Chinese EV can hold battery capacity very well because they are the one making and supplying batteries to western car makers.
Funny enough they do it better then the western companies. “Chinese” ( low quality battery) is more associated with a western manufacturer then a Chinese.
That does seem encouraging. The MG5 looks like a pretty mature vehicle, and of course it is, having started production in 2017.
It would be interesting to see the MG4 in comparison, which is popular, but it does not look nearly as mature.
There is a MG5 EV? I have only seen the 4 in Australia. What’s the difference?
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This is a UK MG5 wagon (they call it an estate car).
We don’t have them here in Australia, sadly.
5 is an older model station wagon. It isn’t on a dedicated EV platform like the newer 4, and only uses the MG brand outside of China.
100k miles of service van driving too!
Seems really solid especially for the filthy, sloppy, beat-up interior, which only shows they didn’t treat it gingerly. They just used it like a workhorse.
MG had been a relatively popular brand of car for some time in the UK, though I see way more of their electric cars now then I do their petrol ones. We have friends with a petrol one and they love it. They’re cheap and somewhat stylish cars.
Heck, when I bought a MG ZS (ice, non-EV) in 2019. There’s a lot of disbelief among family and friends, why do you buy a Chinese made car? Well, it is serious value for money and beat Qashqai in almost every reliability test. Nissan is still not taking serious action. Now MG is everywhere on the road.
You know what’s crazy? MG doesn’t even have a EV line up in China. They only sell ice and HEV in China. And their EV is already very reliable yet not costing a fortune. Just imagine BYD, Xiaomi, Huawei, how good their car will be?
Err that’s technically true but misses the point slightly. mG belongs to IAC. The MG 5 EV for instance is the model, their “European” brand sells. In China it is sold as the Roewe Ei5. Only minor differences in the car between these two versions.
There’s also the MG4, which was initially sold in China as MG Mulan. I think it just gets called the MG4 in China now though. And the MG4 Xpower was/is called the Mulan Triumph.
MG doesn’t even have a EV line up in China.
The MG4 is electric only and is sold in China. I think it was referred to as the MG Mulan when it launched.
MG is tuned for export. But I agree some leading Chinese car makers have not been fully released on the world stage.
You know what’s crazy? MG doesn’t even have a EV line up in China.
They are sold in the domestic market, just under a diff badge. The MG5 reviewed here is the Roewe I5 in China.
This year so far here in Australia, the top 4 selling EVs are the Model Y, the Model 3, the BYD Atto 3 and the MG ZS. For the month of October, the Atto 3 was second behind the Model 3. Availability and price are everything.
Aus love the SUV
I’m seeing the byd everywhere in Sydney now. Which is great. I ever saw the new MG ev today for the first time…
Commuting from here in the semi-rural western 'burbs of Brissy it’s not super populated, so I notice the new EVs locally. The Model 3 is the Camry of today, they’re everywhere. But after that the Atto 3 is definitely the biggest growing model. So far, we’re rocking one of two EV6s.
I’ve seen a few of the new MG lately. I’ve also seen a few of the new small BYD Dolphin getting around as well. Haven’t seen the BYD Seal yet, but it won’t take long.
Seal deliveries start next week, won’t take long to see them everywhere
I wish the US would let me buy one…
This… is about how you would expect a car to hold up in 100,000 miles. That’s not a terribly high bar these days. My winter car is pushing towards 200,000 and I expect it to last another decade unless the frame rust sets in.
I don’t know what y’all are driving, but I wouldn’t expect even a modern Kia or Nissan to look any worse after two years and 100,000 miles. Sure, the brakes are great, but also not at all shocking in an EV that does most of the braking via regen.
While this is true, there is also a prejudice in a general population that Chinese products don’t survive even the basic level of use and/or are not reliable enough.
Not only in car market but in general. The first change in general opinion was with Huawei, Xiaomi and other more popular smartphone brands. A d it’s now expanding to other areas.
I don’t actually think this changes anything, though. Mileage only really contributes to wear on a mechanical level, and everyone already knows that EVs have less mechanical wear than ICEs, regardless of where they were made. So what you have here is a car that’s in ok shape after two years. That’s not an endorsement — that’s the bare minimum.
Hell, American cars from the 80’s and 90’s would still look like this after two years of use.
The MG5 and MG ZS EV don’t have the latest bells and whistles, but their batteries handle cold winters really well, the cars are safe, and theh are reliable. Furthermore, the batteries are serviceable and modules can be replaced individually.