Car editor Niek Schenk answers: ‘The number of windings is very limited, because the cable is not that long. In addition, the charging cable of an electric car is well insulated: much better than with a home-garden-and-kitchen extension cord or cable reel. This makes it less sensitive to heat development. In short: there is no danger.’
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