Thieves seem to have set their sights on charging stations and their valuable cables. A British company has just developed the perfect solution.

Although it is not common, it may have happened to you at some point. In Spain, approaching a public charging station can, in some cases, be an experience fraught with doubts and uncertainties. It is estimated that one in four stations in Spain is inoperative due to poor maintenance or a specific problem. One of these problems may be the tampering and/or theft of charging cables. This setback may now be coming to an end thanks to technology recently unveiled by a British company. It is called the CableGuard system.

Hundreds of meters of cables loaded with precious copper are hidden inside each charging station. The golden metal sells for a good price on illegal or secondary markets. The reward is worth it for those willing to risk being caught. The problem is that many public charging stations are poorly monitored or located in overly discreet spaces where thieves can operate with ease and impunity. Companies have sought solutions to prevent damage.

Cable theft is not the norm, but it often causes enormous damage and losses.

Forensic protection system for easy identification of thefts

However, until now, no one had come up with a practical and economically viable solution. While there are ways to prevent cable theft, they are so expensive that they are not worth it. Formula Space has just created an easy-to-install, inexpensive compound that will prevent thieves from cutting cables and taking them away to resell. While the system is not impregnable, it does make cutting difficult enough that thieves will think twice before acting. The time they will need to make the cuts will not be worth it.

The proposed solution, CableGuard, is now fully approved for the United Kingdom, Northern Ireland, and continental Europe. In fact, Formula Space has already found its first customer, Kempower. The Finnish fast-charging specialist will begin using it at all its locations after testing the technology for eight weeks. It can be installed without removing the cables and is designed to have minimal impact on handling or the user experience. CableGuard uses a high-tech cut-resistant sleeve and a unique forensic marking system to deter and identify criminals.

Thousands of charging stations can be protected quickly and easily.

In other words, if someone tries to cut the cable, not only will they encounter the high-strength protective cover, but the cable will also release a liquid that will ‘mark’ the thieves so that they can be more easily identified. This is similar to the method used by banks and security companies to mark their money bags. The liquid is only visible under ultraviolet light. It is hoped that the CabeGuard system can be used not only at electric car charging points but also in any wiring system requiring special protection and security.

The price of the training is 250 euros.

The training is asynchronous online, you can do it at your own pace, whenever and from wherever you want, you set the schedule.

Classes are video recorded.

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Contact.

• José Miguel Fernández Gómez.
• Email: info@advancedfleetmanagementconsulting.com
• Mobile phone: +34 678254874 Spain.

Course Features.

• The course is aimed at: managers, middle managers, fleet managers, any professional related to electric vehicles, and any company, organization, public administration that wants to switch to electric vehicles.
• Schedule: at your own pace, you set the schedule.
• Duration: 27 hours.
• Completion time: Once you have started the course you have 6 months to finish it.
• Materials: english slides and syllabus for each class in PDF.
• If you pass the course you get a certificate.
• Each class has a quiz to take.
• English language, subtitles and syllabus.
• Other subtitles and video syllabus available: Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Persian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese.

• Start date: The course can be started whenever you want. Once payment is made, you have access to the course.

Price.

• 250 euros.

• You can pay by bank transfer, credit card, or PayPal.

Goals.

• Know the most important aspects to take into account when electrifying a fleet of vehicles.
• Learn about electric vehicle technology.
• Know the polluting emissions that occur when a fleet of vehicles is electrified.
• Know what technologies are viable to electrify a fleet of vehicles.
• Learn about real cases of vehicle fleet electrification.
• Know the history of the electric vehicle.

Syllabus.

1. History of electric vehicle.
2. Battery electric vehicle.
3. History of the lithium ion battery.
4. Types of electric vehicle batteries.
5. New electric vehicle battery materials.
6. Other storage technologies of electric vehicle batteries.
7. Battery components.
8. Battery Management System-BMS.
9. The use of rare earths in the electric vehicle.
10. Fundamentals of the electric motor.
11. Types of electric motors and their relationship to rare earths.
12. Electric vehicle inverter: what it is and what it is used for.
13. Battery degradation loss of autonomy.
14. What is covered and not covered by the electric vehicle battery warranty.
15. Battery passport.
16. Battery fire of the electric vehicle.
17. Causes, stages and  risks of battery fire.
18. Real cases of electric vehicle fire.
19. Electric vehicle battery fire extinguishment.
20. Measures to prevent, extinguish and control electric vehicle fires.
21. Fire safety regulations for electric vehicle batteries.
22. Impact of ambient temperature on battery performance.
23. The electric vehicle brands most likely to breakdown due to high temperatures.
24. Which emmits more Co2, an electric car or a car with an internal combustion engine.
25. Plug-in electric hybrids, a solution or an obstacle  to electrify the vehicle fleet?.
26. Fleet electrification with hydrogen vehicles.
27. Cybersecurity of charging points.
28. The theft of copper in electric vehicle chargers.
29. Incidents at electric car charging points and their possible solutions.
30. Batery swapping.
31. The second life of the battery of the EV at Rome airport.
32. The tires of electric vehicles.
33. Electric vehicle, artificial intelligence, and electricity demand.
34. The case of Hertz electrification.
35. The case of Huaneng: The world’s first electrified and autonomous mining fleet
36. Consequences on the vehicle fleet of an electric vehicle brand going bankruptcy.
37. E-fuels and synthetic fuels are not an alternative to decarbonize the vehicle fleet.
38. How to avoid premature obsolescence of the fleet’s electric vehicles.
39. Polluting emissions from brakes.
40. Mileage manipulation to extinguish warranty early on electric vehicles.
41. The importance of the electricity tariff in reducing electric vehicle costs.
42. Taxi reality: Three true stories of electrification for economy.
43. Electric vehicles cause more motion sickness than gasoline vehicles.
44. Electric vehicle insurance and advanced driver assistance systems-ADAS.
45. One-pedal driving: Risk of accidents.

Training teacher.