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I now have a Heat Pump and heat my hot water using that at night which has a 250% efficiency for hot water and that at the 7p IOG rate. My heating also boosts and over heats the house (excluding the bedrooms) building up heat in the fabric of the house walls thereby reducing heating needed in...

I've EV, PV Heat Pump and Home Battery and last bill (October 2025) from Octopus had a average of under 8p/kWh, but I'd expect it to rise to around 12p in January/February, although have just removed Gas and switched over to an Induction hob we'll use more daytime full rate tariff and that will...

Unless you also have a Heat Pump as I do and at this time of year the 10 kWh overnight battery charge is exhausted around lunch time. But it's true that for 8 months of the year the day rate is immaterial to me.

Not certain but the light on switches for these high load circuits only show the switch has been operated but the high current to the heated whatever is actually switched by a relay. The switch just switches a low current circuit to operate the relay. Two circuits and two differently rated fuses...

Tesla maps of course are regularly updated and Renault, Polestar and other are bult on the Google platform and hence use embedded Google Maps. Nice if MG were to follow that lead so you don't have to faff with Android Auto or Carplay

WRT "the tech being there", one issue is that older models had slow mobile data speed/bandwidth, so this would limit their suitability for OTA updates of certain models.

Take it up with your dealer you bought it from them. Don't get fobbed off with people telling you it's free so take it or leave it it wasn't free it was included in the price, it it is part of the package you've contracted to be supplied with. If it doesn't work as needed it is not fit for...

I have owned both. The Kia Niro had a significantly better range than the first Gen ZS (pictured to the left) and features and driver assist which were comparable on the brochure were better executed on the Niro than the ZS. The First Gen ZS of mine was never able to initiate charging session...

Since Tesla Superchargers are CCS and compliant to the European-wide CCS standard it is mind-boggling why any car manufacturer selling EVs with CCS charging as stipulated under EU regulation should be able to single out one charging provider, ie Tesla, and say it is an "Upgrade" rather than a...

Perkins I presume?

I don't think it is true to say "Most" other car makers do OTA updates. Yes Tesla lead the way on this but Tesla built their system to do OTA updates ground up from day one. Most other carmakers are legacy carmakers and have a vested interest in keeping work flowing through their workshops. The...

Exactly. The idea surely in using the phone as the key is that it give "Keyless Entry" as the Tesla does. Walk up to the car and you can open the car then foot on the brake (or press start) and you can drive the car. Afterwards, you just park the car get out and walk away with the phone in your...

My dealer told me that when I bought my Mk1 first Gen ZSEV until there was a major update the kind of thing Microsoft would do for free and call a Windows Service Pack bundling a whole stack of updates together. However, MG Motors call the so-called "Comfort Update" an "Upgrade" and dealers...

It does exist but I believe that MG regard the fix as an upgrade which it isn't. If you purchase a car with CCS charging, which, lets face it, is surely an EU requirement and applicable also to UK car sales, then the car is faulty if it fails to charge on any CCS network Tesla or any other. The...

Balancing also sets the GOM range of the BMS so you are not correct in what you say. BMS will only initiate it's balancing once the 100% SoC has been reached and once it has completed the regular 7 kW charge. It then selectively trickle charges cells or groups of cells at a low range to equalise...

Cell balancing is only started by the BMS once the SoC reaches 100% on an AC charge. It then trickle-charges the cells or banks of cells which have the lowest voltage without further charging the cells that have already reached 100%. The BMS will also to a lesser extent balance when driving at...

But that doesn't cover the missed service. Return the car and go to another dealer there are more reliable dealers out there who will give you sight of the service history

I couldn't recommend a Granny Cable as a regular charging option as the 3 pin domestic socket isn't intended for sustained (several hours regularly) high current draw required when charging an EV. A correctly installed EVSE (wall charger, although technically not a charger) is a small investment...

Sorry no that I sold via the Forum pretty soon after posting it. It's worth getting, but keep it to just scratches as MG colours I'm told by my local ChipsAway do vary from batch to batch. The best way to apply it is with a cocktail stick. You need 3 of them. Shake each bottle (colour and...

I'm guessing this is the Braintree dealer which charged me extra back in the day when I had the so-called "Comfort" update to my original Gen 1 ZS. The thing is MG Motors does not pay these dealers for the time our cars are sat blocking a repair bay downloading SW and being checked and...