About to purchase the Extended range 77 here in Australia - coming from another EV I have had for 5 years and servicing is $195 every year - cannot understand why the service cost is so high.

Great update on your experience of ownership. Don't you think those servicing costs are outrageous, the majority of work carried out by the dealership is purely a visual inspection. For comparison purposes, were this to be done as an MOT that cost would be £52 for practically the same inspection, throw in and air filter (£12) and you're done.

Really well put together review ❤

Really nice video brother, this helped me alot because I also have MG4 Long Range and I'm going to travel to Bulgaria. :D

I love my solar. I used to have a feedin tariff until my supplier went bust and wouldn't honour my contract. I switched of my inverter and bought 2 stand alone inverters and a 48v forklift battery. I've recently bought a small wind generator also. Free power, beautiful🙏

Makes you think if you have another failure outside of warranty thats going to be several years savings gone in an instance... Im still not convinced by Solar so thank you for an honest review as it has confirmed my thinking.. I think it can work but its payback time is longer than what they say..

First! I suppose you can take solace from the fact that in February there isn't a great deal of sunshine anyway.

Add a battery for storage of your kw

How can you only use ⁵⁰⁰kwh

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My 11k solar system is a prep (Florida, hurricanes) that I paid cash for, not worried about ROI. I have 20kWh battery storage and plan on adding 10kWh of batteries and 8 more 460 watt panels (that will max out the charge controllers in my AIO inverters). Total cost with added panels and batteries, $25,000 USD.

Echos my thoughts. We need to see installed battery cost half to get any decent ROI even at todays elec costs. The degradation over the 10 years warranted life is 30% so that also impacts the usable capacity. Once gas drops out of generation costs, the electricty rates will drop making the difference between peak and off peak much lower making payback even harder. I also think some people don't know/forget that solar export now pays 15p, therefore thats the effective cost of the electrictity if they divert it to a battery rather than the off peak rate of 7-8p.

Everyone has their own circumstances - you have the EV and a smart tariff but otherwise your use is low. I have 4kWp PV with total use of 2000kWh/yr though I have the legacy feed-in-tariff which pays pittance for export. However the PV has dropped import to 800kWh and I divert as much excess as possible to hot water which saves 250 days of using gas (8kWh/day). Daily use is around 5kWh so in 2022 I stumped up for a 4.8kWh battery and an AC coupled battery inverter which through 2023 dropped my import to 175kWh which actually surprised me. Since I pay the standard rate for all electricity my ROI is similar to my PV of around 7 years (battery set up came in at around £2.2k). In the winter for about 8 weeks over the solstice it doesn’t do much and that’s where having a smart tariff to charge it overnight would be a bonus. Ultimately my aim is to be as self sufficient as possible and wean off gas which currently requires 10-12MWh of gas/yr - next step will be a heat pump and an EV which will take electricity use higher and maybe might warrant a bigger battery (unless V2x inverters become more widely available). Each to their own!

You will see a big drop in prices now the Vat has been removed. There is also a lot of competition now and battery technology is changing rapidly

8Kw solar system in Tasmania Australia + Inverter/grid feed in etc and 10kw of battery storage, cost us $21k AUD. 3month power bills were 700-1000 for 4 people 2 of are teens and use power like its going out of fashion... After last summer 3month bill it was $970* andfirst full billing cycle with this setup was only $121.60. Saving about $2500-3000year so will pay for itself in 6.5yrs. Spend money to make/save money.

You could use the same calculations on the car. Cost of car, charger etc

Previously i came to the same conclusion in Australia

Surely they simply aren't worth buying, operating and regularly replacing, in a world where you can sell spare electricity to the grid? Batteries have no meaningful role in any domestic system that is connected to mains supply. My 3KWh backup batteries have been waiting for a lengthy power cut for 9 years now.... But since I don't charge and discharge them and keep them topped up I hope they haven't aged..... Lead Acid, heavy, but reliable......and spontaneous-combustion-free.

You are lucky to live in a country with a stable Grid, which I'm not. But with a small 5kWh Battery and Netmeter you can save a lot, that's true, as cost of Batteries is way to high. I just use a DIY 10kWh Batt. Which costs around 1200$ incl. BMS, so for 5kWh only 600$. As my wife & me both make our money online, we depend on stable energy. The losses of being offline for a day will wipe out all your calculations.

