It's the scheduling by them that is the whole point of IOG and the reason they call it 'intelligent'. They can schedule it when energy is cheap for them, thus allowing your car to get charged outside the normal 6hr cheap time and still only get charged at the cheap rate. If you don't want that...
So yesterday the car was at 49%, so I set it to add 45% to be ready by 08:30.
While it was still charging I checked the charging rates. Zappi was saying the power was 7.2kW, yet the MG was saying 6.6kW (see screenshots). When it had finished Zappi says it had added 31.05kWh (which is 50% of the...
I use intelligent Octopus Go for my charging, with a Zappi charger.
The way it works is that you tell Octopus what charger you have and what car you have when setting it up.
To charge, you can plug in any time of day and you say you want it to add X% charge by a certain time, and Octopus...
I've had Renault, VW, Mercedes, Jaguar, Honda, Vauxhall, BMW, Ford, MG and probably others.
I don't remember having had a car where the mirror heaters (if it had them) didn't turn on with the rear demister.
Zappi with Intelligent Octopus Go for me.
It means you can use 7p rate up till 11am and Octopus often schedule it before 11pm and still only charge 7p if you let them do the scheduling.
It's just so easy. You just go into the Octopus app, put in how much % you want to add and when you want it...
My wife opened the boot using the switch to get her violin out but found she was a bit close to some thorny bushes behind (she says she didn't realise it would go out so far). She had to dive out of the way while it ripped its way through the bushes making horrible graunchy, scratchy noises. It...
NMC batteries supposedly have a minimum of 2000+ cycles, and LFC battery 3000-4000+.
At 298 miles (WLTP, more practically 250 miles) per cycle, at 500,000 miles I think my car is likely to be in EV heaven long before the battery fails due to too many high charges.
Sure, if you're not using it...
My 2024 ZS had a cover over both sockets but my S5 doesn't have a cover over the upper AC type 2 socket, just on the DC connector 🤷🏻♂️
I can't see anything which would hold one, but then I don't think anyone here is saying there is one on an S5 are they? Only on older designs like ZS and 5.
I might be interested in these too. Do you need to take the wheel off to fit them? You said it's possible to re-use the existing clips - aren't they likely to break when you remove them?
I picked up my car on Wed and played with the AA. It seemed fine on the way home using wireless. However, after I got home I tried plugging it in with the cable, which also worked fine. When I disconnected the cable, however, it wouldn't reconnect on wireless AA. I was fiddling for ages, turning...
Thanks, that's good to know. I am collecting my S5 this lunchtime in PX for my ZSEV so I'll whip out the granny charger along with all my accumulated crap.
I just upgraded from my 2024 ZSEV to a brand new S5 via Hendy Poole (mentioned earlier in the thread) and collecting tomorrow. They were doing a deal of £23,750 for an S5 Trophy long range which seemed like a great deal, almost £10k off but the OP said he got one at £21,300 in June which seems...
My Mercedes 2015 E220 had the best headlights I have ever had. Dipped flawlessly at least as quickly as I could have reacted and never missed a beat. The 2024 MG, however, just rubbish on both measures.
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