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Nemiyen said:
When you guys charge on iGO, does the Octopus app track the cost correctly for the off peak prices or does it show you the peak rate cost at first then adjust it down?
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Shows peak rates at first and then adjusts down after a day or so.
Nemiyen said:
I've only just got my charger setup after 3 months from ordering (new consumer unit, new service head, Hypervolt charger and moving to iGO) so Friday to Saturday was my first time ever charging at home.

I was watching the charging like a hawk (screenshotting my schedule!) and I was given a few slots at peak rate by the schedule and my app is showing i was charge £1.20 instead of about 30p.

Edit: It was also bouncing around like crazy, saying I'd get 8:30pm then saying 9pm but by 8:33pm my car was charging and the schedule was changed again!
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Totally normal. The schedule will move round constantly depending on what’s happening on the local grid.

Any time they enable a charge outside of the fixed off peak period will be adjusted down after a few days in the app.
 
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Cheers for the confirmation and putting my mind at rest! I had issues moving to iGO which needed Octopus to sort and was thinking it might be showing iGO but not actually being billed as iGO!

Edit: OK it has updated and changed the prices to off peak. It's missed one of them and kept it at peak rate so I'll keep an eye on that one. :D

I've not been bothered for home automation but I want it now so I can track cheap rates and then compare my bill against it so they don't try and rip me off!
 
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Jonnycoupe said:
Quite like the Ohme for this as logs the charges on the app and then also octopus shows it so pretty simple now to compare monthly usage as an over check.
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I've just checked and the hypervolt app does this as well but unless I'm missing something, the hypervolt app is breaking it down into hourly chunks and I need it to be 30 minute ones so I can match it up with the Octopus app.

Right now I don't know which side of the hour my charger was being used.
 
The Hypervolt logging is rubbish in comparison to what you can pull out of the ohme. It's the only thing I don't like about ours, I like numbers to look at!
 
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tom_e said:
The Hypervolt logging is rubbish in comparison to what you can pull out of the ohme. It's the only thing I don't like about ours, I like numbers to look at!
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Yeah I totally agree with you there! The report bit on the analytical tab was rubbish! The PDF output just gave me a total of what I used for the day with absolutely no breakdown at all!

Hopefully, this oversight gets fixed in an uodate soon. :)
 
Facelifted MG4 is looking like its going to be offering great value for a longer range EV, the new interior alongside the 77kWh pack puts it back as one of the better options at the "lower end" of the market for around 300 miles of range. Looking at the deals around you can already get them ~£27k

MG4 EV review | Auto Express

The MG4 EV is still great-value and surprisingly fun to drive, plus it now features a much higher-quality interior with better technology
www.autoexpress.co.uk www.autoexpress.co.uk
 
Journey said:
Surprised there isn't any stock around, or did you need to get it via a main dealer?
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Yeah I’d have thought the same tbh, but had to get it via a dealer, they’re going to hunt around for one and check for different colours for me.
 
MOOGLEYS said:
Is yours an Ioniq 5 ? Mine is a late 22 plate and the battery coolant has to be changed every 4 years and it takes 2-3 hours apparently.
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No mines the old 38kwh OG ioniq. It takes similar time i've heard as its a fairly involved process so nothing like a coolant change on an ICE car, you need to set it up and get the computer to pulse the pumps in the right order and such.
Journey said:
It's an OG Ioniq 38kWh - you can do a full coolant change like this one - and then after that do it your self by following a regular top up/replace so you don't need to pay again one OOW.
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Yeah tbf if i keep the car long term i don't know if i'll bother getting it changed again as other makes use the same BCS2 coolant that that's fine for 'life' as it shouldn't crystalise like the older spec stuff and we don't live in the arctic im sure it'd probably be fine going forward..
 