What is your actual average energy consumption per day (without any solar)? Just curious.. You definitely don't need a battery with these numbers. And for sure with these consumption numbers you are single and you don't drive long distances haha. In my house in Corfu/Greece heating/cooling with heat pump, 4 members Family with children, no EV, we return at home at 5 every day from 8 in the morning and there is no night tarif, a battery would be the only way since grid providers pay close to nothing and during sunshine we are away. Our average per year is 23,4KWh/day and winter is getting from 25 to 45 KWh dayly depending of how much we stay at home or how cold it is. As you, I have already done my calculations and I am definitely going with battery system. Still not done it, because I must do a 3-Phase (because of my heat pump) system and the cost is a bit difficult at the moment. Anyway I run my shop on 1,2KW Solar / 3KVA Inverter with 9KWh AGM battery bank (there is no need for batteries there) but because I work in marine electronics I happen to have source of free (used) batteries so I use them for power backup and a bit more efficiency. Just for the story, my solar panels produce 1600kWh per year in my area. The plan for this year is to go 3KW solar and it will cover 75 to 80% of the needs of my shop.

Nice video. Really battery storage only makes sense when you are storing the energy produced onsite. The losses are lower and so this is more environmentally sound. A 3kw system would average around 9kwh a day meaning sizing to around 10kwh would make more sense. Using your shower as the biggest load seems strange as the total time it is on is not worth considering for reducing costs. Heavier items such as the washing machine/cooker/water heater/dish wisher are better to consider. An inverter that can handle 3.68kw is likely fine and this makes battery choice cheaper meaning something like a solis or lux or fox with 48v pylontech 4.8kwh batteries more viable. Two of those batteries give up to 200A discharge in parallel meaning eaily meeting a 3.68kw inverter. Also 3.68kw mean you may be ok with g98 approval, as long as te dno is happy. Based on your usage, excluding the car, that means for household usage you would be off grid between late march and early october, offseting a large amount of consumption. You would loose out on export payments, so this comes down to accounting how much the energy from the pv array is worth compared to export payments in reducing your peak usage. The other element is praticality, wih storage in place you can run heavy items during peak times and maybe take advantage of larger export rates during the 6pm to 8pm period, assuming you are on a tariff that will support the larger payments. Lots to think about.

Well maybe price goes up shortening the ROI but maybe it goes down. More panels are cheaper especially used panels.

If you live in the UK. No hope. Maybe get 2kwh a day if you are lucky in the winter

I have the MG4 standard range, 3.8kW panels, 15kWh of battery and a Zappi charger. I was on Octopus Go and export light tariff and had a net zero cost for electricity for the house and car for the six months April to September, I'm now on Intelligent Octopus Go and it's looking even better. If I were you I would forget more solar and think about battery storage that you charge up overnight I never draw from the grid at peak time so all my winter consumption is at the now 7.5 p/kWh rate. Net cost for electricity int October was £4.50 for a total of 453 kWh used in the car and home. November so far is about £23 net cost. The Zappi is great but now I'm on Intelligent Octopus Go tariff and should be get the 15 p/kWh export rate so next summer I will charge the car and house batteries overnight and export as much as I can effectively what I'm doing now in the winter months

Get a referal link and change to Octupus Energy, if you can get a battery

I have a similar set up to you with battery. 3KW panels, 10kwhr battery, Zappi charger and MG4 Trophy. I use eco setting in the spring and summer which provides most of my car charging needs for free and charge overnight in autumn and winter on low octopus energy rates. A full charge costing about £6 for approx 250 miles

I have 3.25kw solar. My ev has a setting where you can reduce the AC current rate from 100% to 90% and 60%. This allows the solar diversion to work from 800 watts. You are probably better off charging at night with a cheap rate tariff and investing in a storage battery to harness the solar energy.

Solar was never meant to replace the utility but to make the bill cheaper.

This is why my was offgrid system rather than grid tied. 2.3kw solar 8000 watt inverter and 7.5kw battery storage. I used all the power nothing was exported and eon had to refund me £800 because it wasn't a buy in tariff. So the value was exactly what they charged me 👍 that system cost me £4000 and everything can be changed by myself and removed easily

Ciprian învață să utilizezi energia produsă de panouri mai eficient în timpul zilei. Automatizează și ai să vezi diferența😊. Stocarea nu este ieftină și nu cred că va fi. Succes.

