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Maybe it's just me being paranoid, but gas/charging stations tend to be in "rugged" environment. If oil cable is slit for whatever reason, you have leaking oil.

Maybe it's just me being paranoid, but gas/charging stations tend to be in "rugged" environment. If oil cable is slit for whatever reason, you have leaking oil. If power cable is split.. you're electrocuted and dead?

rightbyte 5y ago
I drove off with a 30kW charger cable still attached and charging. Ironically during developement of functionality to prevent you from driving off with the cable attached. The connector ripped out at the buss and ground faulted. Nothing spectacular happened.
loufe 5y ago
No sane regulating body would approve any dangerous charging systems.
- userbinator 5y ago
  Nonetheless, I fully expect there to be at least a few deaths and injuries once EVs become more common. Probably not as likely via electrocution, but more likely via something catching fire. There are huge amounts of power being transferred; when (not if) something goes wrong, it tends to be quite catastrophic.
  - jatone 5y ago
    there's a huge amount of power being transferred into your home too. it really isn't a problem to do safely.
  - BHSPitMonkey 5y ago
    Maybe, but I can't really fathom public chargers being made/installed without ground-fault and arc-fault protection.