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Crooks are posing yet ANOTHER threat to EV adoption in America: 'This worries me the most' Thieves are targeting valuable copper in charging cables across the country
UK DAILY MAIL ^ | 12 June 2024 | By Tilly Armstrong

Posted on 10/13/2024 5:20:11 PM PDT by dennisw

The reason thieves are targeting EV charging cables is because they contain copper wiring.

The price of copper is near a record high on global markets, so criminals stand to collect rising sums of cash from selling the material.

But while it costs $1,000 to replace a charging cable, authorities say, thieves only stand to make $20 reselling the metal.

Thieves have been caught on camera in Seattle targeting an EV charging station on the edge of a shopping center parking lot.

CCTV footage shows them using bolt cutters to snip several charging cables and load them into a truck - all in just a few minutes.

A new threat is posing further obstacles to electric vehicle ownership for Americans.

Thieves are targeting charging stations and stealing the cables. This can mean the loss of $1,000-plus cables - but there is an even bigger knock-on effect.

Crooks cutting wires can disable entire stations - forcing owners to search desperately for another working charger that might be miles away.

So-called 'range anxiety', slow charging and a lack of public stations have long put Americans off switching to EVs - despite tax credits from President Biden.

And now broken down chargers are exacerbating the problem - giving skeptical buyers one more reason to stick with gas cars for now.

'For the myriad reasons people give for EVs not working, cable theft is the one that would worry me the most,' one user wrote on X, formerly Twitter.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Conspiracy
KEYWORDS: automotive; chargingstations; copper; crime; ev; theft
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1 posted on 10/13/2024 5:20:11 PM PDT by dennisw
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To: dennisw

Why we can’t have nice things, like EVs


2 posted on 10/13/2024 5:21:01 PM PDT by dennisw
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To: dennisw

Nobody saw this coming. /sarcasm


3 posted on 10/13/2024 5:24:09 PM PDT by rdl6989 ( )
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To: dennisw

In my area, catalytic converter theft is a big problem; they sell them for the rhodium and other metals.


4 posted on 10/13/2024 5:24:22 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: dennisw

Shocked!!!!!......


5 posted on 10/13/2024 5:24:57 PM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: dennisw

Just like thieves stole the hoses off the gasoline pumps when they were new.............wait a second, that never happened..........


6 posted on 10/13/2024 5:28:36 PM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: dennisw

Why aren’t thieves targeting gasoline pump hoses?


7 posted on 10/13/2024 5:29:27 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (It should be illegal to be here illegally. It should be a crime to be committing crimes in the USA.)
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To: dennisw

Copper thieves will destroy thousands of dollars worth of something to get their $20 or $50, not to mention how it inconveniences the people who need that station and the income lost by the owner.

Sentencing needs to take that into consideration.


8 posted on 10/13/2024 5:29:34 PM PDT by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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9 posted on 10/13/2024 5:29:58 PM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: dennisw

I think this was predicted a while back.


10 posted on 10/13/2024 5:30:14 PM PDT by ealgeone
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EV adoption?? Can we get college funds for them too?
11 posted on 10/13/2024 5:31:01 PM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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At some point we are going to have to declare open season on thieves; no daily or possession limit.


12 posted on 10/13/2024 5:31:20 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is █████ ██ ████ ████ ████ █ ███████ ████. FJB.)
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The thieves are like an Indy 500 Pit crew - in So Cal they pull up to a Hotel Parking Lot - one guy disconnects the charger - another guy takes the Sawz-All to the cables - they are done and out of there in seconds.


13 posted on 10/13/2024 5:32:04 PM PDT by EC Washington
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Thieves need to be safe about the fires of these vehicles. The fire might create a million dollar lawsuit against the manufacturers. Battery fires will be crazy common from Florida to Virginia over the next few months. No way to put them out. The issues with this will kill the EV market irregardless of politics.


14 posted on 10/13/2024 5:33:29 PM PDT by wgmalabama (Screw Ukraine, screw Russia, screw the west. The only thing that matters is money at this point. )
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To: Bonemaker

Is that what I think it is?...
Krispy Kitter?.....


15 posted on 10/13/2024 5:33:36 PM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: ansel12

Go after the scrap dealers who buy obviously stolen EV charger lines. To buy drugs I figure.


16 posted on 10/13/2024 5:37:17 PM PDT by dennisw
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To: dennisw

This is going on for quite a while.
Main reason why most charging stations do not work.


17 posted on 10/13/2024 5:38:02 PM PDT by AZJeep
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To: Red Badger

People dont steal gas pump hoses

They do often drive away with them though, still in their car


18 posted on 10/13/2024 5:40:49 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: dennisw

The department of energy is enforcing energy equity by requiring scrap dealers to give $20 to anyone bringing in a gasoline hose and nozzle. < /s, but I fear I’m giving them ideas>


19 posted on 10/13/2024 5:40:56 PM PDT by KarlInOhio (7/13/2024:The day the Democrats and their SA chose assassination as their primary political tool.)
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To: dennisw

It’s time for the Israelis’ to secretly arm the copper cables like they did on pagers and radios...still laughing at that.


20 posted on 10/13/2024 5:43:53 PM PDT by quantim
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