MG4 March Efficiency Test
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 23 มี.ค. 2023
- Hey guys and thanks for tuning in this week.
Join me today as I see if the slightly milder climate is making a difference to my MG4 SE SR efficiencies. In December we were looking at 3 mi p/kWh with an average temperature of 5 degrees Celsius on the 40-mile mixed road cycle and now we're entering double digits (Celsius) we have to see improvements and hopefully head towards October's 4 mi p/kWh.
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Another intesting video! In February I made a round trip from Crewe to the Watford area, it was my first long journey and I was anxious to see how far I could go before worrying about recharging. On the way down, I did what speed I could to get there relatively quickly and charged the car part way down. On arriving, I realised I could probably have made the journey without stopping, so resolved to try that approach on the way back. This made me consider whether having a lower average speed would help the efficiency of battery use. On the return journey, I completed 141.6 miles at an average speed of 45mph with 4.0 mls/kwh, leaving capacity in the battery for a further 68 miles. This gave confidence of the overall capability of the MG4 on longer journeys. On a shorter journey, recently, I amanaged to get up to 4.4 miles/kwh for 25.5 miles with an average speed of 31 mph. The point of these comments is to demonstrate how the speed you choose can help the efficiency of battery use and extend the distance you cover between charges. Hope this is of interest. Barry
You’re rocking it Barry. It’s great to experiment and understand the cars limits, it puts you at good peace of mind during longer journeys. How far at this speed and how far that speed etc, weather conditions, passenger loads etc
I know my SE SR will do at least 160mi on a full charger in winter at a constant 70mph on poor efficiency but as soon as we get above 16 degrees it’s goes up and I’m expecting it well north of 4mi p/kWh in the summer which should push it over the WLTP, that’s the limitations of LFP in winter.
It sounds like you know what you’re doing👍
Great vid. I had no idea that energy usage screen was there. Good to see that you get similar motorway efficiency to my MG4
Thanks Billy. It’s dead useful if you want to nerd out a bit. It’s also home to the discharge screen for V2L so good to know what’s where. I have a video on that coming out this weekend
Hi Stuart, Thanks for your very interesting videos always look forward to the next one.
I have a MG4 SE sr , I have been home charging from 15% upto 100% then seeing how many mile I can get out of the car. When the battery is back down to 15% I note the mileage.
I have had 86miles, 130miles, 135 and 120mile . As you can see varies somewhat.
It cost around the £7 to charge up and costing to & from 8,1p _ 5,1p per mile.
On a long journey over a weekend 380miles at 3.9 miles per Kwh, very happy with that.
Hi Nicholas, thanks for the kind comments and tuning in.
That’s great that you’re keeping tabs on your daily efficiencies. Those figures, are they the distance travelled on 85% of the battery?
More evidence driving an EV is a good move although I appreciate it can be out of scope for some for various reasons.
3.9 is great. What’s your average speed for that?
How are you finding ownership?
Interesting video. I got my Trophy a few weeks ago and only done one fairly long journey of around 160 miles round trip. Comprised a mixture of country roads and dual carriageway. Temperature of around 7-10C, heating on, radio on, lights on the return journey, just left it in Normal mode with no changes and averaged 3.7 miles/kWh - very happy with that.
That’s super Aadam, nicely done 👍
I drove from Wolverhampton (West Mids) to Northallerton (North Yorkshire) in our Trophy LR on Monday (27th Mar), 65 mph on ACC, with the occasional rise to 70 for overtaking. Heater/AC only used if steaming up & managed 4.1 miles/kWh (160 miles in total). Temp 13°C 👍🏻 Used ‘Custom’ mode with Energy Recovery switch on 👍🏻
Thanks for this interesting video. If you have measured your consumption in previous months over the same journey, it would be interesting to have a graph with your consumption/temperature/weaather conditons on those different days.
Hi and thanks for tuning in. I haven’t a graph but you can certainly check out my October and December efficiency tests which are quite useful as they are very much different conditions/temps and it’s easy to drawn a line between. If you check out my playlist and look for efficiency tests👍
I'm getting our 64kwh SE in a few days. So I think I'll try and do a few smiler test videos to see how less efficient carrying around the bigger battery will be.
That’s fantastic Clifford. Knowledge is power, understand your car and it’s limitations then you can make better calculated decisions when on the road or planning a trip. I’d be interested to see how you do👍
I've got my Mg4 long range. Drove from Rotherham to London using it. 4.4miles /kwh on the m1.
Used ACC in the slow Lane, set to 60mph, as I was nervous.
It did the journey easily. I'll go faster and be more aggressive next time.
That’s great to test the waters first. 4.4 is fantastic, it’s a lot better than I got on my 60mph range test but that’s 3-100% driving at that speed. Yes, try faster next time and see what a difference it makes for you. As I say to most people, knowledge is power and it’s good to get to know the car and understand it’s limitations, you can make better calculated choices if you’re in a unfavourable situation .
I have LR version being delivered in the next month or so looking forward to comparing performance
Sounds great Tim, let me know how you get on. I’m trying to borrow an LR to test but MG are invisible!!!
