Seattle Leads Nation in EV Charging Station Vandalism: Copper Theft Crisis

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Seattle tops the nation for the most electric vehicle (EV) charging stations vandalized by copper thieves, with incidents doubling over the past year. The widespread theft has left many charging stations inoperable, severely impacting EV drivers who rely on these facilities. Electrify America, which operates numerous stations across the U.S., reports Seattle as the hardest hit, followed by Nevada and California. The issue is exacerbated by the city's lenient stance on homelessness and drug addiction, which has contributed to a rise in petty crimes like cable theft. Despite efforts to curb these incidents with increased security measures, the problem persists. This situation underscores the broader challenges faced by cities with progressive policies on homelessness and drug use, raising questions about the effectiveness of such approaches in maintaining public infrastructure and safety.
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@christineshotton824 22 күн бұрын

To every democrat: You voted for this.

@CeeTee-12345 22 күн бұрын

Democrats are idiots..

@humorss 21 күн бұрын

The degradation over the last 15 years....

@vernevens1598 20 күн бұрын

And when you vote in the other cheek of the ass you will have more of the same.

@chadbrowski2508 17 күн бұрын

This isn't even the worst thing that came from Democrat policy

@Guds777 9 күн бұрын

To every republican, you are all artarded...

@rosmundsen 22 күн бұрын

I will never buy an EV.

@muskrat3291 21 күн бұрын

I hope you are older then you will won't have a need to. If you are young then buy yourself a good pair of walking shoes or maybe a bicycle. LOL

@charlotteferdinand1246 21 күн бұрын

@@muskrat3291🤡

@jishani1 21 күн бұрын

@@muskrat3291 Not everywhere is as dystopian of a hellhole as the EU. Certain states in the US have got a ban for internal combustion engines passed. Certain states have also gotten bans for EVs passed.

@jerryinmon2731 21 күн бұрын

@@jishani1 What state has banned EV's?

@Random-rt5ec 21 күн бұрын

Just like mandated experimental vaccines there will mandated EV purchases coming our way.

@musseda999 22 күн бұрын

If you build it, the homeless drug addicts will come!!!

@galegrazutis964 21 күн бұрын

ABSOLUTELY 💯 AGREE. They would steal their grand mothers heart medication , if it meant getting a hit. But the homeless advocates still portray them as victims!!

@galegrazutis964 21 күн бұрын

I DETEST THEM!

@keithkimsten5111 21 күн бұрын

Read quickly! Googletube censors truth As soon as they see it... Snicker, nice inference wordplay! LOL IMO

@1960fusion 20 күн бұрын

haha...good one!

@ktloz2246 19 күн бұрын

@@keithkimsten5111 Totally agree!! It would be one thing if they told u why they delete it, but since they don't you know it's a censorship based on promoting falsehoods/evil or neutral. It's a commie company that is part of the problem we have with law and order.

@redpillcommando 21 күн бұрын

Seattle, YOU VOTED FOR THIS.

@hmmdoh7835 22 күн бұрын

fun fact that even one got caught they will just release back to the street for the next EV station get mug.....

@robertdolan5154 22 күн бұрын

Just FREE COPPER NO ONE NEEDS THEY ARE GOING TO MAKE GOOD USE OF IT. AND BUY MORE BEER HU🎉😊

@shawnkelly695 21 күн бұрын

@@robertdolan5154or maybe buy a nice steak. I try to find some to buy a steak but always gone before i get there.

@smp-vn3pc 22 күн бұрын

Stop buying EV

@gomahklawm4446 21 күн бұрын

People have. Most now are leasing. Their dales are plummeting as people learn the real pain of operating one.

@ImLivinSD 21 күн бұрын

If for no other reason than sending more of our money to China making us there bitch and degrading national security by allowing China to own all the Mineral mines. Wake up people.

@victormanx 17 күн бұрын

So by the same logic we should stop getting anything from stores since they are also stealing from stores....

@D-B-Cooper 21 күн бұрын

An EV isn’t worth stealing.

@rnettles6241 18 күн бұрын

But the copper charging cables are.

