MG ZS EV electric car - Greenlivingpedia

The MG ZS EV electric car is based on the petrol ZS SUV and is a medium-size SUV that comfortably seats five adults.

Availability and pricing

The MG ZS EV electric car built by SAIC motor in China was first available in 2019.

Pricing for the 2024 model in Australia is:

Quiet and has good performance and handling
Regenerative braking saves energy
No carbon emissions pollution at tailpipe
Self folding mirrors when locking car
Type 2 charge connection (the most common)
320km range is acceptable
Good design – speed and other information are on the dash in front of the driver like conventional cars
SUV style – good ground clearance and seating position. Good size rear seating.
The information display screen in the centre of the dash is well positioned and a good size (not too big!)
20,000km service intervals! Services cost around $200.
Air-conditioning works well
Camera shows rear of car when reversing and front when going forward during parking
Its reasonably priced and some good second-hand vehicles are available.

Front-mounted electric motor with 130kW of power and 280Nm of torque, with a claimed 0-100km/h time of 8.2 seconds.
360 degree camera, and blind spot assistance (Essence model only)
Built in GPS navigation easy to use (without Android auto)
Android Auto support (to get wireless you need a wireless dongle such as AAWireless)
Vehicle to Load (VTL) support can provide a connection from the car battery to 240V sockets for running 240V appliances up to 2.2 kW(separate connecter cable is required for this).

51 kWh Lithium Iron Phosphate (LFP) battery (earlier models used a Lithium Nickel Manganese Cobalt (NMC) battery).

A petrol car that gets 10 litres/100km translates to 90 kWh/100km
The ZS EV gets consumption between 15-17kWh/100km
The difference is energy lost in heat and other chemical reactions that take place with combustion