Neerav Bhatt's blog: electric Australian transportation & sustainable homes
In their marketing MG Australia promises that the Excite 51, Excite 64, Essence 64 and X-Power versions of the MG4 2023 electric car are all capable of a Single Phase 6.6kW maximum AC charging rate. The MG4 Essence 77 Long Range is the only model in... Read More
Many Australians who purchase the MG4 Essence 64, Long Range 77 or XPower might not realise that the car supports built-in voice control with a huge list of possible commands, completely independent of whether you use Android Auto or Apple CarPlay. I... Read More
I recently drove 344km in a Australian MG4 Essence 64 2023 RWD electric car around Sydney. There were lots of short less than 10km trips as well as a 184km drive from Marrickville to Wollongong return, taking the coastal route A6/M1 on the way there... Read More
If you’re wondering how much boot and frunk storage space the Australian MG4 Essence 64 (2023 model) has, it’s listed as 350 litres cargo capacity with seats up. As a hatchback there is plenty of space to access the boot once the boot lid... Read More
A few days ago I had a chat with Bridie Schmidt for her Elevate EV podcast. You can listen to the podcast or read the transcript below (automatically generated by Descript and lightly edited by me), with some of my photos and videos added for extra... Read More
The original UK version 1 MG4 2022 had 2 rear seat side headrests but no centre headrest. Some reviewers and buyers were unhappy with that. For version 2 of the MG4 2023 the designers added a 3rd headrest as well as a rear window wiper, that Version 2... Read More
In their marketing Genesis Australia promises that all versions of their Genesis GV60 2023 electric car are capable of a 10.5kW maximum AC charging rate. At home using a single phase 7kW charger the promised charging time from 10% to 100% is... Read More
I recently drove 356km in a Australian Long Range Dual Motor electric car around Sydney. There were lots of short less than 10km trips as well as a 140km drive from Marrickville to Mount Annan Botanic Gardens return and a 165km loop drive from... Read More
I recently drove 372.6km in a Australian Hyundai Ioniq 5 Dynamiq 2023 electric car around Sydney, from short 10km return shopping trips to a long 287km drive from Sydney to Sutton Forest and back. NOTE: a few days before publishing this article Hyundai... Read More
The NRMA will start charging for the use of it’s previously free electric car DC fast charging network progressively from 27th September. This news will be warmly greeted by the Australian electric car driving community because while free is nice... Read More