The trick is how do find time to charge your car in the day time as you are at work and likely it rains on the weekends lol.

Buy a cheap timer and heat your water during the day time, only do laundry when the sun shines, cook your meals in the day and heat them up with induction plate at night, change all your lights to led. I use your yearly amount every month especially in winter you need lots more panels to export 3-5 times what you use because they pay so little for exported power.

Build your own battery as for example "Digital Mermaid" or "Off-grid Garage" explains and I hope you already have a hybrid inverter, I bought the PowMr 4,5Kw, which is good. Lifepo4 battries I bought from REPT, other are fan from Eve. Compressing the cells together in a whole pack with a force of 300Kg extend the cyclelife, i use 4 steel rods, bend them in a slight zigzag and made M4 threads at the ends. The M4 nuts must be tighten with 0,565Nm (i do it with spanner an a luggage scale) to reach the 300Kg. In total I payed 2000 Dollars for the complete system with 9pcs 360Wp panels, 24V 280Ah battery, Jikong 2A BMS, Transfer switches (i am not grid tied, but can switch to grid if needed, I need a lot when sun is shining for aircondition and the batteries brings 6KWh in to evening or night, the other transfer switch is to switch big consumers as kitchen and workshop as I wish ongrid or offgrid, I use 100% of my solar production by my self!), cables, breakers, Boxes, cables... If you have any questions, feel free...: )

Did you have a battery

Your Fabia will last 20 years your MG will not! Your fabia can be refuelled using cash 💰 your MG can’t

5 problems with EV's : 1) if there will be more EVs cars on the roads companies going to increase prices for charging on charging stations ( I think now is the best time / cheap time to drive electric car). 2) if there will be more than 30-60% of EV charging ( by private owners ) in one time in many countries electric cables around properties/ cities going to burn, wires are to thin for that amperage ( 2 guys who are working at power stations (,from Italy and from France) told me about that problem. 3) for how much can sell you EV car with 50k more miles? and how long it will take you to sell it ? Is not worth to replace the batteries after warranty in most of these cars. 4) when electric cars are on fire, , they can burn for long time with everything around 5) when EV is involved in even small accident insurance sompany is going to scrap it, if you do not have curtesy car is a long waiting time for many cars. how long is waiting time for new tesla X in Europe ? 2 or maybe even 3 years.? I was driving tesla 3 for 3 days, nice fast car I do not have any prejudice, but at the moment (and in next 5-10 years) too many problems.

Sign up to Octopus Energy FLUX tarrif which is currently paying 19p/kwh and 30p/kwh at peak rate between 4-7 pm every day.

Octupus energy will buy your electricity for £0.15/kwh so you'd have made £384

I recently purchased an 48 volt EG4 inverter and 5kw LifePower4 battery to serve as a backup for those rare times when our power goes out. I like that I can just plug the inverter/charger into the grid to keep the battery charged, but that isn't satisfactory. I could get by for a short time, but if the power was down for long the battery would become useless without solar panels. I ordered six 415 watt panels a couple of days ago, so I'll have just under a 2.5kw system (totally off grid). I could use six more panels, but don't have space for them now. I am satisfied that my emergency backup system will provide plenty of power to meet our small needs when grid power is not available, but I am not yet sure how I will utilize the power I produce during normal times after the battery has been charged. I won't know that until I see what the panels will actually produce here in my cloudy part of the world. They should be delivered in a week or so. I am eager to see the system in operation! In my case saving money wasn't the goal, but there will surely be some small savings. The important thing is that we won't be without power in a crisis. At our advanced age a power outage could quickly lead to a serious health emergency.

Have you considered purchasing a small home storage battery? This will improve your efficiency by being able to consume more electricity when there is no solar available.

I doubt I could drive that far going 60mph but it just shows how efficient these cars can be. Good work and the tesla chargers seem like a really good deal when going long distances. Hoping to get myself an MG4 next year sometime. Saving my pennies at the moment. 😃

I am driving my MG4 Trophy volcano orange twice a year cross EU.4200 miles return distance with no problem.Only difference is my speed that is about 70 miles per hour and 3.7kw per mile.I did this EU trip a few times in the past With MG 5 EV.I love EV cars.