Charger cable theft
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"To beat the criminals, Gillespie suggests investing at least £50 in a heavy-duty plastic sleeved chain to be passed around the cable and through the wheel spokes, then padlocked. He adds: 'Electric car owners do not immediately think about the value of their chargers or why they should be kept safe under lock and key.' "
Once the cable is untethered at each end, how exactly will the chain help
Also, for all the numbers the daily fail have packed in to that article there isn't any mention of how many cable thefts actually occur. It says it's on the increase so they must have some figures... I wonder why they didn't print them...
Once the cable is untethered at each end, how exactly will the chain help
Also, for all the numbers the daily fail have packed in to that article there isn't any mention of how many cable thefts actually occur. It says it's on the increase so they must have some figures... I wonder why they didn't print them...
Edited by TheDeuce on Monday 21st February 09:07
Some people are too stupid to be allowed to drive a car anyway. 
It was only a matter of time, before a paper decided to tell EVERYONE how lucrative these cables are to steal.
We can now look forward to some compo claims where some promising rapper decides to cut through a live cable with a hacksaw and negligence is claimed because 6ft warning signs were not emblazoned over the side of the car etc..
We can now look forward to some compo claims where some promising rapper decides to cut through a live cable with a hacksaw and negligence is claimed because 6ft warning signs were not emblazoned over the side of the car etc..
At least the police advice is practical. Keep the cable out of site and stay with the car whilst charging.
Hard to do the former whilst the car is charging though, and unlikely to manage the latter when it takes 12 hours overnight to charge at home
There's only one thing for it. I'll get rid of the EV and go back to ICE. The endless cable thefts along with the car constantly bursting into flames is just too much.
Hard to do the former whilst the car is charging though, and unlikely to manage the latter when it takes 12 hours overnight to charge at home
There's only one thing for it. I'll get rid of the EV and go back to ICE. The endless cable thefts along with the car constantly bursting into flames is just too much.
On the speakev forums this is being discussed with the usual mild hilarity that accompanies almost anything published by the "comic" DM around EV's etc.
No one has reported having their cable stolen across all the forums, as far as can be found. Certainly there's no epidemic of postings about it, which you would expect on a forum which has good representation across brands etc and is quite UK centric.
It's also pointed out that the scrap metal value of a cable is probably around £5, not £50 as per the article - which actually is pretty good accuracy for the DM! I don't think cat theft (with all those lovely valuable metals) is at any risk of dying out with the returns from cables.
The article also seems to ignore that most home points are tethered so reasonably difficult to nick, and that cables are generally locked into the cars when plugged in, so again fairly difficult to nick.
No one has reported having their cable stolen across all the forums, as far as can be found. Certainly there's no epidemic of postings about it, which you would expect on a forum which has good representation across brands etc and is quite UK centric.
It's also pointed out that the scrap metal value of a cable is probably around £5, not £50 as per the article - which actually is pretty good accuracy for the DM! I don't think cat theft (with all those lovely valuable metals) is at any risk of dying out with the returns from cables.
The article also seems to ignore that most home points are tethered so reasonably difficult to nick, and that cables are generally locked into the cars when plugged in, so again fairly difficult to nick.
aestetix1 said:
The cable locks in at either end anyway. The car has a lock, the charger has a lock. To steal the cable the thief has to vandalise the car and charger.
like that's going to be a deterrent - I'd imagine that it's potentially easier than swiping cats. As an aside is this 'news' surprising to anyone?Edited by DodgyGeezer on Monday 21st February 14:08
Yeah, I don't think it's going to take off as a crime wave myself. We might end up with some shocking statistics of how really nice young lads who never put a foot wrong and were total pillars of the community start killing themselves by trying to steal cables. We'll ignore the mary-jane leaf logos on their social media profiles to keep the sob story at maximum impact though.
DodgyGeezer said:
aestetix1 said:
The cable locks in at either end anyway. The car has a lock, the charger has a lock. To steal the cable the thief has to vandalise the car and charger.
like that's going to be a deterrent - I'd imagine that it's potentially easier than swiping cats. As an aside is this 'news' surprising to [i]anyone[/]?Time will tell to what extent it deters.. personally, I'm not particularly worried.
Frimley111R said:
Usual garbage from the DM:
They have run this several times as part of their anti EV propaganda, its as thou they were owned by Toyota lol normally with a top comment of "I'm not buying an EV until they can do 3000 miles on a single charge and be recharged in under 14 seconds, also they need to be cheaper so that I can buy one for a fiver and have change for a fish supper"
Edited by Dave Hedgehog on Monday 21st February 12:04
t by the DM 
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