I was on my way to Heathrow (again) and I stopped at the Reading Services, gave the MG IM5 a top up charge using the Tesla chargers. Easier said than done, as only the westbound services have compatible Tesla chargers. So, I left the M4 at Junction 11, reversed back onto the M4.
It took 40 minutes to deliver 57.3kW, which average out at around 86kWh. About twice as fast than when charging the Funky Cat.
As on my previous visit, I reversed the MG IM5 into the bay. The charging socket is in the same place as Tesla cars, so though these chargers had the longer cables, having the charging port in the same position as a Tesla, will make it easier with those Tesla charging banks with shorter cables (such as Cribbs Causeway). Using the app I set the charger going and then plugged it into the car.
The MG IM5 comes with 800v technology can take a 396kWh maximum charge and theoretically will take 17 minutes to charge from 10-80%. However the Tesla infrastructure is 400v, so I wasn’t going to get anywhere near that.
I am planning to try out a 800v charger at some point, the Ionity chargers are supposed to be 800v.