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EV charging cables cut off and stolen from chargers in Oakland
KTVU ^ | June 16, 2023 | Brooks Jarosz

Posted on 06/18/2023 10:03:43 AM PDT by artichokegrower

OAKLAND, Calif. - Vandals sliced through thick cables at an Oakland electric vehicle charging station, leaving drivers powerless.

Nearly a dozen charging cables are missing from the EVgo charging station at 409 Washington Street near Jack London Square. The chargers have been out of commission for at least a week.

(Excerpt) Read more at ktvu.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; US: California
KEYWORDS: automotive; bideneconomy; chargers; chargingcables; chargingstations; copper; crime; electric; electriccars; evchargers; evcharging; evs; evselectricvehicles; finnishguy; gascars; globalwarming; metalthieves; scrapmetal; theft
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To: artichokegrower

Recycling. Surprised there is not more f this going on.


61 posted on 06/18/2023 10:58:01 AM PDT by Reno89519 (Donald Tantrum? No Thank You. We Can Do Better! I am a Veteran Supporting Veteran DeSantis.)
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To: artichokegrower

Oh no ! EV @ssholes inconvenienced.

I think we have found the one criminal act where the Regime will aggressively enforce the law.


62 posted on 06/18/2023 11:00:18 AM PDT by Reverend Wright ( Everything touched by progressives, dies !)
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To: artichokegrower

😂


63 posted on 06/18/2023 11:00:37 AM PDT by Ikeon (A house divided cannot stand long)
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To: artichokegrower

I still chuckle at a couple of meth heads who tried to steal copper from a power box at a defunct factory. One was still live. They chose....poorly.


64 posted on 06/18/2023 11:01:20 AM PDT by dynachrome (“We cannot save Ukraine by dooming the US economy.” Rand Paul)
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To: artichokegrower

Copper is $3,89 per pound.
DC fast charge stations cost up to $75.000 per one.
Cables are up to 500 A which requires about 4 wires of almost half an inch diameter. Plus heavy insulation for 480V.
Lots of cooper!
BTW, these cables with charging plug could be sold for home charging stations.
Even better profit!


65 posted on 06/18/2023 11:06:01 AM PDT by AZJeep
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To: artichokegrower

66 posted on 06/18/2023 11:12:56 AM PDT by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
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To: lavaroise
God forbid these lunatics take charge of America.

I think they already have starting with the presidential elections in 2008 and 2012 and continuing with the 2020 election.

67 posted on 06/18/2023 11:18:41 AM PDT by from occupied ga (Your government is your most dangerous enemy - EVs a solution for which there is no problem)
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To: cgbg
...they would take the bribe and steal the stuff anyway

A deal can be made where, a lot of those thieves accept the 'bribes', aka; protection payme3nts, to keep the other would=be thieves away from the charging stations. Bribery works in a lot of situations. "Protection payments" is a also a way of life with the Mafia and crooked cops, and crooked governments.
68 posted on 06/18/2023 11:21:10 AM PDT by adorno
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To: dfwgator; gibsonguy

...and The Blind Boys of Alabama.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUASutIAmxg

Atom Bomb


69 posted on 06/18/2023 11:28:26 AM PDT by ResponseAbility (May God reign.)
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To: artichokegrower

All those charging stations should be eliminated unless they are 100% Green Renewable Energy in the first place, but if they insist on using DIRTY FOSSIL FUELS to charge the electric cars, they should be Taxed at a rate of $100 per KWH since they aren’t paying fuel taxes.


70 posted on 06/18/2023 11:33:07 AM PDT by eyeamok
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To: artichokegrower

There is something allegorical about the latest in technology being defeated By the basest of human behavior.


71 posted on 06/18/2023 11:40:24 AM PDT by Attention Surplus Disorder (Apoplectic is where we want them)
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To: artichokegrower

“The pumps don’t work ‘cause the vandals took the handles”.

-— Bob Dylan -—


72 posted on 06/18/2023 11:49:01 AM PDT by rfp1234 (E Porcibus Unum )
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To: artichokegrower

Electrapations


73 posted on 06/18/2023 11:52:37 AM PDT by Attention Surplus Disorder (Apoplectic is where we want them)
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To: rfp1234

74 posted on 06/18/2023 11:54:57 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: artichokegrower

It’s a circle of life thing:

Thieves steel copper wiring.

Take it to be recycled.

Get paid.

Go buy fossil fuel for vehicle used to haul the stolen copper (and some drugs or drink).

Rinse, repeat.


75 posted on 06/18/2023 11:56:24 AM PDT by John Milner (Marching for Peace is like breathing for food.)
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To: I want the USA back

You don’t wanna be going to a gas station in Oakland either:

6-year-old boy hit by several stray bullets in Oakland

OAKLAND, Calif. - Oakland police said a 6-year-old boy is recovering at a hospital after he was hit by several stray bullets in his leg.

The boy was with his father and 3-year-old sister at the Kwik Serve gas station on 22nd Avenue and East 12th Street Friday night when he was struck by the gunfire.

https://www.ktvu.com/news/6-year-old-boy-shot-by-several-stray-bullets-in-oakland


76 posted on 06/18/2023 12:00:36 PM PDT by artichokegrower
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To: cgbg

Maybe 50 years ago I ran out of gas in my nineteen sixty five valiant in the middle of the Caldicott tunnel. Luckily, I was about twenty feet away from the crest of the hill going east and I was able to push the car and coasl all the way into orinda.


77 posted on 06/18/2023 12:01:48 PM PDT by Attention Surplus Disorder (Apoplectic is where we want them)
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To: V_TWIN
“EVs COULD have been designed to carry their own cables, and plug directly into the charging stands...”

One word: weight

EV design is all about reducing weight. And the Level 3 chargers (fast road-side chargers) have thick heavy cables (to carry up to 350kW).

78 posted on 06/18/2023 12:08:15 PM PDT by Tell It Right (1st Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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To: ResponseAbility

Way to keep digging


79 posted on 06/18/2023 12:09:50 PM PDT by gibsonguy
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To: jpp113

No, cats are 50-150 times better. Selling scrap copper, even #1 (clean, bright) is at best about 2.50/lb. Some cats are $200 each.


80 posted on 06/18/2023 12:09:53 PM PDT by Attention Surplus Disorder (Apoplectic is where we want them)
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