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MG ZS EV - Driveaway $43,990 @ MG

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MG ZS EV - Driveaway $43,990 @ MG
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nightqueen on 10/11/2020 - 14:50 mgmotor.com.au (4251 clicks)
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Electric Car for sub 45k driveaway, extra $500 for blue or red paint job

As per carsales website- https://www.caradvice.com.au/891380/2021-mg-zs-ev-in-austral…

The new 2021 MG ZS EV will be offered in Australia from a lower-than-expected $40,990 before on-road costs, with a national drive-away price of $43,990.

That price marks a $3000 saving on the pre-order drive-away price offered in November last year, and those earlier buyers will be offered the same new price.

Interestingly, the ZS EV will be offered only with a five-year (but still unlimited-kilometre) warranty, falling short of the seven years offered on other MG models. An eight-year / 160,000km warranty is standard on the battery pack, however – and, according to SAIC Motor Australia boss CEO Peter Ciao, that is the bigger point for EV buyers.

Power in the ZS EV is provided by a 105kW/353Nm electric motor and a 44.5kWh lithium-ion battery pack, with a WLTP-certified driving range of up to 262 kilometres.

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  • [Deactivated] on 10/11/2020 - 14:55
    +9

    Sharp pricing.

    • luke700 on 10/11/2020 - 17:44
      +8

      So was the Huawei 5G tender

    • SF3 on 11/11/2020 - 00:43

      driving range of up to 262 kilometres

      Low range for an EV

      • [Deactivated] on 11/11/2020 - 08:33

        Perfect for school drop off. Oh wait, dont think this one has an oversized rim set for mounting kerb and ergo inflation.

        • RSmith on 11/11/2020 - 12:42
          +1

          ergo inflation

          Ergo.

          • [Deactivated] on 11/11/2020 - 12:48
            +1

            @RSmith: Lol. "Ego"

  • mullahmullah on 10/11/2020 - 14:56
    +18

    Thanks op bought 3

    • RSmith on 10/11/2020 - 15:02
      +5

      With or without band 28?

    • polarq on 10/11/2020 - 16:37
      +1

      Hope you did not forget cashback

    • darthsparrow on 10/11/2020 - 17:15

      Why not 4?

      • serpserpserp on 10/11/2020 - 17:37

        Probably waiting for further discount before picking up another 3.

  • jonnoyeo on 10/11/2020 - 14:56

    Just looks like a CX5 a little

    • Andysjunks on 10/11/2020 - 15:09

      plus a merc grill

    • stevo82 on 10/11/2020 - 16:06
      +2

      Except made in china

      • webtherapist on 10/11/2020 - 17:17
        +10

        nothing wrong with Made in China, you can strip yourself naked by now if Made in China products somehow offend you :)))

        • RSmith on 10/11/2020 - 17:22
          -4

          Not really…

        • [Deactivated] on 10/11/2020 - 19:47
          +4

          Doesnt offend, just avoid where possible.

        • stevo82 on 10/11/2020 - 21:56
          +1

          Not as good build quality as toyota or honda

  • Nathw on 10/11/2020 - 14:59
    +28

    Chinese electric car, well, good luck

    • [Deactivated] on 10/11/2020 - 15:02
      +18

      They are not bad, actually. Been widely use as taxi for some time now in Singapore.

      • edrift on 10/11/2020 - 15:06
        -2

        Yep especially this one:
        https://youtu.be/Lvt9vEhf4vo

        • pandasrandomchoice on 10/11/2020 - 15:09
          +5

          That's call old man car in China. Which doesn't require drive licence and only exist in small towns.

          • Dr Prepper on 10/11/2020 - 16:55

            @pandasrandomchoice: It reminds me of French made Aixam-Polaris EV quadracycles popular in European cities.

            I think it is a matter of time before we see EV quadracycles here. Australia is actually pretty urbanised- Thai pickup style utes and SUVs make little sense in innercity Sydney or Melbourne.

    • pandasrandomchoice on 10/11/2020 - 15:08
      +5

      The best Chinese electric cars are NIO and BYD hang. They are not selling in OZ.
      MG is kind of 3 class of Chinese cars.

      • SeVeN11 on 10/11/2020 - 16:41
        +2

        Berkshire Hathaway (Warren Buffett) owns 25% of BYD.

        i.e. These Chinese electric cars should be alright if he's heavily invested in it.

      • MkVIGTI on 10/11/2020 - 19:11
        +4

        BYD is apparently coming to Aust, they got an agent in Syd who recently started work on a production line in Sydney I think

    • webtherapist on 10/11/2020 - 17:18
      +1

      where do you think most lion-batteries manufactured?

      • SeVeN11 on 11/11/2020 - 01:07

        at the Tesla Gigafactory.

