EV charging cables stolen

[wharfhouse]

Now who would have thought... You would think they would have designed them with that happening in mind... Sounds more lucrative than stealing fuel and catalytic converters... 

https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/consumer/electric-car-chargers-out-action-thieves-cut-cables

[Malc1]

And normal households might suffer the same fate EV owners waking up in the morning cable-less 😰

Malc 

[DavidCM]

You never hear of petrol pump hoses being stolen....although I do remember a Ferrari F1 driver suffering from premature ejac ,sorry release,driving off with the refuelling hose still attached.

I don't think the whole  electric/milk float concept has been thought through fully yet.

[Malc1]

Sorry if this in the wrong section BUT Of course. We’ve had electric milk floats for at least 70 years to my personal knowledge ……. Dairymen didn’t get their electric charging cables stolen !

So what’s  the “ new concept “ of the EV then ? 

Malc 

[Gary H]

This is something else (amongst a plethora of other issues) which currently puts me off EV ownership - stolen cables. 

Knowing my luck, I would be the unlucky so-and-so who'd plug it in somewhere miles from home, go off to do my business and come back a few hours later to see the cable was ripped out of it about three minutes after I walked away. 😕 I'd then be left with a car which wouldn't be able to drive far and no way of charging the thing up...

[Malc1]

This scenario is just waiting to happen when thieves discover the value of the cables as scrap ……. anyone know what the value might be ? 
 

A boot or a van load down to the local scrap merchant then 😰😂

Malc 

[malcolmw]

When I renewed my insurance the other day, there was a supplement to the policy covering just this type of theft.