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From: john larkin <jlarkin_highland_tech>
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Subject: Re: OT: EV Charging Stations Stripped of Copper Cables
Date: Thu, 04 Jul 2024 06:09:56 -0700
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On Thu, 4 Jul 2024 09:17:42 +0100, alan_m <junk@admac.myzen.co.uk>
wrote:

>On 04/07/2024 04:46, Bill Sloman wrote:
>
>> Inductively coupled charging stations could bury the copper cables where 
>> they were harder to dig out, and it's not hard to embed a sense wire 
>> loop in the cable assembly that can generate an alarm as soon as the 
>> cable is cut.
>> 
>> This just a reflection of poor engineering design, but neither Cursitor 
>> Doom nor ZeroHedge have that kind of insight.
>> 
>
>And how big and heavy does the coil on the car have to be for fast charging?

Good point. It will have a lot of copper. While guys are under your
car stealing the catalytic converter, they may as well nab the
charging coil too.