A £6m development with electric vehicle (EV) charging bays, a shop and a café or restaurant has been proposed for North Kessock. Highland councillors are due to consider the plans for the Black Isle village at a meeting next week.

ChargePoint, one of the nation’s largest charging networks, has announced plans to reduce EV charger vandalism at every location. The plan has two main components. First, ChargePoint is introducing new cut-resistant cables that are designed to prevent cable theft, which it claims include “novel cut-resistant materials integrated into the cable.”

A New Type of Cable. ChargePoint had to find the middle ground while making cut-resistant cables that could still be flexible and maneuverable enough for customers to plug into ca

ChargePoint has had enough of vandalizing thieves who saw through EV charger cables to steal valuable copper — so now it’s making new “cut-resistant” cables and adding alarm systems in an attempt to mitigate the damage.

Looking to stop potential vandals before they act, the EV charging company introduced a new set of cut-resistant cables in conjunction with a new alarm system.