Welcome to Tech in the Car! This is the MG ZS EV and I'm going to show you some stuff which
i think is really cool about it give you a little tour take it for drive
check out my range video and also my infotainment video let's get into it
this MG ZS EV is a top trim level called exclusive there's also the excite this does zero to 62
miles an hour in 8.5 seconds and it's cost after the government electric grant is 28
595 pounds and for that you get 143 horsepower electric motor so this is a 44.5 kilowatt hour
battery which is good for 163 miles wltp range this car can charge zero to 80 in 40 minutes or
on a seven kilowatt war box it takes about six and a half hours obviously if you're just plugging it
into the mains like i've been doing here then it'll probably take most of the night to charge
but one of the benefits of electric cars and it's very easy for people to forget
is every day you start your car with a full charge you will never start your car if you
have a petrol engine car or diesel with a full tank unless you literally live at
a petrol station which nobody does so that's one benefit people forget about electric cars
and if you plan your journeys and electric cars are really really efficient
and it's kind of nice driving around anything really quiet wherever you go and that's coming
from somebody with a loud RS3 performance car now you might be wondering how do i charge my MG ZS
EV well it's front charging just like the honda e and it's very easy unlock the car press the
mg badge it pops up like this and then inside here you have everything you need to connect up to your
charger be it at your home or at a charging point and the MG logo glows as well at night which is
pretty cool so you can see that it's charging and don't worry it's all waterproof so you don't need
to worry about anything if you leave it open like that let's talk about these headlights they have
led data running lights but there's no option for led headlights they're actually halogen bulbs the
front of the car looks really attractive it's got this grille it doesn't look like an electric car
necessarily the only thing which gives it away is the sound of electric car which you'll hear
when we go for driving a little bit and in case you're wondering what is underneath the bonnet
pretty cool down here you have the electric motor in all its glory and because it is an suv you get
a really really good view of the electric side of this and the normal battery as well which
powers the car when it starts up as standard all MG ZS EVs come with 17-inch alloy wheels
which look really really good to me this color is pimlico blue which is a 595 pound
paint option which again i think was really cool i like blue blue is my favorite color so i like this
and you can just see the sidelines of the car are actually very sporty we've got the roof bars here
you can just about see the panoramic roof is open in fact if you look at the option list
the main difference between the excite and the exclusive are extra driving assistance
features which are really really useful and being taking the car i'd always recommend
and the full panoramic glass sunroof which i'd also recommend so in my opinion i would spend
the extra two thousand pounds and go for the next model up if you're looking at it i think
the exclusive is better value and gives you more equipment if you choose to spec the keyless entry
that's what this little button here is for you just tap it and then look at the key in
your pocket you can get in and out let's have a look at the interior space now so the one thing
you will notice is the seats are very upright and that's because the batteries are underneath here
however once inside is spacious i don't have any issues there's leg room here there's
headroom above me the panoramic glass sunroof adds to it if you close the door
then the windows are still quite wide and the other thing too which is really cool is these
windows do actually come down all the way they're not the windows which stop just before the bottom
and looking at the inside of the car there's a USB charger back here and there's plenty of space just
a bit upright and a bit higher with the floor because of the batteries but comfortable enough
back here and plenty of space i would say this is how much room there is for your dog in the back of
the MG ZS EV what about rear boot space well you'll be pleased to know that this car actually has
480 liters of space back here which is actually more than the ice engine version of this car
which has 448 and there's plenty of space back here there's hooks there's tie down points
i've got all of my filming equipment back here so no problems with space in the back of the car and
what I like about this is very vw you open it by pulling on the batch i like that a lot welcome to
the inside of the mg zs ev so inside this car it feels very very comfortable there's lots of clever
little touches so one of the first things this is a very very small thing but i really like is this
dashboard top is flat now this might not seem like a big deal but actually even to put your phone
or whatever on there it's actually quite handy because lots of dashboards are not flat like that
and so you can't use that area also there's some stitching along here which makes it look quite
nice and it's all soft plastic there it's a bit harder plastic here and in the middle of course
but again convenience is really easy here we've got a little tray to put stuff and underneath here
is the usb ports and your cigarette charger which you can use to connect whatever you want to so
that's pretty cool and easy to do there's two cup holders down here there's a pocket here where you
can put stuff there's a little cover here that you can use to cover this up the seats in this car
are pretty comfortable they are a tiny bit on a hard side though in the exclusive trim which is
