Well if your not exceeding 100m a day and therefore like myself highly unlikely to need any regular public charging.And being aware of the Tesla s/c issue. The MG5 would work pretty well for you. Don't worry over much about the cost of installing a home charger, it's a one off and you make the cost back in a few months.. An absolute necessity is you must have allocated parking or a garage near to your home consumer unit. Further away it it it pushes up the cost / difficulties.

Then you need to switch to a specialist EV tarriff...suppliers from memory EDF, Octopus and BG ( though I won't use them). Few others. The cheap power window usually say 5 hours a night of 9p per kw. Assume 3.5m per kw so 80 miles ought to cost you in the region of £2.07 I set the efficiency lower as your usage suggested multiple short trips rather than more efficient longer trips. Even allowing for charging inefficiencies say no more than 2.50 a day. Or in petrol terms half a gallon.

Thanks for the opportunity to consider the matter as its a great example of how EV efficiency can really help you with the green....money that is !

Edited by Ethan Edwards on 07/04/2024 at 10:43

Thanks for all of your help and info. I deliver Meals On Wheels/kitchen manager, so I do about 55 miles a day, with a mixture of town driving and A roads etc.

Well that driving does put a different slant on it as I had assumed mainly motorway.

The MG?, its not that I am against EV's, and obviously the ability to charge at home makes a big difference to the costs, its more the MG brand specifically. I have a customer who recently got rid of his MG ZS after being faced with an enormous bill for parts you wouldn't expect to need replacing after the time period and driving style involved, nor be that expensive. The reason being that these parts can't be got from anywhere other than a dealer. Parts involved were new brakes all round and a couple of wheel bearings. Might have been some other stuff too, but he was going to be removed of £1500(!) so part exchanged it for a Toyota CHR instead!

As I said earlier, I do like the current Jazz, but there does seem to be issues with Honda's current hybrid range. Look at the Honda CR V thread a bit further down.

Now that we have a better idea of your usage and bearing in mind the Honda comments above, I'd be looking at a Toyota Yaris first.

If you really fancy an EV, fair enough, but I think i'd have a bit more faith in something other than an MG (unless new and getting rid of before the warranty is up)