The MG ZS EV is a remarkable car for the price, try watching Bjorn Nyland’s trip to the North Cape (Norway, Nordkapp) in one a couple of weeks ago, he also has one of his own in Thailand.
There are lots for apps for EVs, route planning ones, they have web pages too so you can try them out on a decent sized screen:
ZapMap – https://www.zap-map.com/live/
Plug Share – https://www.plugshare.com/
A Better Route Planner – https://abetterrouteplanner.com/
Then there are the charger apps, but which ones you need will depend on where you live & how much travelling you do. Put these together with the RFID cards that you can order from many companies & it soon becomes confusing, then you find GeniePoint & Engie are the same company but you can’t use the RFID charge on an Engie charger, and they’re going to rebrand to yet another name soon. Cards that you will likely need:
ChargePlace Scotland if you live in Scotland or, if you’re just visiting then a ChargeYourCar (CYC) card is the same company & a CYC card will work (£20 a year though).
PolarPlus, 3 months free (6 months free with some cars), try it out, see if you like it, then if you’re not doing much mileage stop the card as it’s £7.65 a month I think. Of course this is the same company behind CYC, so the card may work in the english chargers but not in the ChargePlace Scotland ones, that would be sensible & sensible hasn’t happened yet for EV charge providers. The Polar network can be accessed with an app but they don’t work in underground car parks.
GeniePoint, yes, £9 for a card or just use the app or contactless (debit or credit card). These chargers hang out at Morrisons.
Shell, again, RFID card available but you can use the app.
Charging with a debit or credit card, that’ll be Instavolt, these you’ll find are the more reliable type but no AC charging so don’t bring along a Zoe unless it has CCS (the optional DC charge port) but it’ll work fine on an MG ZS EV.
PodPoint, you’ll need the app for this one, and you’ll want it too, those free 7kW charge posts at some supermarkets are often PodPoint but you have to register your charge using the app within 15 minutes else it stops. The 15 minutes is because you may need to find a better phone signal nearby.
There are new apps that promise to cover a variety of charge providers, but a few startups have tried this path & none have yet managed it in the UK so we just get even more apps.
Wireless charging sounds great but the logistics don’t add up, EVM (ElectricVehicleMan) has done a video on this. Currently the rail company here are resurfacing their car parks whilst passenger numbers are very low, so they’ve put in lots of charging posts whilst they’re at it? No, that’d be sensible, no one does sensible for EVs yet except Tesla. Next resurfacing is probably 20 years or more away, it’s a missed opportunity.