Electric vehicles should be the most straightforward things, on the basis that we spend half our lives plugging stuff in. Phones, vacuums, household appliances, we’re no strangers to sticking cables ...

A reversible 8-pin plug and socket for Apple mobile devices (the plug inserts in either orientation). Lightning is one end of the cable, with USB Type A at the other. Introduced in 2012 with the ...

Every new electric car is supplied with a cable – sometimes referred to as a ‘granny cable‘ – that is designed for a domestic plug socket. So the short answer to this question is yes – you can charge ...

Over the next 10 to 50 years, South Africa’s current three-pronged triangular electrical plug will be replaced by a safer hexagonal plug. South Africa has relied heavily on the current three-pronged, ...

(D-SUBminiature connectors) A family of plugs and sockets widely used in communications and on earlier PCs. For example, the analog VGA monitor interface uses a D-sub 15-pin plug and socket. Also ...

The SABS updated the standard in June to introduce warnings on adapters not permitted to be plugged into one another by introducing new wall sockets. While the country’s upcoming electrical revolution ...

Your vehicle handbook should provide guidance on its suitability for charging from a three-pin domestic socket, but typically this provides a slow charge and does not provide the same safety levels ...

While South Africa’s new plug and socket standard has seen increased adoption in the past few years, the South African Bureau of Standards (SABS) has emphasised that it is not yet compulsory to switch ...