        They build that factory because to build all the cars they need they would have consumed every single lithium cell the world would produce. I think at one stage this factory produced up to 50% of the world's lithium batteries.

        Tesla only started construction of this back in 2014, so it's pretty new.

  • life is suffering on 10/11/2020 - 15:03
    +5

    8 year warranty - I think its good. thoughts?

    • [Deactivated] on 10/11/2020 - 15:04
      +2

      Battery. Otherwise 5.

  • funk44 on 10/11/2020 - 15:03
    +30

    Thanks OP, this'll look perfect in the water next to my Maldives villa

    • life is suffering on 10/11/2020 - 15:06
      +5

      take me too

      • snippy on 10/11/2020 - 15:47
        +12

        name checks out, take the poor fella

    • VerticallyIntegrated on 10/11/2020 - 16:37

      Is this AMG the high yield investment model?

    • Hinee on 10/11/2020 - 16:53

      Weird comment - $44k is not an expensive car.

      • Steptoe on 11/11/2020 - 00:07
        +1

        It is for an otherwise $22k car

  • hopper on 10/11/2020 - 15:05
    +1

    I don't like the idea of having the charging port on the front which is a delicate spot which might cause damage to ports.

    and No Frunk!

    • nightqueen on 10/11/2020 - 15:17
      +1

      70k plus driveaway for the tesla model 3 frunk

      • hopper on 10/11/2020 - 15:29

        Not a EV expert, was in impression that EV's doesn't need front space to hide engine. May be its Tesla's feature

        • Steptoe on 10/11/2020 - 20:17
          +1

          The ZS is converted Fossil Chassis

  • albert0pia on 10/11/2020 - 15:08
    +12

    I see this as a win for consumers. EVs won't become widely popular if they still command the sort of prices organs go for on the black market.

    • nightqueen on 10/11/2020 - 15:16
      +1

      yes if an owner of this car can save 10-15k in petrol costs for the life of the car, its a good deal

      • mullahmullah on 10/11/2020 - 15:19

        Yh but it’s unknown yet if this a certified pos that will have your ass hanging out at the dealer or side of the road.

        • Jackson on 10/11/2020 - 16:08
          +4

          EVs are generally an order of magnitude more reliable than ICE vehicles

    • nutella9 on 10/11/2020 - 15:22
      +8

      Well apparently you can get the involuntarily donated organs of the CCP's political prisoners pretty cheap…

  • ruskiromka on 10/11/2020 - 15:12
    +5

    This is an amazing deal for an electric car!

  • thatguyfromthatplace on 10/11/2020 - 15:15
    +15

    Does the CCP really need more of our money?

    • mr_asstight on 10/11/2020 - 15:18

      Without money how would they put the Chinese under their thumb?

    • nightqueen on 10/11/2020 - 15:19
      +1

      CCP most likely subsidising this car too

      • webtherapist on 10/11/2020 - 17:20

        they don't have to subsidize a cent, labour cost is 10 times less than here, so, do your basic math :)

        • nightqueen on 10/11/2020 - 17:48

          I thought most Chinese companies in china are majority owned by the CCP party and get lots of backing and subsidies from the government

        • jellical on 10/11/2020 - 21:06

          Unfortunately not true anymore.

    • mullahmullah on 10/11/2020 - 15:20
      -8

      Yes they need more nukes to compete and more ports, and more loans, and bats of course don’t forget bats

  • pandasrandomchoice on 10/11/2020 - 15:22
    +10

    The current best Chinese electric car is probably this one. Not for sale in OZ though.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7xT1lIMVaI

    There is a tesla model 3 factory in China. Starting to export tesla 3 to Euro market. And thanks to localisation the model 3 only cost around $50,000 in China. The factory was the key that Elon musk beat the wall street short-sellers.

    Nowadays around half of electric cars in the world are selling in China. Which means China has the strongest electric supplies chains. 2 biggest battery manufactures are also in China. BYD and Ninde.

    If you play Nasdaq, check NIO price.

    For OZ I personally hope OZ could be part of this big world changing games. While the media here is creating many hates to China, US is actually working closely with China in this world changing game, in someway that pp doesn't realize.

    • theg00s3 on 10/11/2020 - 16:26
      +2

      The tesla's made in china are better as well. They seem to have much better QC in the chinese factory

      • pandasrandomchoice on 10/11/2020 - 19:21

        Not sure about that. But as I know, tesla is pushing a model that is using Ninde batteries. This version of model 3 could reach the price of $35000. The only setback is it would be 100km less distance.

        • Steptoe on 11/11/2020 - 00:11
          +1

          The Chinese Model 3 SR+ uses CATL made LFP batteries. Being able to charge to 100% without issue is a great plus of the cheaper chemistry. Not having any Cobalt leaves the conscience a little clearer too.

