Thefts of charging cables pose yet another obstacle to appeal of electric vehicles
Thefts of charging cables pose yet another obstacle to appeal of electric vehicles
Broken-down chargers have emerged as the latest obstacle for U.S. automakers in their effort to convert more Americans to EVs.
Who wrote this article, Oil and Gas Inc?
No joke. This is a crime problem not a "EV bad, gas good" thing. I'm sure gas stations get ripped off / vandalized all the time, too.
"BREAKING: Staffed gas stations have been robbed at gun point, scaring drivers into buying EVs so they can charge alone safely instead"
It's an inequality problem. If the rich are using luxury extension cords in a state of extreme inequality, then ofc the cords will be stolen. It's just a smaller version of the problem with EVs overall. They're not a sustainable solution for a planet but rather a way for auto manufacturers to stay rich off a tiny, extremely privileged minority.
If copper thieves are stealing charging cables, the solution is dead simple...
Keep the cables on the car side, not the charger side. Provide an outlet on the charger, driver supplies their own cable.
This could work, but it would be extremely wasteful. Instead of one cable serving dozens of cars per day you'd have dozens of cables, one for each car, used only once that same day
Each driver carrying their own cable wouldn't have to worry about the quality of the cable on the charger.
If they were compatible with the charger they use at home, it wouldn't be nearly as wasteful as they'll need one there anyway
Pretty sure Europe does this already.
Nah, make the cable retractable, and only release it after a payment method has been approved. Also post security or put charging stations near police departments.
retractable
I can tell when someone hasn't used a DEF pump for diesel vehicles. The hose not retracting on DEF pumps happen pretty often. They also try to retract while pumping making filling DEF a 2 hands required operation.
I hope that whoever designed DEF pumps will step barefoot on a lego block daily.
That would work for Level 2 charging, but Level 3 DC fast charging requires a recirculating liquid cooling jacket inside the cable close to the conductor to allow the high current fast charging.
I mean, it looks do-able, you just need something like this with a plug on both ends:
This is why we can't have nice things... s/
This is the best summary I could come up with:
DETROIT (AP) — Just before 2 a.m. on a chilly April night in Seattle, a Chevrolet Silverado pickup stopped at an electric vehicle charging station on the edge of a shopping center parking lot.
The scene that night has become part of a troubling pattern across the country: Thieves have been targeting EV charging stations, intent on stealing the cables, which contain copper wiring.
The price of copper is near a record high on global markets, which means criminals stand to collect rising sums of cash from selling the material.
Broken-down chargers have emerged as the latest obstacle for U.S. automakers in their strenuous effort to convert more Americans to EVs despite widespread public anxiety about a scarcity of charging stations.
America’s major automakers have made heavy financial bets that buyers will shift away from combustion engines and embrace EVs as the world faces the worsening consequences of climate change.
Two years ago, according to Electrify America, which runs the nation’s second-largest network of direct-current fast chargers, a cable might be cut perhaps every six months at one of its 968 charging stations, with 4,400 plugs nationwide.
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just do wireless charging
