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Its doable. Its just more convenient with a 7kw ( or higher if you can). I also assessed the extra 'life utility' I got from spending around about £1200 quid on the chargepoint ( which included installation ) was greater than paying eg that much extra on one new kitchen / bathroom / garden landscaping / annual family holiday etc ( take your pick ) over another choice of one or those.

I use my car 60 miles a day , plug in the granny charger in the evening then good to go next morning for the last two years no problem at all

Can you make the spreadsheet smaller. I might be able to read the number 🙄

In the first minute can see your driving to fast, to get longer range on the mg5 you need to behind a lorry doing 60 or 55. I can easily get 200 miles before charging. Sometimes even more.

Hi please help me out I have MG 5 longrange 2022 model same as your one but exclusive model (the one with leather seats) I tried tesla charger. But cannot charge as soon as connect tesla apps says " unauthorised vehicle. You vehicle is not able to charge at superchargers at this time". Before I had MG 4 and I don't have any issue I used to charge at tesla all the time. But no idea why MG 5 not working

The point of this is, never buy an EV especially a Chinese EV.

Thanks you 🙏🙏 conclusion absolutely fine! Im on holiday in UK and driving there (which isnt the issue) but it is very rural so want to be able to top up overnight at the accomadation

I got a new model 3 LR the other month, I’ve been doing 1500 miles a month. 6000 miles in and I initially thought I’m going to get a 7kw charger, but after a couple of weeks it became apparent I really didn’t need to spend any money. 10A works fine for me and just charge to 60% every night. Only ever used a supercharger once for 12 minutes on a 420 mile round trip.

I am fortunate in living only 7 miles from work and have managed easily charging only in the granny way once a week, although it took 15 hours (240V) the first time. Got down to 8% the first week 'cos I had to fit an external socket and make a dedicated waterproof extension 'cos I can only get 12m away from the house. It draws no more power than a kettle, and if you can't use a kettle then your electrics should be reviewed. Okay, don't use a standard extension, especially one which is coiled up. An electrician can easily fit an external socket and/or extension which will be a fraction of the cost of a "proper" charger. If I had done the research then I wouldn't have ordered a charger installation, but when I do get it I'll be able to use the low-rate overnight tariff window of 5 hours and still only charge once a week, but all at the low rate. With the granny charger I'd have to split it to 2 or 3 times a week to take advantage of the low rates. It all depends on your circumstances, but if you can charge at home, even at a stretch, and don't do a lot of miles, then I recommend trying granny-charger first, see how you go.

Hi I have mg5 2022 reg butt I can’t charge a car on Tesla supercharger and some one told me to upgrade a software in car than you will charge at Tesla supercharger

We have a garage and plugged in our i3S in a 13amp socket having bought it in April. After a long weekend, I plugged it in to the 13amp socket so my wife could commute to work in it (four days a week). It was fully charged by the morning and we topped it up again on the Friday evening so we could use it over the weekend. Used a public charger over 150 miles away when we were on holiday and arrived home with 30%. After 8 weeks it’s clear two overnight charges are all it needs, so the only question now is whether to buy a home charger to manage the top ups better (between 10% and 80%) to avoid fully charging during commute routines? G

But you were not moving! Drive around the block awhile?

SAIC needs to work on their software. Starting from the SLOW infotainment to ironing out bugs and removing some annoying "features".

What range do you get from the car?

Normal people sharing real experiences. Fantastic. We had a MGZS EV and loved it. MG5 a better car I think. If you want wireless CarPlay you can get an adapter. We had car2play and there are others.

Can’t believe they dont do something like they do with petrol…buy some stuff and get a code that goes into the app. Pensioners would do this all the time by going late at night! They have time and less money which changes life dramatically.

In Slovenia we have a new tariff system where we choose our maximum power draw. If you choose too low, you pay penalties for crossing the limit, but you pay les fees and vice versa. I mostly charge my car over the day when solar is working and my wife when she comes from work. So the power is spread across the day. I also have a heat pump and that mostly works, when the cars aren't charging. It has 2000 liter buffer tank, so it works in a kind of on/off regime when needed. The irony is, that I make electronic modules for charging stations for one company and still use granny chargers. This going on for one year now without any problems. If you intend to use granny charger for longer periods of time, make sure that your outlet has at least 2.5mm2 cables and 16A breaker (230V system) and if you make an extension cord, make it as short as possible and use 4mm2 wire for it. It is not just for safety but also efficiency.