    • imurgod on 10/11/2020 - 16:30
      +8

      I'm not sure it's totally the media's fault. China keeps doing their best to bully Australia.

      • pandasrandomchoice on 10/11/2020 - 16:58
        +6

        Well. I cannot go too much on this because of it's all political. But if a country A 's media is 70% owned by country U. And country U and country C are competitors. I don't think it's easy for country A to make friend with country C, right?

        There is absolutely no such thing as love or hatred without any reason or cause. ：）

        • imurgod on 10/11/2020 - 17:23
          +6

          To begin with, I didn't neg your comment.

          I don't claim to know the details, but the state owns China's media and the actions they are taking toward Australia time and time again are clearly designed to instigate and damage relations. They clearly don't have any respect for Australia as allies, friends or trading partners.

          Maybe the Chinese people think differently, but from what I've seen on social media, they fully support and agree with the state (although I would expect that they are indoctrinated).

          I think China has grown very quickly and are expecting to be the superpower at any expense.

          • pandasrandomchoice on 10/11/2020 - 17:47
            +2

            @imurgod: Thank you for not neging my comment. I know i will easily get neg when it comes to politics. :)

            I think the important thing for OZ is GET TO KNOW CHINA. I can tell you the Chinese knows OZ but very few OZs really know China. You can easily tell by reading some comments in this thread. Or from twitter.

            No matter OZ try to build trading relationship with China, or OZ take China as enemy, OZ need to know China better.

            Try to understand how CCP thinks, how Chinese thinks. What is the core interest of China. How does common Chinese think of their government. Are their opinions come from brainwashed state media, or come from mix of state media and social media, or from their experience of compare the systems by travelling difference countries?

            Unfortunately, many OZ know China from news.com.au. And even from the same writer. How can that same writer is so obsessed on negative China, I wonder. :)

            • imurgod on 10/11/2020 - 20:02
              +1

              @pandasrandomchoice: Interesting points, although I'm not sure China knows Australia.

              I think Australians see how some Chinese act here (selfish with no regard for others) and add to that the dishonesty with which China handled covid and previous pandemics and the trust quickly disappears with a few articles and new coverage.

              As I said, I'm not educated in politics, I am merely letting you know my thoughts.

              Ideally, everyone would get along, but it's all a bit of give and take, not just take.

              • pandasrandomchoice on 10/11/2020 - 20:30
                +2

                @imurgod: It's not surprise that OZ see Chinese that way. China is a fast development countries. Many senior Chinese lived in horrible lives when they were young. When they get old they still keep the way they live. For example, they could be very careful on every cents they spend. And acting very selfish.
                Also China is a population dense country. So people would looks more selfish in public, eg. bump into others. But this is totally normal in the world. Just like other part of pp from Japan see Tokyoers are rude. Pp from other part of US think new yokers are rude.

                For young Chinese generation, it's another level. Young Chinese are living in much better environment. So you can see younger Chinese are acting more polite then senior. A interesting point is, this is totally contrary to Australian. Senior Australian are so nice.

                But still to my opinion, do not judge people too fast. I saw some Chinese that are dude and stingy but donate all of their savings to schools in poor areas. And I saw some polite pp acting like (profanity) in the office. And I saw polite townhouse owner, put their family member into townhouse council and living like leech on other townhouse owners.

                During this covid period, to many pp in China, they are surprise to see that in many other countries, why there are people against wearing masks in public, why people buying up all the toilet papers, why there are people going to work while sick.

                That's what I am saying, people need to get to know each other. Because when you look at another point of view, it's a difference story.

              • RSmith on 10/11/2020 - 20:53
                +1

                @imurgod: Not only that, it wasn't long time back when the ccp affiliated students attacked the Hong Kong students in Australia. Also, iirc, the same thing happened to the supporters of Dalai Lama.

      • May4th on 10/11/2020 - 17:19
        +11

        It's a lot of political posturing. Australian politics is hijacked by china hawks propped up by murdoch media with a race to the bottom exploiting anti-chinese sentiment for cheap short term political gain. China was never going to be the bastion of virtue and beacon of democracy, but you can be tough against China and safeguard australia's interest without clumsy aggressive diplomacy - or lackthereof- which pisses our economy down the drain.

        • mullahmullah on 10/11/2020 - 22:51

          They have nukes, re education camps, it’s only moral not do business with such a power, if we give in they will be the most powerful nation, yes it is looking inevitable, though we could prop up and help other third 2nd world nations that are built on better moral grounds and still reap economic benifts, no one has the answer, and their are extreme ways to look at it but downplaying such a power due to political correctness is not the awnser neither is racism, I think the world should keep China in its place, as war is looking likely.

