How's My Electric Car Battery After 100,000 Miles?

Those of us who took a bit of a punt ordering the ZS Mk1 before they were available to drive have been rewarded with a great car. If the battery holds up as well as yours on the MG5 I will be thrilled. Having said that I might look to change in the next 12 months for a slightly longer range and faster rapid charging. But then we did a 300 mile trip we lost only 20 minutes compared to an ICE. Thanks for the update and keep up the good work to help persuade others!

I think that I watced one of your early videos on the MG5 and that convinced me to purchase one - I'd never owned a brand new car ever before in my life - I'm now 80. For many years I'd run Landrovers, Discoverys and also three Range Rovers. In fact my last ICE car was a 2004 L322 Range Rover which had an LPG conversion - that was the only way I could afford to run it!! I've had the MG5 since October 2001 and I've no regrets whatsoever. My wife and I just love the vehicle; it does everything that we want, is comfortable, easy to drive and cheap to run - what more could you want. Thanks for the video.

This isn't just 100,000 miles like a normal person might run for several years - this is hard commercial running (50k miles a year!). So really good breakdown to show how practical commercial use EVs can be (granted vans etc are a little new still but there are some good ones now I think?)

So much for many of the anti-EV crowd, who say the battery has to be renewed after 6 or 7 years. Right here, we have the equivalent of 14 years average motoring... And as for the silly scare stories regarding brakes........ Thanks for the video James.

Good review thanks. My dad has a 2 year old MG5 52kwh 32k miles. 2 minor issues 1 just a software update 2nd rear screen washer pipe came lose inside door pillar and one bigger problem when car wouldn't charge 200 miles from home. After 4 weeks in MG garage and a whole new charger socket. Still unable to charge they discovered a big fuse under the charge socket! Hey presto. Apparently he is the first person to have this issue. He still loves it though!

Good stuff. Watched Petrol Peds interview with his pal Moggy who electrifies classic vehicles and they did some decent myth busting as well. The phrase that stuck in my mind was when listening to somebody always value experience over opinion and this video shows how durable the modern EV is. Top work.

Thanks James. I look forward to hearing your review of the car after 200,000 miles. Those brake calipers will still be good for another 100,000. 🙂👍

James, Thanks for this close up view of how well your MG EVs have been holding up with heavy use. On the subject of wear that occurs with calendar aging, vs miles, the biggest concern IMO is corrosion. This can lead to an expensive battery replacement when corrosion results in water intrusion into an EV battery pack. Owners of early Model S have had battery failures caused by corrosion of the fuse cover or vents allowing water to enter the pack. Tesla improved their battery design to be more robust to corrosion in later years (2015-ish and later).

Great review James. This is a great real world ‘worst case scenario’ example based on the vehicle daily use. This is the kind of stuff the media need to use. Well done and keep up the great work. I’ve put a post up on my EV channel to promote your video 🙌✊

In my job we have a BYD eT3 with 470k km. Its perfect till now, zero fix maintenance

just ordered a MG4 long range luxury spec(4weeks delivery time) , thx for clearing the battery degradation thing , that was what i worried most about when buying the MG .keep up the good video's

When I drove the MG5 I found it disappointing only because I'd previously driven a Kia e-Niro. Headroom, rear window view, instinctive control locations all scored lower for me. But you can't argue with the longevity and solid performance over time. A solid car. Yet another EV review with actual facts that puts the lie to the usual nonsense circulating in the mainstream media and among internet trolls.

Brilliant vlog. I still have the leaf and still looking lol. Best wishes

Hi James ,John from Ayrshire Scotland great review up to 24000 in my 22 reg MG5 going to work and home great car. Thanks for the great update on how your cars are going and keep them coming as they are of great interest to me.

Impressive Quality. Well done SAIC/MG.

perfect video as always mate, all I hear now is brake particles, usually I ignore but sometimes I bite. This vid is perfect. Keep,well 🙏

Thank you very much for your update James. The drive battery health and tyre wear was particularly interesting. I don’t own an EV yet but I’m constantly looking at what’s around. Where I can discretely inspect them I do and have noticed creasing forming in the seat bolsters of the MG4. Are you seeing this and if so is it a cosmetics thing rather than the bolster loosing its integrity. All in all your video is such a confidence builder for those sitting on the wall. Thanks for your Chanel James and Kate.

James, how did the oil change look? Any engine fibres in the oil as it slowly destroys itself!? Oh wait… 😅 Thank you for your honest approach 👍🏻 My old diesel went to scrap last week and my new MG4 has done 400 miles in 5 days. 🎉

It may not be an issue yet for MG's but I almost crashed a 10 year old Mercedes because one of the rear brake pads fell apart. The friction pad separated from the back plate and my brake pedal went to the floor as I drew up behind another car. I was lucky and got stopped in time but it was close. I can only assume it was rust/corrosion that caused it because the pads had loads of material left so as a mechanic this is something you should bare in mind when working at older cars. On a happier note largely because of the great reviews from James and other Youtubers I bought a used MG5 and so far love the car.

If you had a diesel averaging 50 MPG (imperial), that would cost £15,000 for 100,000 miles at current average diesel prices (£1.58/l). Charging at night on Octopus Go and averaging 4 miles/kWh, it would cost less than £2000, which is similar to the servicing costs for diesel. So if the car cost £30K and goes for 200K miles, it's fully paid for itself in fuel and servicing savings (the same total cost as a free diesel car)!