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People are beginning to steal charging cables:
Very shocking. Why? I had thought that the "diesel coal-rolling EV haters" went extinct 5 years ago?People are beginning to steal charging cables:
Very shocking. Why? I had thought that the "diesel coal-rolling EV haters" went extinct 5 years ago?
For the people that STILL cannot get normalized to EVs... I have nothing to say. Thankfully, EVs are getting more common in states such as California, NJ, etc. I wonder if the levels of these thefts are different between states that buy more EVs vs states that don't? Or is the hate universal?
They might just be malicious whackos. Nothing more, nothing less.Conner clearly thinks this is about stealing copper, but his own discussion of the lack of financial benefit makes me doubt that. I was thinking it might be an escalation of earlier tactics of ICE pickup trucks deliberately occupying charging spaces so that EVs couldn't charge until I saw the rather prolific Seattle thief is a Prius driver that I wouldn't think would be hostile to EVs. And the fact that it's happening at both CCS and Tesla stations doesn't suggest hostility to any particular brand of car or charge vendor. Then I thought maybe it's people who can't afford a newer EV and are striking out in resentment, but that seems a bit far fetched since there seem to be many perpetrators spread over different regions.
It's just plain baffling to me.
They might just be malicious whackos. Nothing more, nothing less.
I have a different take although I don’t discount your thoughts might have some validity. At any rate my feeling is that It’s not the police that don’t take this seriously, it’s the DAs that won’t prosecute. Large cities are overrun with DAs that simply won’t prosecute thieves for a variety of crimes. The police are aware of this and are often told to look the other way. So this and our revolving door justice system within many large cities, result in police deciding they have better things to do with their time. I can’t blame them.Could be. But I wonder if the lack of police response might be that many in law enforcement have their own hostility to EVs. People ran into a similar lack of police response during that movement a few years back when pickups were blocking access to chargers.
Artificial selection at its finest.Figure out a way that when the line is cut it shocks the living sh** out of the scum doing the cutting. I have zero patience for this nonsense - there are too many people in this world whose only goal is to trash stuff.
Figure out a way that when the line is cut it shocks the living sh** out of the scum doing the cutting. I have zero patience for this nonsense - there are too many people in this world whose only goal is to trash stuff.
Artificial selection at its finest.![]()
I have a solution. Make it a $500 parking ticket like a handicap spot. City gets the revenue, cops are happy to write the tickets, dumba** learns an expensive lesson - did I miss anything ?I have a different take although I don’t discount your thoughts might have some validity. At any rate my feeling is that It’s not the police that don’t take this seriously, it’s the DAs that won’t prosecute. Large cities are overrun with DAs that simply won’t prosecute thieves for a variety of crimes. The police are aware of this and are often told to look the other way. So this and our revolving door justice system within many large cities, result in police deciding they have better things to do with their time. I can’t blame them.
It would be nice if there was a way that charging queues could be made through the app once you are within a certain range of the charger. You set your position in the queue when you arrive and you are given a 5 min grace period to connect after the existing car leaves the stall. If you do not or drive away from the parking area, the queue continues down to the next car. I haven’t run into issues with cutting in line but I could see how it could become worse.Interesting. I'd always been suspicious of the recycling reason for cable theft and the fact that it doesn't really pay much makes me think that more often it is spite.
The problem of line cutting could be solved by intelligently designed charging station layouts that includes space to que up. One way in, one way out, pull through like gas pumps. Unfortunately, stations are often an after thought in a parking lot seeking to minimize space...
Oregon and California?
Figures.
Please. Idiots and douchebags exist everywhere, including your beloved states.Oregon and California?
Figures.