MG ZS EV facelift launching in Thailand in March: new look and up to 440 km range from 72.6 kWh battery

Launched in Thailand again in 2019, the MG ZS EV is about to obtain a facelift in the Land of Smiles in March, in accordance to Headlight Magazine. The electrical B-segment SUV will get a variety of adjustments that transcend the same old beauty tweaks.

For 2022, the ZS EV is break up into two variants, each of which function a battery bigger than the unique 44.5 kWh lithium-ion unit. The Standard model will get a 51.1 kWh battery that gives a range of up to 320 km on the WLTP cycle, which is already a major enhance over the 263 km its predecessor may muster. The Long Range mannequin will get bumped up to 72.6 kWh, boosting range to a powerful 440 km.

Confusingly, it’s the Standard automobile that’s extra highly effective, with the entrance motor boasting a further 20 kW (27 PS) at 130 kW (177 PS). The Long Range will get a much more modest five-kilowatt (7 PS) enhance to 115 kW (156 PS). However, each fashions get 50 Nm docked from their torque figures, nevertheless, down to 280 Nm – in consequence, the ZS EV really takes practically half a second longer to get from zero to 100 km/h, at 8.6 seconds.

Charging takes ten and a half hours on the Standard mannequin with seven kilowatts of AC energy and six hours and 40 minutes with 11 kW on the Long Range. Alternatively, you need to use a DC quick charger with an enter of up to 50 kW, filling the Standard battery up to 80% in one hour and three minutes (or 42 minutes with the Long Range and up to 100 kW of DC energy).

An exterior redesign sees the ZS EV adopting a grille-less entrance finish, with the (now sideways-opening) charging port now moved to the best (away from the MG badge). The trapezoidal centre air consumption can also be barely bigger than earlier than and is break up into two thanks to the new entrance spoiler design, which leads into the slim nook air inlets. The LED headlights are additionally new and incorporate arrow-shaped daytime working lights.

The lamp design is mirrored on the rear of the automobile, which additionally carries a revised bumper with a better use of physique color; new 17-inch turbine-style alloy wheels full the look. Inside, there’s a new seven-inch digital instrument show, fake carbon fibre trim, a bigger 10.1-inch touchscreen for the MG iSMART infotainment system, redesigned local weather management switchgear, a Qi wi-fi charger, a rear armrest and rear air vents.

As but, it’s unclear if the Thai-market mannequin shall be supplied in each Standard and Long Range, and it additionally stays to be seen if the automobile will retain the present 1,190,000 baht (RM150,500) pricing. Closer to dwelling, the ZS EV was supposed to be launched in Malaysia in 2020 by MG Berjaya, however that hasn’t occurred but – despite the fact that the automobile was shown at the Bumiputra Development Action 2030 (TPB2030) show final month.