@nathandnicholson 22 күн бұрын

Who will leftists blame the vandalism on?

@smp-vn3pc 22 күн бұрын

Trump

@kenman9183 22 күн бұрын

@chrisfallis5851 21 күн бұрын

Climate change.

@nathandnicholson 21 күн бұрын

@@kenman9183 You're Probably, right. In California, they tried blaming Toyota for making it "too easy," for junkies to steal catalytic converters. Their aim was to hold Toyota liable for the theft. I wonder if they would deem EV manufacturers to have the same culpability as Toyota; when it comes to charging stations being easy targets. Not their precious EV's. No way. I think more EV subsidies are in order!

@3John-Bishop 21 күн бұрын

White supremacists

@CoreyChambersLA 21 күн бұрын

When you let thieves go, you get a lot more crime.

@ktloz2246 19 күн бұрын

Only one solution, vote in people that are strong on restoring law and order. Electing low level thinkers like blm associates is not working.

@parkependleton6453 21 күн бұрын

Congratulations Seattle! You're number 1!

@weyes2wonder 20 күн бұрын

@@Piano_Castle Good one, Piano'-Castle! The brick road that leads to the Emerald City...... wasn't originally yellow.

@dbrew2u 22 күн бұрын

This is starting to happen everywhere as the word has spread . And you thought charging your EV was already a pain .

@MMCUSN 20 күн бұрын

They can't keep the shoplifters under control and they didn't think that thieves would take the cables? The naivete is astounding.

@rjshadow4321 21 күн бұрын

All I can think is how many thieves have set up near these chargers waiting for rich people to leave their high priced stuff in the high priced car alone for 30 minutes to a hour.

@BelMarduksBizarreBazaar 21 күн бұрын

5-10. If they wait.

@redelf1968 21 күн бұрын

In some states it's still illegal to steal, but Seattle is a free for all.

@POVwithRC 22 күн бұрын

Fine men doing good work. EVs are an attack on affordable working class mobility 😊

@CeeTee-12345 22 күн бұрын

More proof of how dumb EVs are. Get it through your head, they're a dead end..

@TheNosarajr 21 күн бұрын

EV's are the future.

@shawnkelly695 21 күн бұрын

@@TheNosarajrya ok whatever you think man. Not sure how you think they any good

@POVwithRC 21 күн бұрын

@@TheNosarajrYou know what I think about when I think of something that is 'the future'? Laws giving it a monopoly, punitive taxation and cost-hikes for alternates to it, massive propaganda pushes to accept it, and huge rebates and credits and enticements to force it. Yeah man, that sure sounds like something that is organically "the future".

@jgringo5516 21 күн бұрын

My neighbor has one. Useless right now with all the power out where we live for 2 days near Houston due to the hurricane. He says he likes it to commute to work, but it’s not a money saver with the cost to charge and insure. Says it comes out about the same as a high mpg commuter gas car. PIA if he can’t charge it at home.

@sunnyday7843 21 күн бұрын

@@POVwithRCyou said that very well. It’s forced - and coerced ‘ ! See what happens in November .

@BlackHoleOfTime 22 күн бұрын

EV's are one of the Dumbest ideas in so many different ways.

@muskrat3291 21 күн бұрын

You just don’t want to accept that EVs are an advanced technology and the future. So I suggest you get on your rotary phone and call your grandmother to ask if you can borrow her Brownie Camera so you can take a picture of your ICE vehicle because soon it will be just a memory. Maybe you can find a Fotomat to have the film developed.

@BlackHoleOfTime 21 күн бұрын

@@muskrat3291 Umm no they are not 1: the minerals : cobalt, natural graphite, lithium, Mining these metals has major environmental impacts, typically requiring deforestation and a lot of water. Tailings from mining can pollute waterways with toxic chemicals like cyanide, mercury and arsenic if not properly contained. They are all own by China as well and they use slave and child labor to gat it. 2: They batteries do not last and are not practical in most areas because hot weather and freezing temps ruin the batteries. 3: Insurance for them is way worse for obvious reason 4: battery replacement is basically 1/2 a new car. 5: if you want to quick charge you risk Fire and when they start they do not stop or get put out because they provide there own fule and oxygen 6: you will Never see a true infostructure because people are going steal the copper. I could go on ....

