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Most DCFC cables are not watercooled. A typical 175 kW / 350 kW (400 V and 800 V, respectively) DCFC cable spec is 4x50 + 1G35 + 3x 2x 1, so around 250 mm² of c
by formerly_proven 1y ago
Most DCFC cables are not watercooled. A typical 175 kW / 350 kW (400 V and 800 V, respectively) DCFC cable spec is 4x50 + 1G35 + 3x 2x 1, so around 250 mm² of copper, about 2.5 kg/m. They're usually around 4 m long (exterior to the dispenser), let's say five bucks per kg, so 2.5 * 4 * 5 = 50 bucks each. Most chargers have two cables, so 100 bucks. I'm guessing the methhead bringing them to the scrap fence/yard gets like 15 bucks for having caused around 10k in property damage.
Though in many of these cases the cables are not actually stolen. People just cut them off and throw them in the bushes or don't even bother moving them. In those cases the motivation is obviously anti-EV vandalism.