EV charging cables stolen

wharfhouse · May 24

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 · May 24

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

Malc

DavidCM · May 24

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 · May 24

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 · June 3

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...