MG ZS EV News

The battle for Australia’s cheapest EV just added another chapter with MG announcing permanent drive-away pricing for all of its battery electric models. 

Pricing for some of the cheapest electric cars available in Australia has increased as of the new year, as MG has bumped up pricing for one of its models, and the entry grade for another.

MG Australia has slashed pricing of its ZS EV SUV by up to $6000 to keep it more competitive against the influx of more affordable electric cars like the BYD Dolphin and GWM Ora.

MG has good news for Australian new car buyers, but bad news for its market rivals - it won’t be quitting on offering affordable cars anytime soon.

It might seem you have to be rich to buy an electric car these days, with even some budget EVs blowing out to more than $50K, but we've found a way to get into an EV for a lot less.

There's good news and bad news for those hoping to snap up an electric car at a bargain basement price, and both come from MG this week upon the announcement of the MG4 Excite 51 coming to Australia.

Tesla has just revealed that it’ll be bringing out a totally new model and this one could be the most affordable ever. It may even be Australia’s cheapest electric vehicle when it arrives. The truth is, the price will probably still put it out of reach for many Aussies - just like the cost of all electric cars. So why do electric cars cost so much and is it worth waiting for the price to come down

The year 2022 saw a lot of change in the electric car space for Australia, notably the introduction of a government that put EVs as a higher priority, and has gradually introduced incentives and plans to improve electric and hybrid car uptake.

MG has revealed pricing for its new long-range version of the ZS EV small SUV.Wearing a price-tag of $55,990 before on-road costs for the single Essence variant, the ZS EV Long Range will become available to Australian buyers in April. It still undercuts its key Tesla Model 3 rival (from $64,300), but is significantly more expensive than the BYD Atto 3 Extended Range (from $51,011).The new variant has a 72kWh battery pack good for a WLTP-certified combined driving range of 440km.This is a significant improvement on the existing ZS EV standard range variant, which has a 50.3kWh battery pack good for a 320km range.The Long Range ZS EV gives MG an improved range offering to better position it against its key electric rival, the BYD Atto 3.Expect the main specification to stay the same as the standard range Essence, with very little, even visually, to distinguish between the two grades.The ZS Long Range continues to be available with the same 130kW/280Nm electric motor as the standard version, with the same 80kW charging capability via its Type 2 CCS charging port.This allows charge times between 40 - 63 minutes depending on the speed of the connected DC charger at a fast charging location. It also maintains the 11kW charging speed of the standard version, suggesting a charging time from 10 per cent in around five hours.The new ZS EV Long Range variant will be joined by the fully electric MG4 hatch in the second half of 2023, which debuts a new platform and new technology for the brand.Thanks to sufficient supply and keen pricing across much of its range, MG has had a stratospheric rise in Australia over the last 18 months, now ranked seventh, behind Mitsubishi, but ahead of Subaru in the local sales charts.

If you were looking to get into a 2023 MG, you might be an extra thousand or-so out of pocket after changes to the brand's (almost) entire line-up have bumped prices by up to $2000.