Can MG5 EV handle a country family holiday? ⚡🚙🐄 London → Somerset, Cheddar Gorge, Wells Market Vlog 

Small safety tip for granny charging. I don't know if you have done this but if you haven't always completely unroll the drum. Rolled up cables in a drum act like a spool that can overheat the cable drum which is why most of them come with overheating protection(doesn't mean it's a great idea to test it). And just in case everyone who is going to do this should get a drum that has a built in circuit breaker. Especially when loading over night.

Subbed! Great review! I’m keeping close on the MG5 and good reviews like yours. Also I love the place you visited as shown on this video. My 4 year old daughter and 11 year old son and my wife will love that place! Wishing you guys a happy and prosperous new year. Thank you.

Thanks for the video. This and the one James and Kate have just done using an MG5 for work is making a very good case for this car as a sensibly priced 200mile range vehicle. Glad you enjoyed Somerset - a lovely county.👍👍👍

Thanks for a great video, it was nice you included your lovely family. I’m really enjoying my MG5.

Omg, strap your kids in with the proper seat belt restraints with the car seats!!

I like the 2 kids at the back playing and such well behave 😆

Great video, takes me back I used to live in Wells, cheers

Nice video and shows it's a practical car too, but just one observation your children were not wearing there seatbelts correctly and would sustain serious injury in a head-on crash ! please ensure the belt is threaded through the top part of the booster seats so that the belt goes over the shoulder to prevent forward motion in an accident thanks !

Good to get a practical real life use review

Thanks for another great insight into owning an MG5 EV. I currently have a C4 Picasso ICE which I can change in June 22. Thanks for all your videos you've helped me decide to have an MG5

Great video, kinda convinced this is the one for me.

A minor safety tips: Get yourself a IP66 rated extension lead rated at 13A - they are easy to obtain from a well known online site - and that way it will be rain proof for the plug. As noted by others - always make sure you unwind an extension lead and not even leave as a coil on the ground. At high currents it creates inductive heat. In an unknown house - like on holiday you may need to select your socket with some care, just for peace of mind especially if charging over night. The very best is an outdoor EV rated socket normal socket, but these are still very rare - although all European sockets are rated at 13A, there is a separate electrical regulation for EV compliant sockets. This is separate from a true type 2 32A car charger, I am talking about type 1 granny charger sockets - they have their own regulation rating now. The second best option is a cooker box with 13A ancillary socket as you know this is on a 45A spur, and has been very well tested by the cooker so must be in good condition. Third best option is to use a socket that is normally associated with a high load item - like washing machine, dryer - again, any problem will have already been found as these high load items will test the circuit before hand. Given my last comment, note that charging a car will add 10A continuous to that ring main - rated at 32A. So if you charge your car from a kitchen socket remember that you have reduced the possible load available in the kitchen so that you might trip a 32A mcb if you turn other stuff on (kettle, toaster, do some washing). Different countries have different ratings and sharing of circuits and wiring configuration - here I am talking about shared UK ring mains. I have seen comments on sites about : why only 10A - because that is the maximum continuous rated load you are allowed to use on a 13A peak rated socket. The weak point is the connection pins in the plug - all plugs will get warm at this load. I also have seen people complain about a charger saying it burnt their socket - NO that is your poor wiring in your house.

What a beautiful family and that's a very nice car tho :D

Thanks for the video, I'm glad you're enjoying your car.

Thanks for sharing your trip. It's unusual for the "Granny charger" to be included in an EV purchase rather than a Type 2 cable. I don't know if the facelifted MG5 will change in this respect - due to be available in the UK late 2022.

Wonderful family video. The electric MGs are an excellent and affordable range of EVs for families.

Thanks for demonstrating how practical this EV is for family trips!

Which lvl car do you have and what the hight of the boot lip please

Can’t wait to have this car on the Netherlands end of this year. I hope it will get a good lease price. Than i will leave my prius at the shop and take this wagon with.me

Have u had any trouble with this car, like infotainment gone blank or car stopped working?

Thanks for giving the family angle reviews, we have 2 kids and another on the way and I'm trying to figure out a configuration of narrow seats that will work across the back row.

you did fully take all the cable out of the cassette so the cable does not over heat. you can buy a plastic cable box for outside that you can put the plug into to keep water away from the plugs So you did ask the place if ok to charge and did they charge you more to do the charging at the place the farmer wants the chicken you took home back as a pet hehehe

Great video. Is it the long range or standard range? I’m presuming the latter? It’s seems decent range still

Hi. Great video. I am seriously considering the MG5 LR (new shape) which I believe comes out end of 2022. From what I have read it will have the same battery/range options as the current model. I will be doing a lot of motorway miles, (East Midlands to Scotland or Cornwall or South Wales or Manchester) on a regular basis so am keen to find out what realistically the MG5 can do when spending 80/90% of a 200 mile journey on a motorway at 70mph. What’s your honest opinion on this from your experience? (I saw in the video your MG5 standard range was getting 200 miles from a 100% battery. 3.5 to 4 miles per kw. Is this normal?) Many thanks. Kev

How's it going on now with the ownership of the MG5. Anything to report?

No way is that electric extension safe to use with the loads needed and please at least FULLY unwind it!

Watching people travel 140 miles in a fairly long range EV after travelling 400 miles in one day in my 30kwh LEAF. I think it’s time I swapped it for one of these

LOL DO YOU EVEN KNOW WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF YOU LEAVE IT CHARGING WITH EXTENSION CABLES ETC OUTSIDE AND IT RAINS???!

All the holiday let's will be now increasing the prices again by £100 per week to pay for people who charge electric cars, so if you got a petrol one, your gonna get screwed over because of the electric car brigade ..

Made In China is the benchmark in quality, high precision and worker benefits that all the non communist countries wish they could achieve. It's only China's prodigal son North Korea that does it better. Yes the doors are designed 'light' to save weight and ergonomic to save the user effort, it has nothing to do with being thin, cheap and nasty as some unfriendly commentators have said.... They will be sent to a reeducation camp to enlighten them out of their poor attitude towards the great leap forwards.