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Completely normal. This is a hybrid, the idling engine is also charging the battery, sometimes the car will also idle at 1300 or even 14000 revs, and with an empty battery, you will experience much higher revs in a straight line as well. That's normal behavior for quite a few "self charging full...

Whilst I do have the ZS Hybrid, I assume the system is similar enough and the ZS did also initially not like quite a few adapters, however I do use this now for a while, and it works Carlinkit 5.0 2air https://www.amazon.de/dp/B0C149F6CG?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title

I think the "from start" meter has a certain timer. I did notice if I just get out quickly at the gas station or a shop, and then continue driving, it will count it as one trip. However longer stops, probably 30 min plus, will reset it; I have had that in several cars from various brands, not...

Whilst the ZS Hybrid can do 4kms in EV mode only (and 8km probably in theory), it will typically start the engine once you get in it, and usually also try to bring it up to temperature before it shuts down again. ALso, this is not a plug in, so at some point you would anyway run out of juice and...

SO far I have found zero accessories specifically for the new ZS Hybrid, only old gen or universal stuff like key covers. Online not even LHD floor mats, only RHD (I did get nice fabric ones from the dealer, but wouldn't have minded some more rugged rubber ones for winter). Whilst it is normal...

If you have driven automatic for a while, you might find the crawl without Autohold useful. I use it in stop and go situations, or when parking.

I read somewhere that the Luxury has a better amplifier, from some unknown to me brand; Probably the SW doesn't get along to well with the different amp? Despite not having the urge to change much, I still hope a SW update will eventually give us that function.

Given the car locks above a certain speed by default (unless you disable that), I would assume it remains locked as long as the engine is on.

I'm not sure whether you can deactivate that separately, but I think you can set unlocking to driver door only; BTW, a Kia EV6 I have driven had the very same feature, that the boot would unlock automatically once key was within range, whilst the rest would require you to actually unlock by key...

Although I do drive the ZS Hybrid, a high consumption for a short drive is normal, as the system tends to want to warm up the engine to a certain point until it goes into electric mode, thus the first kilometers with a cold engine will have a higher consumption. Furthermore also an ICE engine is...

Definitely thought as well something was broken until I learned that's a design choice.

Not sure the MG can regenerate enough; Otherwise there is a law for EVS and Hybrids, that once regen passes a certain level of Gs (it's a0.xx g though), brake lights must come on; When driving an EV I did occasionally check with shop windows, and it is fairly predictable when the lights will go...

In a way, it makes sense - Europe is currently in winter, and in most regions(maybe except the southern tip of Spain), the cars use their petrol engine a lot more to heat the cabin, so in essence battery charge rarely - or at least to a much lesser degree - gets the chance to drop charge below a...

If you start the heater form the iSmart app, which you can, it will start the combustion engine, but also display a warning that you should make sure that this is legal in your area (which, in most European countries, it isn't). As DMeine said, no electric heater in the MG.

To be fair, the Across is a Toyota Rav-4 Plug In Hybrid (with 300ish HP) with a different front end, and that one is even more expensive. So not your typical city car.

Technically, like most HEV, the car has several modes, driving electric, regenerating during braking, driving and charging in various combinations (drive done by low speeds by the electric engines and petrol only charging, petrol driving wheels and charging), and finally, at higher speeds...

Yes, from what I understand, the update mostly sets the "charge mode kick in" threshold to 40 instead of 15% as before, so it will charge more often and drive less long on pure EV mode, but have more juice to play with to assist the petrol engine, and will start charging as soon as the car...

If you have the Trophy (aka Luxury in other markets as well, 18" alloys and leatherette seats), the mirror adjustor button on the dash has a push to fold function, respectively under car settings on the main screen you can select to always fold them when closing. The lower version...

As the ZS Hybrid has no additional electric heater, you can't really use it with heater on and no combustionm engine for longer drive unless the cabin is really heated up, unfortunately.

If you are looking for something cheaper, I use this: Carlinkit 5.0 2air CarPlay Wireless https://www.amazon.de/dp/B0C149F6CG?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title Interestingly, I tried several cheaper and more expensive dongles, and non worked, MGs do seem quite picky (and some of the cheaper...