road trip

Hi, Is Todhills or Gretna the best place to stop for charging? I expect to stop for lunch there although I may throw in another stop if timing proves to be difficult. The background is that I am planning a trip to Manchester in April and working on my Southbound journey. It will be my...

Tuesday 12th November 2024 at 7:30pm. Leo and the team share their experiences of driving long distances in the UK and Europe in their MGs. If anyone MG owning members of MGEVs.com would like to join us on any future podcasts to share your experiences, please start a conversation with Stuart...

I am about to go on a trip to Kent and it will be the first time that I will have to charge the car away from my house. What is the best/cheapest network to use that provides rapid charging and will I need to download an app to use it? As this will be an exceptional occurrence. I would prefer a...

Miles Roberts has gone and done it take a look Les

So, having had a helluva day escaping the gravitational pull of Cornwall full of tourists and making it back to the midlands in a mere 7 hours(!!), with 2 charges on the way, rather than sitting in a hotel room planning our journey back tomorrow ( and sleeping of which there will be plenty) we...

Hi all, Just bought a used MG5 LR, '71 plate (October registered) with 28,000 miles. I've covered a few trips around town but am driving around 300 miles from Devon to Doncaster this weekend, planning to stick at 70mph as much as possible Obviously I'm going to need to charge about halfway...

So here's the plan. Regular readers may remember that I drove to Sussex and back (from central Scotland) last August to attend the Glyndebourne Festival. I enjoyed it so much that I'm going back in May this year (and again in August), and the May trip has also diversified. Day one, 21st May...

Hi All, I recently got an MG M4 SE Long Range (66kw), which I have used predominantly for very short trips at low speed and I have been generally quite happy with it. However, over Easter, I went for a road trip in the countryside, and I noticed the car felt quite unstable every time I was...

Hi all, I recently bought a 2021 ZS EV that I love. My 13-year-old and I are planning a trip from Melbourne to Canberra next month, and we can do it in a petrol car we have, but I'd much rather take the MG. I only have the wall charger that came with the car so far, and it gets us to 245km - it...

Being one to try and road trip any vehicle here is my single person set up. At 173cm I fit although the bed is a bit sloping but ok. 120Ah LiFePO battery box 120W solar blanket & PWM controller 15L fridge (not running from vehicle battery) Folding table Folding stool (supports head/pillow...

Leaving home early tomorrow and heading for Lake District. Planned stops at Tesla Banbury and Tesla Stoke. A quick Gridserve top-up at Burton on Kendal and then back to Manchester and Tesla Trafford. Have re-joined Tesla membership for £10.99 for a month. Will save £9.27 tomorrow alone based on...

Hey all I am planning a trip and currently looking at stopping at Peterborough off the A1(M) and using the IONITY chargers there. I haven’t tried an IONITY charger yet on my MG5 FL. I just wanted to check with the hive mind on experiences. My nearest IONITY is miles away or I would do a quick...

Just done a 2000 mile round trip via scotland almost via the North Coast 500 route (mainly via all the norths / scotlands Tesla chargers, open to all!), and was at Trentham (Stoke) V4 supercharger (on an other trip via liverpool) - and it appears that I've upset a tesla driver (with their slick...

Brighton area to Liverpool this morning via 2x Tesla Superchargers (Banbury & Stoke). Could have skipped the 2nd one and gone to a local Liverpool charger (Dobbies Speke was back-up plan) but bladder won the race. Anyway...so much cheaper than all other networks and very simple to use, plus...

We’ve just completed the outbound leg of our first long road trip in the PHEV. Lots of researching and planning to get refuelled and recharged at the optimum locations along the way. The trip took us from Norfolk UK to Portsmouth where we refuelled then fully recharged on a PodPoint charger...

Another short North Island New Zealand road trip. This time Waikanae to Hamilton via Tūrangi with a hop up to Silverdale, North Auckland. Left Waikane 5pm Friday with 80% on board and stopped 92km later at Bulls Te Matapihi by the Bulls Community Centre for quick top up on the 300kW ChargeNet...

So it's Christmas and the family festivities are in Hamilton. We live in Waikanae, roughly 384 km (238 miles) one way and 6 hours driving south. However, we needed to make a detour to visit a friend with a new property in Inglewood. That added detour makes one way of the round trip 518 km (322...

Going on our first road trip in the MG4 tomorrow. Heading to Tauranga from Auckland, only about 220km, but the first time we'll be driving for any length of time on the open road. Around 100km of motorway, and the rest 80-90km/h road. Xmas holiday traffic will no doubt affect travel time though...

First long distance trip today from mid-Devon to Sheffield. About 250 miles, 220 of which on motorway. Points: charged once at Droitwich. Pod-point 16 minute charge for £16 for 25 kWh to go from 45% to 80%. arrived Sheffield with 27% charge used tja for most of the motorway driving Car stays...

Just completed my first long trip in the car. Edinburgh to Leicester and back and here are some thoughts... Gridserve chargers nice and easy to use, plug in scan your card and off they go (I used the Washington southbound Moto services and the Wetherby services chargers) 79p/kw JetCharge - pain...