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Thefts of charging cables pose yet another obstacle to appeal of electric vehicles (apnews.com)

submitted 3 months ago by Wilshire@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago (2 children)

That would work for Level 2 charging, but Level 3 DC fast charging requires a recirculating liquid cooling jacket inside the cable close to the conductor to allow the high current fast charging.

[–] Eheran@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The car already has water cooling anyway. But the cable could also just be not hanging around freely.

[–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The car already has water cooling anyway.

Car cooling cools the car, not the cable. If you're removing the cooling requirement from the cable you either burn up the cable or downrate the charging session to be significantly slower.

But the cable could also just be not hanging around freely.

Where are you proposing the cable go if not hanging/attached to the charger?

[–] Eheran@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago

The cable is with the car in this proposed case, why should the existing cooling not be able to cool it?

I'm the other case, of course it is connected to the charger. Just not freely dangling around outside for everyone to grab it. The same way the hoses of a fuel station mostly stay in the pump. Now just add a little bit more protection to this existing system and boom done.

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I mean, it looks do-able, you just need something like this with a plug on both ends:

https://www.evchargesolutions.com/replacement-cable-and-connector-DC-fast-charger-p/rpe-ev150p-20.htm

[–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago

"150 max amp @ 600 volt DC"

Those are the older style cables that aren't liquid cooled.

Cost would be a big issue too. You see that replacement cable is listed at $575 as is. It would be even more for the double ended version (and I'm not sure two connectors is allowed in the CCS 2 spec).