      • webtherapist on 10/11/2020 - 17:23
        +4

        well, isn't it First Nation people been bullied on this very own soil and still being treated that way? that's bullying. what going on in between China and Australia is basically like this: why do I have to support your businesses if you piss me off - perhaps our pollies should have had their mouths shut like KFC?

        • imurgod on 10/11/2020 - 17:33
          +1

          I think you're off the mark here. Indigenous people in Australia are offered a lot of support. I don't know how you draw any parallels between the two topics.

          Also, why should the pollies have their mouths shut? I don't understand that. Who decides that? Another country?

          All they requested was to investigate this, especially given that China were never honest about the pandemic which, let be honest, caused this virus to spread.

          The whole world can learn from the investigation, how to better handle any future outbreaks, no?

          • May4th on 10/11/2020 - 17:38
            +6

            @imurgod: it's not the act but the execution. think of how many ways you can tell your wife you are not buying her that $5k handbag. don't tell her you'd rather blow it on coke and hookers and wonder why you're in the doghouse..

            • imurgod on 10/11/2020 - 19:58

              @May4th: Ok, who have you been talking to?! Lol

              You're right though, it was a little ham fisted and it should probably have been left to usa to demand an investigation, but the sum total is that an investigation is warranted and China has acted like a spoiled brat since.

              If I have done nothing wrong and I'm accused of murder, I would welcome an investigation right?

              Let's not forget where China was 30 years or so ago. Building trust with the Western world would be prudent for them.

              Anyhow, I really don't want to go into foreign politics that much because I'm simply not very knowledgeable on the topic.

              • May4th on 10/11/2020 - 21:12
                +2

                @imurgod: oh absolutely the inquiry was always going to happen, but let's not pretend morrison did what he did out of scientific curiousity and a sense of duty it was always a political play at the beck and call of the american hawks

                and my wife is actually looking at 5k handbags hence the too close to home analogy above. i'm looking for sleeping bag bargains as we speak

    • bluegrass on 10/11/2020 - 16:32
      +1

      China also has the most Coal Fired Power Stations :-)

    • [Deactivated] on 10/11/2020 - 19:00

      That's a terrible review. And why is he wearing a bum bag?

  • SupeNintendoChalmers on 10/11/2020 - 15:23
    +4

    Driving range is still not quite there yet, needs to be WLTP 400kms as a minimum imho

    • nightqueen on 10/11/2020 - 15:34
      +1

      yeah its a good in town commuter for home to work to shopping to home (less than 50kms in one day)

    • Shon on 10/11/2020 - 15:37
      +7

      Sort of agree, but how often are you driving more than 100km a day? I'd put it at a few weekends away per year.

      If the battery packs are the expensive bit, they should be putting in smaller packs, with the option to rent an additional pack for one of those trips. At 25K EVs are a no brainer.

      • nightqueen on 10/11/2020 - 15:43
        +6

        We are a young family and we have 2 cars.
        Car 1 is a hatchback/small SUV for our small trips, from work to home to shopping.
        Car 2 is our bigger family car for long road trips or weekends away

        I'm thinking this MG EV is suitable for Car 1 replacement (EVs are meant to be efficient in urban areas with regenerative braking) and we can have a petrol or diesel for Car 2 for those weekends away and longer road trips.

    • Schmiddler on 10/11/2020 - 16:10
      +19

      You know ciao means both hello and goodbye in Italian, right? Makes your meaning a bit unclear.

  • hopper on 10/11/2020 - 15:33

    how much will Mustang Mach expected to cost in AU

    • Steptoe on 11/11/2020 - 00:32

      Mach E is likely to be price competitive with Tesla Model Y of equivalent specs

  • P1xellat3d on 10/11/2020 - 15:44

    Only 105kW power.

    Is it me, or does that seem severely underpowered for a 1500kg vehicle?

    • Sanny on 10/11/2020 - 15:50
      +1

      It has 353Nm of torque and should get that instantaneously. 0-100 in 8.2s

  • Master Bates on 10/11/2020 - 15:53
    +4

    Can I charge this with my recently acquired Romoss portable charger?

    • SeVeN11 on 10/11/2020 - 16:52
      +3

      Yes you can!!!

      I think the Romoss is 18W
      So, unless you bought 2,472 of those batteries you're not going to be able to fully charge your car as the car batteries are 44.5kWh

      If you work out the maths, it's cheaper for you to buy a spare car just for the batteries than 2,472 Romoss.
      It will also save you the time on figuring out how to wire your Romoss to produce the likely 48V power it needs to charge.

      Good luck.

  • xtommyk on 10/11/2020 - 16:08

    is that a genuine 262km range? or real-world something like 150km

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