Had my Enyaq a month now and not needed a public charger yet, so I thank you for your upload ..... it should be simple enough when the time comes.

10 miles an hour not bad

You purchased a badge mg is wholly owned by the ccp

That's what you get withcheap chinese cars

Over forty years of driving used vehicles,and been stranded only twice.Modern cars just too complicated.

Just a petrol car..simples..half the price, cheaper to fuel, no waiting, no stopping for endless coffee, lunch breaks.

Give me a diesel any day ⛽️

We had an ICE Car when the EV visited the coachworks. Nice car, but as you say, clunky, slow to respond, horrible kick down. So glad to get our Ioniq back.

I have never owner a house that did not have an outdoor outlet.

This goes counter to 99.99% of EV owners who have no issues at all. And I can not find one blog on my ICE broke down. Check your facts there are now over one Million EVs on UK Roads and RAC and AA attend a far greater percentage pro rrata of broken ICEs than EVs. STOP DRAWING ATTENTION TO ISOLATED INCIDENTS TO INCREASE YOUR INCOME FROM RUclips!

I’ll stick to diesel thanks 👍🏻

Hi, Did you have to get any software / hardware update for this to work? MG tell me I might need to £500 EVCC (charging module) update, which I struggle to believe (pre facelift).

I think European granny charging is faster than North American granny charging. We can add about 4 miles per hour of charging on a 110 outlet. It was going to be a stretch to be able to do that for me, but my job can have me traveling 120 miles or more a day or it could be a light 20 miles a day.

We have only ever used a granny cable in North America on a 120V outlet with only 1.3kW of power. We have done this for over 5 years. I am retired now but I used the car for 3 years before I retired. I had plenty of business trips as well. When I was working, we would just charge at night and it was enough. If I knew I was going on a longer trip, I would just make sure I charged to 100% a day or two ahead of time instead of charging to the usual 80%. It is also our only car and now has close to 70 000km on it.

My mg dealer just said this doesn’t happen any more since an update. Let me know if you know any different

What a pile of shite

You show the exact reason I won't buy a ev my car would do that trip three times without filling up

Nice huh those EV's. Crap first class.

Just fit an outside socket and plug in every time you park. I’ve been doing that for 7 years. It works fine.

Bought an MG4 and as an OAP with time , I used the Granny charger to see if I could cope . Using a fast charger when golf days came up , it was a real pain . Overnight on a 13amp 3pin would put maybe 50/60 miles range and cost £8 . The occasional 45 minute fast charge £25. Now I have an Ohme charger . Program 4hrs overnight @ £2.59 gives me 90/100 miles ....perfect. With golf and shopping I do 200 miles a week . 2x charges =£5.16p. Beats £30 of Diesel

You cloud buy 13A model and charge at 13A 3kW

Planning an EV and have a ready outdoor 3 pin socket. Just hope the wiring is up to code (13 amps here at 240V). A bit wary of drawing the full 3kW for many hours. Seen some sockets in other homes having overheating marks (blackened). That was some years ago, maybe standards have improved since.

I never even try to use chargers that require an app none seem ever to work, I will only use a Gridserve plug & tap card and charge.

We have charged our 40kw leaf for 6 months this way . Had no problems at all , getting the charge you need in the octopus 4 hr off peak windows adds that little extra planning , 40 , Miles per night does us well

Can I ask what the pack size of that tent is?

What was the Ac temperature

So how long does it take to charge an mg5 to full charge?

My MG5 LR 72 plate would not charge at the Tafford Centre Tesla chargers. Have you had to have a software update to do this?

Note: If you have a EV ensure you buy in advance the AAA Platinum Titanium Black Express+ Towing package. To include the extended range UBER package. Because you will need it constantly.

Or MG4 which has the i3 beaten on every level and is cheaper.

Why didn't you use the new MG5?

Junk cars!! Should buy a real car mate.

5 hours every night at cheap rate is 12kw/h for around £1. Just do it every night.