what this car is they are electrically adjustable although there is no lumbar support adjustment
there's a nice spacious glove compartment and the steering wheel feels like a vw steering wheel
looks like my old Golf R steering wheel it's got all the controls you could need this car
has analog dials unlike most electric cars and in the middle here there's an 8 inch touchscreen
which has got android auto and apple carplay and your navigation and everything you could want your
climate controller is all manual so you don't have to fiddle around with that which is nice and good
and you know the gear selector is pretty easy to understand you turn it one way for
reverse turning out of the way from neutral another way for part pretty easy and then
there's the buttons in the middle here for your mode going through sport normal and eco mode your
curs which is your regen braking which has got three modes one two three as it says on there and
then your battery information which will bring you to your battery information on the screen
so all in all really comfortable nice interior one thing which elevates the exclusive model even more
is this massive glass panoramic sunroof this is a really cool feature this is worth getting the
exclusive just for that because it brings in so much light i'm driving the mgzs ev electric suv
this is a front-wheel drive electric car with 140 horsepower doing 0 to 60 miles an hour in 8.5
seconds but because it's electric it's got instant torque so it feels a lot faster and it has a wltp
range of 163 miles but check out my range video to see how far it really went this car is very
easy to drive we've got an eight inch touchscreen with Android Auto and Apple CarPlay we've got
analogue dials but we've got a little screen which shows us our battery status the regen braking is
very predictable on this car some electric cars they have quite aggressive regen braking with
this car there's three different modes which is selected using the curves button down below the
infotainment system and what's great about that is you know what you're gonna get even if you're
a newcomer to electric cars you know that when you press the brake it's predictable and it's
understandable and relatable by the way curves is what they call it in formula one when they use a
braking power to give them extra boost of power when overtaking so that's quite cool i don't know
if that was intentional or not but that's quite cool there's a little battery button here so i can
see my range as well it's telling me i've got 132 miles left check out my range video on this car by
the way and it drives really simply the suspension is quite comfortable you do feel some bumps but
not in a bad way when you go over them it's not necessarily the most cushioned suspension but
it's more than comfortable and considering the cost of this car this exclusive trim which is 28
595 pounds and you get the adaptive cruise control the lane assist the brake avoidant the pedestrian
braking all of that technology included plus an amazing glass panoramic sunroof plus all the other
functionality this car has it is amazing value car it's easy to steer you know where you're going
yes it isn't a sporty car you can tell that it's not been designed as a sporty car but that doesn't
mean that you can't enjoy it when driving and i think that anybody that gets behind the wheel of
this car will enjoy this car so i would check this out absolutely let's talk about the drive mode so
i mentioned there's three drive modes and there's also three regen braking modes so let's try out
modes mode s is sports mode so when i put it into sports mode immediately the car is far more
responsive when i put my foot to the accelerator pedal immediately it takes off there's no lag
there's no delay the steering feels slightly sharper although it doesn't actually affect the
steering i think it's probably just an effect of the car being more responsive in the accelerator
if i put it into normal you kind of feel it slows back i think maybe it's also affecting the regen
braking possibly i don't know this for a fact but the region breaking the feels a bit different to
me and then if i go into eco mode it just feels a bit slower it definitely feels like it's
breaking more and there's more region going up i don't actually know if that's what's happening
but that's how it feels and then likewise if we change the regen mode to two it was in three
and then to one it just breaks a bit less aggressively it sells down a little less
aggressively depending on what mode it is so you know i would say that there is a noticeable
difference between the three different modes which you wouldn't necessarily notice i think
maybe some of the other cars i've been in i think like the ec4 is probably the last car
that's the lane assist telling me i'm not in the right lane i think ez4 was the last car which was
kind of like this and felt similar the ec4 has a slightly higher range it's got slightly bit
of performance interesting interesting differences right so what's my tech in the car rating for this
the mg zs ev comfort four out of five connectivity three hour five driver assistance four hour five
parking three out of five environment five value five out of five for a total of 24
out of 30 for this the MG ZS EV this is a really fantastic value
car if you're looking for a car which costs 28 000 pounds of much less than 30 000 pounds
even at its top spec then this is a fantastic car the closest car that i've reviewed to this on the
channel so far is citroen ec4 which is slightly more expensive and has a slightly better spec
but this is amazing value check one out thank you to mg for giving me this car for the review
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want to know about this car check out my range video and my infotainment video too on this car!