MG ZS EV 400 mile Electric Road Trip Part 1 | Goodwood Revival to The Lake District 

lets try again...this is non scripted thrills, spills ev style - it's essentially a VLOG - audio varies, choppy clips for realism and jibba jabba, this is our first ever fully documented road trip, if you like please say and we'll do more road trips in a range of vehicles, thank you *ben

Nice to see a real world test of this interesting car 👍

Great to see older videos are still relevant, going to take the plunge and buy a used mg zs and give it a go, home charger is coming this week so wish me luck.

I'm test driving one on Friday. And my wife is very keen..so should be all good as our next car! I prefer reviews from people just driving them and not comparing them to car twice the price. So many thanks for the review!

I think this car proves much more than anyone else currently on the market that it is a fully functional daily driver! VW, Audi and Mercedes are light years behind with their toys for rich boys!

Good review Ben, thanks. Just put a deposit down on one of these for my wife, we still got the additional £3500 that MG are giving in addition to the government grant so it makes it the most affordable EV of this size by miles. Think we’ve make a good choice 👍🏻

You guys are so chirpy and informative. Love your RU-vid channel. Well done 👍🏻

You guys are GREAT!

Thanks for a great "real world" travel video. A great thing about the video is that Annabelle also is genuine interested in the car, wanting to know as much as possible about it. Before seeing the video I have ordered a test drive and has halfway decided to buy one, price here in Norway is about 21.000 pound (with metallic paint).

Wow that's great, I'm VERY interested in the MG ZS EV as my next car (if I can persuade my wife),loving the road trip, keep the Vlogs coming.

I love a good road trip. Keep up the good job

AMAZED with regards to the number of people who dont know how regen actually works. If you have regen on going down a hill, yes you will get around 10-20% back, BUT you loose that and more when you go back up the hill, better to have no regen on highways and only use the regen around town in stop and start situations. Remember that whenever you touch the brakes (thats including regen) your losing efficiency, its better to use no brakes at all. HOMEWORK for the weekend, read up on Regen.

Great VLOG guys. I'm going to Reading to test drive this car on October 7th. I drive a daily commute of 46 miles, mostly motorways between Camberley and Heathrow. So it was interesting to see you 70mph range test. I currently drive a VW Golf TDI and find sticking to 60mph on the motorways makes a big saving on fuel so I think it may be the same with EVs. Great fun to watch! 😃

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Ran into this video while comparing things in England as opposed to America where l reside. I am originally from Heartfordshire. Nice good and honest trip. Very informative. England seems to be embracing E- vehicles more openly

Excellent video well done, i have been looking at ev for the first time and this is definitely a car i am considering, i do not have the ability to have a home charge point so this was always a concerning for me, however you have alleviated these worries as on this video you fast charged at Waterlooville which is about 4 miles from my home and with the daily mileage i do i would only need to visit this point every 8-9 days and at the charge cost albeit higher then others is still a lot cheaper then to fill my diesel tank for a month costing me £85 + for about 450 miles, by my calculations £12.50 per 150 miles is still a saving of about £50 a month, i have fully subscribed and will continue to watch the series, thank you

YAY :) 1080p as well Thank you for joining us

Love the road trip guys.....please do more....it's the nearest I can get till mine comes which is going to be about February so very interested.

Looks nice.

The blues brothers 😎😎

A very interesting vid.

Very interesting I’ve just ordered one today

If there's anything you'd like us to add to part 2 please comment below and we'll see what we can do, thank you

Love the reference to The Blues Broyhers

I'd like to say that Google is not actually great for finding chargers. However, plugshare is a great app that works world wide. Updated if it's working by it's users and also tells you prices and very handy notes to where they are located them (incl pictures). Also driving 60 is not only good for the range, also a lot safer.

I like your reviews and lets have more please

Is there any under body rust protection on the car (wax oil)?

hi......is there any chance you could find out if the underside of the MG has been under sealed when it comes from the factory.........ive heard on several forums that underneath rust protection could be better, and some can rust badly within seven months!!!!........which is a bit of a bit of worry, i have enquired about Wax undersill at a cost of £495.00

Looking forward to part 2. I have a test drive on Thursday but due to the dealer’s backlog of customers I only get 30 mins. You seemed to be cruising below 70mph quite a lot, what’s it like at 70 on the motorway and what’s the range at 70mph? Thanks

Is it compulsory to use the KERS or is there an option to turn it off and drive it like a regular car? Reference was to the Blues Brothers movie. One of my favourite movies.

Hi well to start with well done on the video.......just a couple of things is this MG your own or have you been given the car to test.......im still waiting for my MG garage to even get a demo in !!!!!! to try

Enjoying the ZS EV content! Did you noticed whether it saved your preferences (i.e. sport mode and regen level) when turning the car off and back on?

Great vid again. Can you summarise the distance covered and the range used during the said distance travelled, so its a lot easier to understand, well for me anyway hahaha.

Well done on the video cannot wait to get mine :) just a small point when on a motorway always best to be on a low regen (KERS) setting ( unless stuck in traffic) as it is much more efficient to coast than to have the regen kick in each time you lift off the throttle.

Try coast mode (0 regen) when high speed cruising - you use 0 energy when coasting - you regen only about 30% of potential energy

Hello everyone just got mine delivered today, but only got the 3 pin charger, what charging cable should i buy?

The front end looks really good, reminds me of a Mazda CX5. I'm thinking of getting the Bolt EV at some point. Also, it's funny you stopped right next to a Toyota Dealership. Should have asked them how "Self Charging EV's" Work :D.

