The Ultimate MG5 "Real World" Energy Consumption Thread

[NickG]

I just got back from a month on the road through France, Switzerland and Italy. Fully loaded 5LR with 2 adults and 2 kids. Trips up the Alps as well as a few spells of 130kph motorway driving (although mainly stuck to around 100/110kph as 130 seriously drains the range!). Eco with Kers3 ad A/C on for whole time as had many days of 30/40c heat. Very happy with 3.8m/kWh for the trip!

Quite amusing stats for a 11km drive with 600m vertical climb in the Alps - finished at 20% on the way up and 52.9 kw/100km and then added 4% charge on the way down and -19.9 kw/100km stats - just as well as range was getting a bit squeaky bum time!

Planning to do a quick write up of the trip with tips etc for anyone planning a trip to the continent - will update this with a link when i've done it!

 

[shayjeffs]

Mostly motorway driving.

 

[Ron61]

July figures

 

[MikeW]

July figures

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Excellent economy there Ron. Impressive figures.

 

[Stuart Priest]

Mostly motorway driving at 60mph

 

[Alb]

Excellent economy there Ron. Impressive figures.

Praise well deserved I'm sure but a quiet reminder that this thread is not a competition to see who can achieve the highest economy. It's about real world consumption so I particularly welcome feedback from owners who drive their cars as the majority of all car owners do i.e. just jump in and use it without precondition.

 

[Paul Mason]

The first picture is my average over last three months, the latter from today.

 

[Ron61]

Praise well deserved I'm sure but a quiet reminder that this thread is not a competition to see who can achieve the highest economy. It's about real world consumption so I particularly welcome feedback from owners who drive their cars as the majority of all car owners do i.e. just jump in and use it without precondition.

Hi Alb,

That's what I do. Drive at the speed limit, use the aircon when it's hot and the heater when it's cold. On a motorway I drive at 70 (Don't do a lot of motorway miles). My "real world" consumption was 5.2 miles per kWh.

Ron.

 

[Ozzie1989]

July for me...

Total charging cost £53.51

Quite a few motorway trips at 70 in there too.

 

[Ron61]

July for me...

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Total charging cost £53.51

Quite a few motorway trips at 70 in there too.

Yes looking good I got about 3.7 miles per kWh at 70

 

[Les burrows]

Hi yesterday I did a trip down south lovely warm humid day so a/c all all the way and I was very happy with the figures my 5SR did
Started off at 100% on switch on N2 default mode the Gom showed 213 miles where available switching to E1 this went to 221 all good.
So mainly M6 motorway and holding around 60-65 where I could quite a few stretches are at 50 mph due to road workings so after 2hrs stopped for toilet break and a coffee with the car showing see pictures below

Pluged into a gridserve pump for what I had intended a quick splash&dash I normally only let the car charge up to the low to mid 80% on a rapid but because we got stuck in a queue inside the services it was a bit longer than intended and went to 94% from 62 but something I have never noticed before was the car had stopped charging at 94% and the charger had turned off but no worries.

So back on the road we go getting warmer so A/C still on all the way and when we got the the end of our journey I was very please with what the car had returned as I said mainly motorway well all but about 8 miles of it carrying a fair amount of weight as well

 

[Rogersons]

So this is July, involved mostly motorway or Dual carriageway driving from Derby. Work trips to Darlington and North Wales. Then holiday to Northumberland including a day trip to Edinburgh. Obviously involved a lot of public charging as away from home (over £100) plus the usual hike charging. However still came in at 7p a mile.

 

[EVsince2016]

I just got back from a month on the road through France, Switzerland and Italy. Fully loaded 5LR with 2 adults and 2 kids. Trips up the Alps as well as a few spells of 130kph motorway driving (although mainly stuck to around 100/110kph as 130 seriously drains the range!). Eco with Kers3 ad A/C on for whole time as had many days of 30/40c heat. Very happy with 3.8m/kWh for the trip!

Quite amusing stats for a 11km drive with 600m vertical climb in the Alps - finished at 20% on the way up and 52.9 kw/100km and then added 4% charge on the way down and -19.9 kw/100km stats - just as well as range was getting a bit squeaky bum time!

Planning to do a quick write up of the trip with tips etc for anyone planning a trip to the continent - will update this with a link when i've done it!

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I've done a few climbs in the Pyrenees, 2408m was the highest, 6 mountain passes in a day. I averaged 4.7 m/kw due to the low speeds. Biggest gain was 6% down a hill.

At high altitudes I was thrashing combustion cars. They have a 25% power loss at those heights.

Still averaging over 4.0 and tomorrow is my longest trip.

 

[EVsince2016]

This was my trip yesterday, mostly 70, one long charger gap at 65 and the last 200 miles at 75.

 

[Gomev]

This was my trip yesterday, mostly 70, one long charger gap at 65 and the last 200 miles at 75.

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Not bad at all.
You can see the effect of speed on range quite clearly though, with a GOM of 62 miles and 30% SOC extrapolates to about 206 which I reckon is not half bad at those speeds.

 

[EVsince2016]

Not bad at all.
You can see the effect of speed on range quite clearly though, with a GOM of 62 miles and 30% SOC extrapolates to about 206 which I reckon is not half bad at those speeds.

Add to the fact that the road was mountainous with endless up or down grades of 5-10%

75 up those grades I passed everything on wheels!

 

[Gomev]

Add to the fact that the road was mountainous with endless up or down grades of 5-10%

75 up those grades I passed everything on wheels!

That's very good really considering the hills. I find just crossing the Pennines on the M62 puts a dent in the m/kWh

 

[Deep purple]

Just got 30KWhr from my sons PV system. Looking good.

 

[jpvdheijn]

I didn't know if this was the right place to post this. But it is real world consumption of a test done in the Netherlands. I think the refresh MG 5 is doing very well there.

It matches the WLTP range, which is something not a lot of manufactures can claim.

 

[rotorhead]