KH11
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- MG4 Trophy LR
That might be what she was trying to say about the cable being locked in but she maybe didn’t make that clear that in order for someone not to be able to unplug the charger that you needed to lock the car.That seems to be the case. Just remember that you can't unplug the charger cable from the car with the doors locked. That was my first (and so far only) call to my dealer, the morning after I got the car. "How do I get the charging cable to unplug from my car??!!" "Unlock your car," said in world-weary tones.
I had at least one experience where the car was unlocked and indeed a door was open, but it still wouldn't release the cable. I shut the doors, locked the car, then unlocked it again. Hey presto, the cable unplugged. Strange are the ways of EVs.
I am sure once I have had a couple of goes I’ll get into the swing of things. It would be nice if all the chargers were all contactless but they are not. I have the Octerverse card and the charge Scotland card and it looks like Zapmap has some mechanism to link a card with. I will have to make sure I plan routes and see what I need to have to charge at particular chargers.
My local Lidl is a podpoint charger and you have to download there app for that.