@nickmalone3143 21 күн бұрын

Go buy an EV nightmare ...enjoy 30% depreciation per year ...ok fools

@janet6421 21 күн бұрын

@@muskrat3291 Evs are a niche technology. If you don't need to take long trips, have several charging stations where you have lots of down time, are not prone to salt water flooding, do not have massive crime/have a safe place to charge your car, and have a functional fire department, then you live in a place where EV makes sense. 90% of the landmass of the US, EVs don't make sense.

@zarthemad8386 21 күн бұрын

@@muskrat3291 EV... disposable toys that are worthless pieces of scrap 8 years out. "Its Da Future" .... The movie Idiocracy was prophetic ... you are living proof

@leahcimwerdna5209 23 күн бұрын

Lol all that work for legit only a few $s worth of copper. 2.2 lbs will get you less than 10$ but thats enough to get a sack from the dealer smh

@arthefuture 22 күн бұрын

lol that’s what I was thinking smh can’t be much of a haul

@MrForlines 22 күн бұрын

Actually that cable can cost up to 1100 bucks for 75 ft of it. Ridiculous.

@leahcimwerdna5209 21 күн бұрын

@@MrForlines that's after production. They aren't taking the cable to resell the cable, they are taking it to strip copper.

@thepun3721 19 күн бұрын

the food healthcare is free and they deliver for free to the crackheads so they can spend their money on things they need like crack

@shawnkelly695 17 күн бұрын

@@leahcimwerdna5209 i just got some. 4 foot test chunk. 4 foot long weighed 3.4 pounds. Once removed the rubber there was 1.8 pounds of clean copper. Copper here is 5.65 per pound. So about 10 bucks every 4 feet. Of get 2.25 per pound as is so about 8 bucks. Takes 10 min to strip that 4 feet. To me not worth stripping or even stealing but hey man get 400 feet and have 800 bucks. Not sure total length but gotta be atleast 12 foot long. So 24 bucks each. Takes 5 min to snip one. Get 20 per hour at 24 bucks each. Not a bad night boys. Do you make 480 bucks in 1 hour? They sure do that why drivin around with big cutters. Snip 24 bucks, snip another 24 bucks. Did 10 snips in 20 min. Hit up the next one. Aint no way in hell you make that kind of money. Look how fast they make 24 bucks man. Make more in 1 night then you make in a month. Plus as touring find other scores. They in and out so fast nobody even notices.

@benjaminhoak9884 22 күн бұрын

Glad i have a v8.

@Teetoy4 22 күн бұрын

4 cylinder

@shawnkelly695 21 күн бұрын

@@Teetoy44 banger uses less gas to drive 3 times as much

@princessmarlena1359 21 күн бұрын

My friend’s flying time traveling Delorean…still runs on gas, always has!

@xshadow737x5 21 күн бұрын

I was born and raised in NY and never knew a person that had a car stolen. 2 years after joining the Navy I had my first call stolen in Silverdale, WA. Nothing is safe in WA.

@trainboy192 21 күн бұрын

Imagine your teenage daughter sitting there for 20-30 minutes at night in these areas.

@kenabi 20 күн бұрын

with as poorly as the electrify america chargers work, closer to hours for a decent charge. if they work at all, since its a known thing for the chargers to just be out of order in general, with without the charging tethers cut off. and they definitely don't work below a certain temp in the winter. the whole system is worthless.

@user-ks3ol3lw3b 22 күн бұрын

That white pickup wasn't a homeless guy. There have always been people who stole copper sheathing off of old churches and commercial buildings and sold it at junkyards that would look the other way. Not everyone has big bolt cutters.

@elfeintwentyfives 21 күн бұрын

yep...few years back group of copper thieves in trenton nj stripped the capitol roof top bare of copper

@michaelsmith-je7gs 21 күн бұрын

That’s a newer truck with a $20k plus work body on the back.Guestimate it around a $70k+ truck.Must be good money in cord stealing.Did you notice the placement of plywood so no one could see in the bed from the back.

