MG MGS5 Essence 49 EV Beta
Price
- RRP
- $46,990
- Price basis
- Plus on-road costs
Battery & charging
- Battery
- 49 kWh
- Range
- 335 km
- Energy use
- 16.9 kWh/100km
- Peak AC charging
- 6.6 kW
- Peak DC charging
- 120 kW
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 24 hadds about 10 km an hour
- Home wallbox (7 kW), 0–100%
- about 8 hthe car takes 6.6 kW · adds about 35 km an hour
- 50 kW fast charger, 10–80%
- about 45 min
- Hyper charger (150 kW+), 10–80%
- about 30 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 | $14.36 | $1,720 |
| Public fast charging | $22.81 | $2,740 |
| 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
- 125 kW
- Torque
- 250 Nm
- 0–100 km/h
- 8.2 sec
- Drive
- Rear-wheel drive
Practicality
- Body
- SUV
- Seats
- 5
- Boot
- 453 L
- Boot, rear seats folded
- 1,441 L
- Towing (braked)
- 750 kg
- Towing (unbraked)
- 750 kg
- Kerb weight
- 1,680 kg
- Length × width × height
- 4,476 × 1,849 × 1,621 mm
- Ground clearance
- 164 mm
- Spare tyre
- Repair kit only
Safety
- ANCAP scores
- Adult 90% · Child 86% · Pedestrians and cyclists 82% · Safety assist 79%
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.