MG ZS EV Charging Cable

Inlet type	Type 2 for AC, CCS for DC
Max onboard AC	Up to 7 kW, single phase
On a UK home supply	Up to 7 kW, the car's own ceiling
Charge port position	Front central, behind the MG badge in the grille
Cable we recommend	Type 2 to Type 2, 32A

Three packs across the life of the car

The 2019 car holds 42.5 kWh usable from a 44.5 kWh pack and does 163 miles. The 2022 Standard Range is 49 kWh usable for 198 miles, and the Long Range 68.3 kWh usable for 273. MG's own figure for the onboard charger is up to 7 kW, and MG quotes ten and a half hours for a full charge on the Long Range at that rate.

Every one of them is single phase. EV Database lists an optional 11 kW three phase charger on the Long Range; no UK source supports it and MG's own press material does not mention it, so this page works to MG's figure. A bigger cable cannot change this, because the limit sits in the car rather than the lead.

How long a full charge takes

Cable	Power drawn at home	Empty to full, 42.5 kWh battery	Empty to full, 49 kWh battery	Empty to full, 68.3 kWh battery	Range added per hour
Type 2 to Type 2, 32A at 7 kW	7.0 kW	6 hours 45 mins	8 hours	11 hours	about 24 miles
Type 2 to Type 2, 16A at 3.7 kW	3.7 kW	13 hours	15 hours	20 hours 45 mins	about 13 miles
Type 2 to 3 Pin from a socket	2.3 kW	21 hours	24 hours	33 hours 30 mins	about 8 miles

Hours are worked from battery size against power drawn, plus a 13 per cent allowance for what is lost as heat, rounded to fifteen minutes. The range column is deliberately cautious, at 3.5 miles per kWh. Our calculated figure for the Long Range and MG's published ten and a half hours land in the same place, which is a reasonable check on both.

DC rapid charging peaks around 76 kW according to MG, and EV Database quotes 94 kW on the Long Range. An independent charging test on the original 44.5 kWh car measured 76 kW, briefly, which is the sort of detail that tells you the honest figure is the lower one.

Which length for a ZS EV

The socket is behind the MG badge in the grille, dead centre in the nose. It is one of the easier cars on this site to buy a cable for: no side to establish, no difference between left and right hand drive, and nose-in parking puts the inlet as close to the charge point as it can get.

The ZS is 4.3 metres long. Nose in and 5 metres is comfortable. Reverse onto the drive and the lead runs the length of the car, which is 10 metres. Bays where you cannot choose your approach are also 10 metre territory. Work it out from where the car genuinely sits, not where it could sit, and leave slack.

How these cables are built

The cable meets IEC 62196-2, carries the CE mark, is sealed to IP55 and is specified from -30C to +50C.

The three pin version is an IEC 62752 unit, CE marked and IP67 sealed, specified -30C to +60C. Two years of manufacturer warranty, free next working day shipping anywhere in the UK, and a month to change your mind.

Related: MG HS Plug-in Hybrid EV Charging Cable, and MG charging cables for every other model we cover. For a wall box or public post the lead is the Type 2 to Type 2 charging cable.