Evesham to Liverpool and back on one charge Awesome car SE long range
Another great video Stuart. I got my White SE Standard range 3 weeks ago and I'm loving it. I do a 50 mile round trip commute on Single carriage A roads and I'm getting around 3.7 miles/kWh by the time I get home. That's on eco with AC on. Can I ask what the eco button on the heater setting does? Thanks... Mark
That’s great mark, congrats! Eco button just strips everything back so you use as little power consumption as possible. Using this May mean it takes longer to clear windscreen and heat the cabin
Does anyone know any details on the air purification mode? I see on this screen it says PM2.5 Filter. On the Trophy I test drove it said Air Purification. Curious to know what exactly that is doing, does it stop external fumes without needing recycle mode?
From Watford to Mansfield and back in a day, ten year old diesel Eclass 133000 miles, 58.9 mpg.
Didnt realise you had one of these! How's the boot on it - chunky pram fit? The Trophy SE in blue or orange jumps out at me...
Hey Ross, good to hear from you. It will fit a pram but you may have to take wheels off. Love the orange one although the grey was my first choice, walked away with white as I got in a couple of weeks. Great car though
Just noticed you passed another white MG4 on your left at 7:26 😁
They’re out there and getting more common - I think I see about 6 a week
I went down the M6 to the NEC , classic car show yesterday , and returned via A515 Litchfield to Buxton . Averaged 42 mpg , not bad for a 2.4 , with of course, no refuelling.
Good to see you in the comments Richard. Imagine that coffee you missed out on while you could have been charging!!!
@@stuart_thomas no problem . Serious point though , a woman on her own having to find a charger at night, in Ashbourne or Buxton , or any other town , and then spend a fair amount of time waiting while it’s charging , might feel very vulnerable .
@@richardhowlett9424 never been to those places so can’t pass comment but I’ll take your word for it . Are they really that bad??
@@stuart_thomas no I don’t think they are , but in any town , at night , that I didn’t know , even I would feel vulnerable having to find a charger and then wait while charging. A well lit forecourt is a different thing .
I've another white SE SR. Over the winter I've been averaging between 3 and 3.5 miles to a kWh. Since things have warmed up I'm getting more like 4.1 - obviously a dramatic increase! I'd say more driving averages a little slower than yours, and generally my commute is shorter (17 miles each way).
Interest figures there Ben. What’s your avg speed for that commute if you don’t mind me asking?
@@stuart_thomas TBH I've never noticed and find I overestimate. But today I did 80 miles over three legs. Averaged 30mph so not setting any speed records and got 4.5 (that's the best I've seen.)
@@Draigthedragon that’s fantastic Ben 👍
Stuart how was the charge speeds been with more mild temperatures? Got anything over 80kw?
Highest is 88kWh which wasn’t in warmer temps but battery heating and yo-yoing helped. I’m not sure if you’ve seen my video on ultra fast charging but I don’t expect to see it above 90kW. Having said that, in that same video (spoiler 🚨) the curve is great and it charged fast 5-80% than the advertised time from MG - little Victories I guess
I've got a 2020 ZS EV and I'd expect 3.7 or more this time of year. My long term average is about 3.8 and my record is 5.2 but that was an exceptional trip. I know the things depend a lot of driving style but I had hoped the MG 4 would be a bit better than I've seen in reviews so far.
That’s some good figures there Nigel.
Obvs I can’t speak for the LR battery as it has a different chemistry but SR model with the LFP cells will do much better when it’s a bit warmer, it’s unfortunately an issue even Tesla endure with their standard range M3/Y.
To be honest I am adding a MG4 to my ZS EV in a month and hoped it would better my average of 3.6. as you found with care in the summer I could get 5.0
@@tonychallinor6721 thanks tony, I actually had 3.6 today just because it’s a few degrees warmer. As I mentioned to Nigel once LFP gets into higher temps it’s incredibly efficient
Hey man, have you ever charged the car to 100% on a fast charge? If so how much time it took?
No, only to 80%
Was hoping this might be a viable replacement for my Ioniq 38kWh but not with that efficiency ☹️
Better to go for the SE long range.
I was hoping for better with 14/15 degrees but to put into context the winds were brutal. In my October efficiencies I was hitting 3.8
How is your radio showing radio station icons?
I have no idea, there might be a setting for it in the audio section
Hi Stuart, do you know if I can charge the mg4 on any Tesla charge stations, or is this just a rumour in the USA? Ta Richard
Depends on your location. Many Tesla superchargers across Europe are open to any CCS vehicles. In the UK there’s a handful of locations open to any CCS
Ok I'll do a bit of research on it, thanks for responding btw
Hello again, on Tesla app it lists the areas in UK where non Tesla cars can charge at Tesla charging stations, only two in Scotland near me although at least an hour drive away and none in central belt of Scotland. Hope this will change soon.
Your old trip meter for 566mls at 2.8mls/kwh or 22.19/100km Verry high.
your new trip was 45mls at 3.3mls/kwh or 18.82kwh/100km stil high.
just the stats for the rest of the world that aint using mls/kwh
Hi - it sure is and that’s mainly winter spritely driving for you. The wind was pretty brutal on this run. However, based on what I was achieving in October I was expecting a little better. LFP does struggle a little in the colder climate, of course, when I can extract better data that will help understand exactly what’s going on
Very inefficient car(
Considering the temperature, wind speed, top speed of 70mph and other factors, an average of 3.2kWh is good. Inefficient compared to what?
@@CastleKnight7 inefficient compared with people doing 55mph on motorway with their EV’s just to get best range possible😂