Then owners can rinse and repeat that 30 minute top up between 2 hour drives, as many times as wanted, thanks to the MG5’s liquid thermal management.
In practice all of this means that, after an initial 3 hours of steady highway driving, a roughly half hour comfort break can power the MG5 back up for a further 2 hours of onward journey (~140 miles at UK highway speeds). So in reality, we can see that DC charging from 10% to 80% is possible for the MG5 in as little as 35 minutes on appropriate chargers, which makes for very compelling rates of range recovery (miles per minute of charging) that have never been seen before at this accessible price point. The charging curve is also generous, thanks to the liquid cooled battery: We can see from the images below (that I verified and extracted from a video Miles kindly shared) that 80 to 81 kW of peak DC charging power is possible. Last time we looked at the MG5, the MG Motor UK website was officially saying the MG5 “can charge to 80% in just 50 minutes from a 50 kW charging point.” However, whilst that may be true, the charging capability doesn’t stop there! We now have video evidence, courtesy of Miles Roberts, of the MG5 in the UK accepting much higher charging power via its CCS DC charging port.
That’s around 3 hours of UK highway driving. Even on a mostly-highway drive, in cool temperatures, significant rain, and a wet road (with heater and demister on) they achieved a range of close to 200 miles from full. Together, they found that a range of over 200 miles is easily achievable in the real world, close to the 214 mile official WLTP rating. Reserve one quick!Įlectric vehicle reviewers EV James and Kate recently conducted a real world test of the upcoming MG5 in the UK, in collaboration with Miles Roberts, the electric vehicle specialist of Chorley Group, a multi-brand auto dealership in the UK. This electric MG will also have much better value retention as the end of the ICE-age approaches. The price point is on par with best selling ICE estate rivals like the VW Golf, Ford Focus and Toyota Corolla, but with very much lower running costs, higher long term reliability, and a longer 7 year warranty. Initial UK road tests of the MG5 EV show comfortably over 200 miles of real world range, and an impressive 35 minutes to recharge from 10 to 80%, for the stunning entry price of £24,495 (all-in, on-the-road price).
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