Journey said:
Facelifted MG4 is looking like its going to be offering great value for a longer range EV, the new interior alongside the 77kWh pack puts it back as one of the better options at the "lower end" of the market for around 300 miles of range. Looking at the deals around you can already get them ~£27k

MG4 EV review | Auto Express

The MG4 EV is still great-value and surprisingly fun to drive, plus it now features a much higher-quality interior with better technology
www.autoexpress.co.uk www.autoexpress.co.uk
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It's a difficult one one this - I've found my MG4 a thoroughly decent car all round.....for a "cheap" venture into EVs and considering it is not and never will be my car.

I can't see the facelift fundamentally changing the views I have on it tho

Positives are

Drives very well for an EV
Relatively cheap and cheerful
Charges relatively quickly on the odd occasion I drive it a distance
Has not fundamentally broken
Still think it looks "good" today
Can still be had at a good price

Negatives are

Efficiency is poor, especially so in winter - absolutely not unique to this car but significantly worse than the OG ioniq that came before it. Very difficult to compare another individuals driving however winter resultant range really poor, somewhere around 170 motorway miles

Infotainment poor and never had any ota updates

Dealer response to minor issues with the car terrible - I dread to think how a "real" issue would have been handled

Cheapness inside shows when travelling a distance - little to no padding on the arm rests, seats too soft and little creaks/rattles start to apoear

Seats very fragile
Boot quite small

Wouldn't stop me saying it's a great car at the right price, but I can't help but feel there are now a number of similarly priced cars that just feel more polished and rounded, at least on either a salary sacrifice or company car scheme.
 
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rodenal said:
I can't see the facelift fundamentally changing the views I have on it tho
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I think a good chunk of the issues you point out are going to/have been fixed with the facelift. The interior has been praised for being much higher quality, with better seats and a completely new infotainment setup. For the range inefficiency a lot of that will be down to LFP no enjoying the cold, I'd imagine the brute forcing of 77kWh will help this.

Can't comment on the dealer, we had rubbish experiences with Hyundai dealers and I feel like it is pot luck with whatever brand you own/use as opposed to a brand issue.
rodenal said:
Wouldn't stop me saying it's a great car at the right price, but I can't help but feel there are now a number of similarly priced cars that just feel more polished and rounded, at least on either a salary sacrifice or company car scheme.
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I think this is where they are trying to push people looking those back to MG, I know BYD has some excellent offerings now, and perhaps the ID.2 might compete when that comes out, and the Koreans have some options as well.
 
The larger MG cars are interesting and certainly have the right "value" attached to them - for example an mgS6 is about £80 a month less than an equivalently powered enyaq (let's use the VRS and Dual motor as a comparator).

I went and had a look at one - nice enough inside (arguably nicer than the Capri which isn't miles away from the same monthly cost to me as the larger MG), big and has a massive, square boot.

However......knowing how relatively poor the efficiency of my smaller MG4 is I can't imagine it'll hit even 70% of it's stated range. Now that wouldn't really be any sort if deal breaker for the once a month or so I really use that range if it charged in 20 minutes, but close to a 40 minute top up is verging on annoying (and definitely risks me spending a lot more on coffee and random snacks) on a 3 hour trip. Then there are some weird omissions for a big car for example it can't be fitted with a towbar from factory (from factory is important under our co car scheme). I get that's probably a bit niche however I can get one from any of the vag derivatives, lexus/Toyota, Tesla. Android auto (and I assume car play) don't integrate into the smaller drivers screen or HUD very well - not a deal breaker either, but an annoyance.

I recognise the reality here is: "cheap" car doing 85% of what the others do, it's just that that final 15% happens to be things that would bug me!
 
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PermaChanged said:
Treated myself to a Jaguar IPACE for Christmas - bit of a change from my eNV200!

Still loving everything about EV ownership.
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I have been fortunate enough to own a few nice cars over the years (admittedly my other cars were generally cheaper "badged" bargain performance cars...... however after over 3 years my ipace still brings a smile to my face. And despite what some on here will say, I can only speak from personal experience but it's been the cheapest car to run I have ever owned. (touches wood!) . there is no getting away from the fact though that IF something goes wrong , it could be costly but imo it's an amazing car and a damn shame that jaguar sat on it and didn't really keep on top of the curve with it's face lifts.
 
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