In my little corner of heaven we get meth heads tying grappling chains to their trucks in order to yank down live power lines to sell for the copper.
I have no idea how none of them have died yet, as frequently as this seems to occur.
I have no idea how none of them have died yet, as frequently as this seems to occur.
To make matters worse: I also took that whole lot offline one cursed evening not that long afterwards just before a tradeshow. Not my best moment. To put it mildly.
At its peak it was happening every single month, but slowed after it started catching press.
I guess the problem would be stepping it back down inside the car to match the battery voltage, which is an AC endeavor, at which point it might as well just be AC grid power delivered to the car (albeit high/primary voltage, not residential/secondary voltage), and we're back to the car having enormous equipment on board that ought to be stationed, so no.
Though in many of these cases the cables are not actually stolen. People just cut them off and throw them in the bushes or don't even bother moving them. In those cases the motivation is obviously anti-EV vandalism.
You’d be better off replacing the charger cables, in my best estimation.
AFAIK you can’t charge a battery with AC current, you’d need an inverter onboard the vehicle to convert to DC.
Instead of a cable, an electric bolt of air-cooled plasma wirelessly charges the car.
(/s)
It's just that property crimes are not prosecuted around here. So there's no downside for thieves.