I test drove the new MG4 with one of our kids, Ben.

The MG4 was announced in Australia back in March at the Fully Charged Show in Sydney, but only became available in the past couple of weeks, widely applauded by reviewers.

Review from our 19 year old: Yeah, it’s good, but not as good as the Tesla [Model 3]. The front looks good, but the back could be sportier. One pedal driving is easy. Lots of interesting options to try in the screen display.

It has more impressive acceleration after about 30km/h than from a standing start.

It’s currently the cheapest EV sold in Australia, starting at $38k plus on road costs. Plus you get whatever incentives are available in your state, such as free stamp duty and $3k cash-back in NSW. If your employer or business buys it, then they get the $3.8k GST refunded (as tax input credits) and you save about $5-10k on income tax (by paying no fringe benefits tax). At the end of the day, it could effectively cost you more like $25-29k. Note: Talk to a real accountant instead of taking my pondering as resembling reality.

It’s a very tempting purchase to no longer be paying over $2 per litre for petrol.