@shawnkelly695 21 күн бұрын

And a pick up truck. Junkies dont own drivable vehicles

@BaronEvola123 21 күн бұрын

Absolutely. That's a utility work truck.

@jishani1 21 күн бұрын

@@elfeintwentyfives like that bridge in LA?

@janet6421 21 күн бұрын

This is what happens when you virtue signal about mercy for criminals, recycling, and EVs.

@stephenkern5784 22 күн бұрын

Hahaha! Anything of value in California will be stolen.

@jppalm3944 22 күн бұрын

Cops know who buys the copper. Somebody is the buyer. Can't use copper to buy food

@roystroble3354 21 күн бұрын

Cops busy sharing donut recipes

@SaltMinerOU812 21 күн бұрын

They sell it to a fence

@shawnkelly695 21 күн бұрын

Many buy copper. They mix it up and impossible to find once mixed up.

@shawnkelly695 21 күн бұрын

@@SaltMinerOU812sell to a fence. Fence holds until price goes way up. Mix with legal scrap then as scrap yards peak busy they all go in makin bank.

@hycoperosity5843 21 күн бұрын

@@roystroble3354 What cops? Seattle doesn't do the police, they haven't gotten their ranks back since they were defunded, and kicked to the curb a few yrs ago.

@alleyoop5185 21 күн бұрын

The thieves use the app to see which charge stations still have cables! Lol😂

@ghost307 21 күн бұрын

Thieves are lazy, not stupid.

@ImLivinSD 21 күн бұрын

Funny they use the apps to know exactly where they are :-)

@billrehm3590 22 күн бұрын

Why don't they just have retractable cords that can only be pulled out with a pre registered credit cards.

@shawnkelly695 21 күн бұрын

Why? Think they really care if you stranded? Its a plan to get to their 15 min cities

@BelMarduksBizarreBazaar 21 күн бұрын

does that prevent atm theft?

@Species-lj8wh 19 күн бұрын

Those cables don't roll. They barely bend. The best they could do is putting steel armor braiding in the plastic cover. But it will make the cables even more ridged and heavier.

@billrehm3590 19 күн бұрын

@@Species-lj8wh we put a man on the moon 60 years ago. It can't be hard to figure something out.

@Species-lj8wh 18 күн бұрын

@@billrehm3590 The EU seems to do just fine. In which you bring your own cable.

@kennethng8346 22 күн бұрын

Its free money until some of them start going to jail.

@chrisfallis5851 21 күн бұрын

Near LA people are stealing fire hydrants. What scrap dealer is buying those?

@princessmarlena1359 21 күн бұрын

Bottom feeders.

@user-kq4hf8se5b 21 күн бұрын

A few years ago some scrap yard took man hole covers from a theif. The man hole covers said, City of Ocean Springs and the scrap yard still took them.

@richardanderson-ze3sk 21 күн бұрын

It's not a charging cable, it's an idea.

@stumboguy 20 күн бұрын

I planned my escape from Washington's growing 'progress' in 2008; moved out in 2012. It became irreparable.

@MKOMKONNNN 21 күн бұрын

remember who you vote for

@Techcensorshipbot 21 күн бұрын

those political party policies are working out wonderfully. Keep electing them.

@randysimmons9838 21 күн бұрын

Customer needs to bring his own cable

@Oliver-kv2mm 21 күн бұрын

Customer needs to buy a fuel powered car.

@allblooz 21 күн бұрын

That will be the only way to stop this. I will be getting a warm and fuzzy feeling when self righteous EV owners have to shell out another grand to buy their own cables, which will still be in danger of being stolen of they're left in the car. Anyone remember the good old days when people were carrying around their removable car tape decks to keep them from being stolen?

@roderickcortez138 20 күн бұрын

Don't give these companies any ideas.

@garybulwinkle82 22 күн бұрын

What they need to do is have everybody carry their own charging cord that they plug into a receptacle on the charging station!

@robertneville9606 21 күн бұрын

I thought of that too but quickly realized that would give the ne-er-do-well’s an inexhaustible supply of cables to chop of the cars as they charge while the owners away.

