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Standard Member
Email from Gary Smart:
“When I arrived in the office on Wednesday the 5 June, I was greeted with two engineers at my desk, who were waiting to discuss this exact scenario with me. They had been approached by a dealership who informed us that they were able to install software directly into the original installed unit within the car without the need to replace EVCC. This was tested and we can confirm that this is now the case. There had been a development and an update from the factory, which we were previously unaware of in the UK.
To summarise this, you are correct, and on some models, we do now have a direct update available. Something that was not the case when we launched the original bulletin to the dealer network.
We will be in the process of communicating this to the network shortly, however, I wanted to return my email and thank you for bringing this to my attention. I do want to apologise, but also state that I was unaware of this development at the time of my email.”
He goes on to state that the software will still be classed by MG UK as an enhancement and therefore up to individual dealerships how they charge for this. I expect we’ll find some will do it FOC with a service and others may charge - especially if done as a stand alone update.
“When I arrived in the office on Wednesday the 5 June, I was greeted with two engineers at my desk, who were waiting to discuss this exact scenario with me. They had been approached by a dealership who informed us that they were able to install software directly into the original installed unit within the car without the need to replace EVCC. This was tested and we can confirm that this is now the case. There had been a development and an update from the factory, which we were previously unaware of in the UK.
To summarise this, you are correct, and on some models, we do now have a direct update available. Something that was not the case when we launched the original bulletin to the dealer network.
We will be in the process of communicating this to the network shortly, however, I wanted to return my email and thank you for bringing this to my attention. I do want to apologise, but also state that I was unaware of this development at the time of my email.”
He goes on to state that the software will still be classed by MG UK as an enhancement and therefore up to individual dealerships how they charge for this. I expect we’ll find some will do it FOC with a service and others may charge - especially if done as a stand alone update.