MG MG4 Urban Essence 54 EV Beta
Price
- RRP
- $38,990
- Price basis
- Plus on-road costs
Battery & charging
- Battery
- 54 kWh
- Range
- 405 km
- Energy use
- 15.3 kWh/100km
- Peak AC charging
- 6.6 kW
- Peak DC charging
- 87 kW
- Heat pump
- Yes
Range in the real world
Estimates from the official figure using typical losses: about a quarter off at motorway speeds or in cold weather, and around half when towing. Your range will depend on speed, hills, weather and load.
Charging times
- Wall socket (10 A), 0–100%
- about 26 h 30 minadds about 15 km an hour
- Home wallbox (7 kW), 0–100%
- about 9 hthe car takes 6.6 kW · adds about 40 km an hour
- 50 kW fast charger, 10–80%
- about 50 min
- Hyper charger (150 kW+), 10–80%
- about 45 min
Estimates from the battery size and the car’s peak charging rates. Fast charging slows as the battery fills, and in the cold, so real sessions vary.
Running costs
| Per 100 km | Per year | |
|---|---|---|
| Charging at home | $13.72 | $1,650 |
| Public fast charging | $21.37 | $2,560 |
| Petrol car, for comparison | $24.85 | $2,980 |
At the official energy use (real-world use is usually higher), home power at 40c/kWh, public fast charging at 90c/kWh and road user charges of $76 per 1,000 km, over 12,000 km a year. The petrol car uses 7 L/100 km of 91 at $3.55 a litre. Your power plan may be cheaper, especially overnight.
Performance
- Motors
- Single motor
- Power
- 118 kW
- Torque
- 250 Nm
- 0–100 km/h
- 8.7 sec
- Drive
- Front-wheel drive
Practicality
- Body
- Hatch
- Seats
- 5
- Boot
- 382 L
- Boot, rear seats folded
- 1,266 L
- Kerb weight
- 1,810 kg
- Length × width × height
- 4,395 × 1,842 × 1,549 mm
- Ground clearance
- 130 mm
- Spare tyre
- Repair kit only
Safety
- ANCAP scores
- Adult 87% · Child 86% · Pedestrians and cyclists 85% · Safety assist 82%
Ownership
- Warranty
- 7 years / unlimited km
- Battery warranty
- 7 years / unlimited km
- Roadside assist
- 7 years
- Fixed-price servicing
- $899 for the first 3 years
Extends to 10yr/250,000km when every scheduled service is done at an authorised MG dealer (registered from 1 Jul 2025)
Specifications from the NZ Autocar price database, checked against each maker’s NZ site, ANCAP and RightCar. Confirm with the dealer before you buy.