Thieves hunting for copper are vandalizing EV chargers

Financial Post ^ | September 23, 2024 | Kyle Stock and Tope Alake

[Bonemaker]

[BitWielder1]

Who buys all that copper?
Going after the fences and unscrupulous scrap metal dealers ought to be possible.

[oil_dude]

LMFAO

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Just like I carry my own gasoline hose in the trunk to plug into the pump!

My vacuum cleaner has a retractable cord. Maybe they can use that concept in EVs. Imagine trying to roll up that big, thick cable into your car! It would take up three times the room as the spare tire.

Just one more reasons EVs are a stupid solution to a non-problem.

[UCANSEE2]

They make wireless cell phone chargers, why can’t they make wireless EV chargers ???

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

Not to worry! Something MORE important! California just banned plastic bags! No more Arkan-saw Tumbleweeds rolling across your deserts!

[ProtectOurFreedom]

For years, the holy grail of EVs was charging cables embedded in the pavement or on guardrails. You'd pick up power wirelessly the way electric trains do with physical connections to wires. Here's a recent article on this:

E-Roadways: How Do Inductive-Charging Roads for EVs Work?
cars.com
By Fred Meier
July 4, 2024

[ridesthemiles]

SINCE DAY ONE

[ridesthemiles]

MY SOlUTION:

The ports need to be ON the CHARGER & ON THE VEHICLE.

THEN-—SELL THE VEHICLE WITH AN “UMBILICAL CORD” that is carried in the vehicle.

NO Copper cord left alone to tamper with.

[ridesthemiles]

I HAVE HEAVY DUTY JUMPER CABLES IN EACH VEHICLE.

NEVER NOTICED A WEIGHT PROBLEM.

[ridesthemiles]

12 & 15 feet long.

[Red Badger]

Then the criminals would break into the cars to steal them...........

[Vaduz]

Democrats believe deeply in the “existential threat” of global warming (or cooling or whatever).

Indeed It’s a real money maker Al Gore winks.

Bonus Round: Control power increases

[monkeyshine]

They don’t steal gas pumps but every day 100s of people drive off with the handle still connected to the car. Accidental, absent mindedness. Especially when people go into the mini mart - come back out get in the car and drive away. Oopsie!

[ReformedBeckite]

I’m surprised they aren’t making the charger cables out of big aluminum cables most new house the cable from the meter box to the fuse box is aluminum, and some houses have aluminum cables going to their Air conditioners, furnaces, oven, and dryers.

[House Atreides]

TOTALLY UNEXPECTED! Who could have foreseen such a surprising development. /sarc

[wetgundog]

Cable cutters 200% faster and more efficient than hacksaws.

[wetgundog]

“I’m surprised they aren’t making the charger cables out of big aluminum cables...”

Non-ferrous metals can be scrapped too.

[Professional Engineer]

Ray Charles could see this coming.

[TribalPrincess2U]

OOPs, we forgot one thing.

This is as bad as climate wind mills and so many more.