Neerav Bhatt's blog: electric Australian transportation & sustainable homes
The MG Australia & NZ i-SMART app (iPhone, Android) for their 2022 model ZS EV electric cars is quite handy. I used the app quite often during my recent two week car loan for media review purposes, to run diagnostics eg: checking tire pressure,... Read More
Thanks to Jerry Pan an MG dealer in New Zealand for making the videos below which explain how to connect the MG iSmart app (iPhone, Android) to your car as well as detailing all the features. Please note the MG i-Smart app will only work with... Read More
A few days ago Polestar Australia held a media briefing that I attended in Sydney, featuring their global Head of Sustainability Fredrika Klarén. Klarén joined Polestar in April 2020 to drive the company’s sustainability ambitions forward through... Read More
I recently drove 2005km in a MG ZS EV 2022 Excite model electric car including a road trip from Sydney to Melbourne and back, just before and after Christmas day. At the time of writing the ZS EV 2022 Excite model is Australia’s most affordable... Read More
The MG iSmart app for Android and iPhone lets you do lots of useful things with the MG ZS EV electric car such as monitoring how much the car has charged, how much range it has left, remotely unlocking/locking, turning the air conditioning on/off... Read More
I recently drove a Hertz Australia Polestar 2 electric car around Melbourne and towards the Yarra Valley. The following are some of my notes about the experience. Disclaimer: The rental was organised by Hertz PR. Evie charging stations were free for... Read More
The Polestar 2 single motor model is rated to use 17.9kWh/100km but I managed to achieve 18% less @ 14.7kWh/100km. Let me know if you’ve done better! 14.7kWh is a consistent average from my recent 6 days hire of a Polestar 2 single motor electric... Read More
Electric car recharging is different to refuelling a petrol car because when your car battery is nearly empty it charges fast and when it’s mostly full it charges slowly. We asked an MG Australia spokesperson to explain: “Like most other... Read More
I did a test drive of the Polestar 2 electric car today and my thoughts about it are below. The staff at the showroom were friendly, knowledgeable and not pushy about your buying intentions. Which is good because this car is priced at a level out of my... Read More
You might think that fully charging your electric car 100% every single time is a good idea but it’s not for several reasons including because you would lose out on the benefits of regenerative braking. If you don’t know what regenerative... Read More