@BelMarduksBizarreBazaar 21 күн бұрын

@@robertneville9606 it would probably be stored in the trunk by many. These urbanites have started leaving windows down and doors unlocked as they have been terrorized. I suppose you could market one like a retractable dog leash people could put in their bag.

@ktleong2000 22 күн бұрын

Thief not stealing gasoline hoses anymore.

@shawnkelly695 21 күн бұрын

No value in gas hoses genius. Never any stolen.

@ImLivinSD 21 күн бұрын

@@shawnkelly695duhhhh

@shawnkelly695 21 күн бұрын

@@ImLivinSD well buddy said gas hoses not stolen anymore but they were never stolen. So ya duhhh to you too.

@KDG860 21 күн бұрын

It must be a complete embarrassment to live in Seattle.

@weyes2wonder 20 күн бұрын

It isn't for the leftist liberal voters who live there. Like their intelligence, THEY HAVE NO SHAME.

@musseda999 22 күн бұрын

In Texas a number of years ago, several guys told their spouses that they were going to their deer lease for the weekend. Went out stealing power line copper cable. They made a short to ground and were all executed.

@princessmarlena1359 21 күн бұрын

Poetic justice

@ghost307 21 күн бұрын

That's why stealing EV charger cables is safer. They're dead until you connect them to an EV and start charging.

@kendawa2918 21 күн бұрын

Look at the King County Prosecutor’s, who the people keep voting for, charging criteria.

@norm5785 22 күн бұрын

Very sad. Risk life over some copper, just like those stealing copper from bridge lights in Los Angeles California. Creating a severe safety issue

@ghost307 21 күн бұрын

What risk? The cables are dead until you connect to an EV and start charging.

@CoreyChambersLA 21 күн бұрын

Not very smart to let criminals take over. Not very ethical either.

@sageoldmann5157 20 күн бұрын

The gas station that I use was completely unaffected by any of this vandalism.

@victorstover9130 21 күн бұрын

But we will double down and vote for this .

@mouse122809 21 күн бұрын

If they know they're getting hit, why the hell aren't they putting cops on the beat idiocracy!

@jishani1 21 күн бұрын

SEATTLE. Once again, SEATTLE. You know, one of the big "defund the police" strongholds. "why haven't they put more cops on the issue?" Boy, it sure boggles the mind, doesn't it?

@nn431xru1 21 күн бұрын

Cops cannot fix decision of stupid politicians who are voted in by whom? Stupid people.

@risinbison1106 21 күн бұрын

DA wouldn’t prosecute anyway so what’s stopping them?

@weyes2wonder 20 күн бұрын

I know, right? Seattle's idea of law enforcement..........isn't.

@mikeburnett7028 20 күн бұрын

I used to work for the local electric utility and we had people die from climbing into manholes to remove copper wire, and they didn’t know it was still in use.

@Iconoclasher 22 күн бұрын

There's a way I think. The cables are disassembled and the recyclers don't know exactly where the copper comes from. There's a way of overmolding the wires with a Kevlar sheath. Essentially it would make it near impossible to cut the cord and better yet extracting the copper would be so labor intensive even the tweekers would give up. Then back it up with a 20 year sentence if your caught with a cut cord or caught recycling it.

@stewart8127 21 күн бұрын

Not with a cut off wheel and an angle grinder. You the one they steal catcons with

@chriscordray8572 21 күн бұрын

Kevlar ain't that strong 😂

@Iconoclasher 21 күн бұрын

@@stewart8127 I know. Preventing it from being cut probably isn't the answer. I'm thinking the cable can be made in a way where getting the copper out exceeds the financial feasibility of the value of the copper. I don't know how many wires are in them but I imagine the one they're going after is the HV line that carries the actual charge. Essentially a pair of wires could be molded inside the insulation. To extract the wire would be equivalent to peeling the rubber off a new tire to get to the steel cords inside. It won't stop the vandalism but it'll take the financial incentives away if it's more work than it's worth.

@stewart8127 20 күн бұрын

@@Iconoclasher Elon should just make a robotic arm that comes out of the trunk and plugs itself it should also be undamaged if someone drives off while charging.

