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Thefts of charging cables pose yet another obstacle to appeal of electric vehicles (apnews.com)
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[–] Boozilla@lemmy.world 45 points 5 months ago (3 children)

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.

[–] wagoner@infosec.pub 38 points 5 months ago

"BREAKING: Staffed gas stations have been robbed at gun point, scaring drivers into buying EVs so they can charge alone safely instead"

[–] MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 months ago

Yeah and gas stations often have an employee and cameras around which probably makes theft occurrences less likely compared to a charging station that has no one around and likely no dedicated cameras in place.