1) just try try it, it will do nothing above that speed. If you're a passenger and the driver is incapacitated in an MG EV, best first hold the wheel and guide the car to a safe stopping place, if the...

No, Until you press the brake and put it into gear. The handbrake (centre button, and "P" switch) is used when the car is stationary for more than a few seconds, as per the Higway code: "In stationary queues of traffic, drivers should apply the parking brake and, once the following traffic has...

Li-ion, NMC etc. batteries don't like charging when very cold, but according to this link on SpeakEV, the later MG's have a battery heater. Which EVs have battery heating? In theory you could retrofit one inline with the cooling cct. to keep it toasty on cold mornings... Garage is good, heated...

Yes, Yes, just need the swap the black boxes (see picture) with the battery modules, as these are specific to the higher capacity (174Ah) modules. the SR has 150Ah, and I would guess the ER MG4 (different modules) has 200Ah.

Not that I know. I haven't done it yet, but I'm told that you just need to swap the local BMS modules (6 in an MG5) with the battery modules.