Charging was a lot that works out more than filling up with petrol

I’m afraid regen is not giving you more miles ,it’s the guessometer recalibrating depending on speed and mode you are in. Great car for the money. Bigger battery and raise the price by a few thousand would have mead it a game changer but range slightly less than those around it in price . Free wheeling best way to gain miles

At the start, where you went around the corner to quick, and made Joesph shout ahh made me laugh.

What's it like starting to charge it at nigth?

The range will change in the winter with lights, heater, wipers ECT. have a test drive next week....

Hi, can the door be lock when the car is charging.

Good video ,but £12 in total or £0,35 per KW is for my liking too much , I live in Canada and about $ 20cad which is not much here but for Europe , very costly , I find , Here the costs is around $ 0,17-0,24 cad depends which state your in , but in super EV from MG and the less time it takes to charge is spot on ,they should start selling them in Germany for that range the Germans will exchange instead of the Zoe,

Hello Ben & Annabelle, I only just found your channel looking for MG ZS EV videos. I apologise if you have covered this in another video however this is the first of your videos that I has seen, but please could you let me know how long you have this EV for & do you have one on order and do you currently own an EV or planning to buy one? Actually it would also be interesting to know what you usually drive as your own car? Thanks showing us your view on this.

So, 13 quid for 140 miles of range approx? Seems expensive.

Hi planet auto , it's Adam from Aldershot, new subscriber to your channel.. , great reviews guys How did you find Farnborough today?? I was going to come up to the aviator to see you but had to go back to work Give me a shout out if possible on your next video part 2... My current car just to mention is a mk 7,5 VW golf GTi.. cheers

What a great video showing the new MG and the use of charging. Ive been driving for 5 years Tesla Model S P85 in the UK for 85K miles. Looking forward to the latest breed of EVs bringing down prices and broadening choice I wont swap from Tesla but we all have different needs. I think you will find the main reason the projected range goes up when you hit the towns is the reduced speed and the GOM (Guess O Meter) calculates range based on average driving so if you have been recently driving quick in a low miles car it will underestimate your range if you go slower, over time and use it gets more accurate, but its trying to be a crystal ball! I agree regen helps but as a proof if your out of the town and just drive slow you will get the same or better result. The Physics remains, pushing energy back into the battery has a % of waste, its better than using the brakes but cant beat anticipating on the road and keeping a constant slower speed. Power diminishes as the battery drops just like if batteries in a torch go down the light gets dimmer, yes there may be a software limit to what energy you can draw on a low battery pretty much all EVs do this, as much to protect the battery (Lithium Ion batteries dont like heavy current draw when near flat) as give you a longer range on that last bit of energy left. But great demo of the MG and as you say the responsiveness of the EV power train is like nothing else....no going back!

I know you have polar and pod point apps on your phone, but they will only show you there own chargers. I have been using zap map for over 2 and a half years which shows you every brand, make, model and charge type. You can even plan routes based on your cars range. Great videos though and have my zs ev on order.

That charge point placement does look 'interesting'....

Not so sure that the location of the charging point is such a good idea. Any frontal damage might result in a loss of charging function.

35p per kw is expensive great video looks like a great car

Hi can you tell me what miles to kWh you are getting thanks

Could you please try traffic jam assist if you have it ? Thanks

Great video. Do you use Zap Map?

You paid £12 to fully charge your car seems expensive. Is 35p a kilowatt the average price at public charging points ?

Hi when will part 2 be released?

From Australia, I wondered why they had the window open, when it is so hard to hear them talk. They have A/C if it is too warm!!!!!

What sort of noise does a pot hole make?

Very interesting car. Only thing putting me off is that from your review the car appears very very narrow. Must be uncomfortable on a long journey?

Blues Brothers

We all cant have have an ev there will not be enough chargers in the real world, imagine the queues.Will be interesting what the ev will be like in winter with the heaters on. Can i have the radio on will it drain the battery even more, we need more miles from ev before i commit to buying.

Yes I agree with the poor charge port design, at very least there should be illumination so that you can see what you're doing, if you're charging at night you've got to chance, rediculous idea! Can I ask what real world range you're getting with the MG please?

Just to correct: granny cable is 2.4kW max (UK legal limit, 10A constant); Type 2 is 7.5kW max, not 7.5-50kW, it's limited to 32A for this particular model; CCS is up to 85kW, but Instavolts giving you 50kW only, you may try some Alfa Power units of passing Leeds area, they give up to 120kW, but not all. Another thing, when lady said 35p per kW, it's per kWh (kilowatt-hour). Flow is measured in kW (kiloWatt), amount/capacity in kWh's. Or, if it's easier to you, I think pretty soon term 'unit' will be accepted, say MG ZS EV has battery capacity of 44.5 units accessible/available. Lots of info in FB MG group

Great. Just takes hours longer to get to you're destination. Life's too short.

Curious that an MG has soft suspension.

Zapmap?

That a very expensive charger you went to I’ve never paid that much per kw

Public charging cost £12.91 and assuming real world range of 150miles is about 12p per mile. Also, did you charge to 80%? A petrol car with 40mpg and £1.31/l is about 15p/mile. I expect better savings than this?!

Is the guy in the back an MG salesman??

shame about no cars till april or march 2020

Small boot it seems??????

IFmy car says 30 mile range I would be panicking. first time you run out of electric .IF you pull up and is pissing down plugin in charger . sorry but this is not practical stopping all the time. if I fill up my deisel car range is 600miles fill up once a week takes 5minutes . The mg is Chinese rubbish. when UK winter salt gets into the Chinese electrics .You would have to be brave or stupid to spend your money on this car. Just my opinion.