@dave3657 21 күн бұрын

If you overlay the areas with the highest theft, with a map of areas that catch and release criminals. You probably would see a correlation. Do ya think?

@coryschober8999 21 күн бұрын

Seattle was always a shit hole

@darkusaurelius2853 21 күн бұрын

12 cables were cut at an EVgo charging station in northern Renton.

@jamesgibson4100 21 күн бұрын

Yeah, and Portland had what 13 or 15 Police cars torched just the other night!?

@glennmitchell9107 21 күн бұрын

We're #1! We're #1!

@rickpicone9751 21 күн бұрын

Another downside of owning an EV. Criminals.

@RiverRatWA57 21 күн бұрын

I don't own an EV, I'd consider having one as an extra vehicle, that being said, I'd be willing to donate some Ballistic copper to the cause.

@vihtoripuurola3775 21 күн бұрын

It will only get worse. This is where having your own garage comes in handy.

@Ret_Army_Combat_Vet 20 күн бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 I was talking to sons about these subject 2 years ago. One of my sons commented that as long as the economy doesn't improve people will start stealing stuff. He gave the EV charging station as one of his examples, with all of the electronics and cooper just waiting to be grab. This not just happening in Seattle. I've witness a truck just pulled up to several charging stations, put a hook and chain around each one and pulled. Then a couple of guys jump out, put the stations in the truck and drive away. They stole 3 charging stations in less than 2 minutes outside a library.

@rnettles6241 18 күн бұрын

"Teens" have super-fast reflexes. The ones that aren't chosen as professional athletes, do this. ...And they do it FAST.

@jasonlawler9674 22 күн бұрын

I want to thank th3 EV drivers for saving gas for my 4x4 with unnecesary aggressive tires and inefficient after market parts

@dennisharrington6055 21 күн бұрын

Thanks. You own one of these EV charging stations. You intervene in a cable theft. Aggressively. WHO is gonna show up for YOUR voir dire.

@LARRY-kp9xm 21 күн бұрын

if the grid gets cmpromised they can suck the juice out of your vehicle to boost the grid if you are plugged in

@billbradley2480 21 күн бұрын

Don’t let the thieves know how much copper is in 5 gee towers.

@konagirl805 21 күн бұрын

Maybe they could put cages around the charging stations. Drivers can pull up. Make a phone call to call someone out to open up the cage. Just like they do at walgreens and target.

@BelMarduksBizarreBazaar 21 күн бұрын

if you want to live like that

@ianjones7740 20 күн бұрын

At least SOMEONE is making money out of this EV madness.

@brucewestoby 21 күн бұрын

Cure: Have the electric cars have there own cable, to plug into a parking lot charging station. A waste of time sitting around waiting for your car to charge anyway .Short range too. The batteries do not like the 200f degree road temperature this summer. The winter cold either. Gets down to 0 to 30 f ..dead and short range batteries during winter.

@davidromero3803 21 күн бұрын

Bring your own cord? You will be robbed of your cord.

@vernonbarry 21 күн бұрын

But, you ALSO do not want to charge in your garage- and risk of a fire in the middle of the night.

@Meh-1.618 21 күн бұрын

we love smelling our own farts here in the PNW

@davidmichael4002 21 күн бұрын

RED!

@thomaslemay8817 20 күн бұрын

This is going to be extremely difficult to stop , coper wire is copper wire once the insulation is stripped off. I have been expecting this to get extremely bad for a few years . Stripping wire out of all manner of structures has been happening a very long . It happens to houses, apartments, and lighting in parking lots . One of my friends hired a welded to weld the access panels in place because the wire was being stolen every night. It was about to bankrupt his business because he did not get paid until the job was finished.

@walterdouthat4056 21 күн бұрын

Ran into this type of problem (stealing metal) last place I worked, lasted a few days and were caught. How? If you can't sell it why steal it, we contacted the local scrapyards and showed them what to look for (specific cuts),

@toddhodgson2130 20 күн бұрын

This is on you - Jay Inslee.

@user-gl9iz1bp1r 20 күн бұрын

There are reasons the "little people" can't have nice things. No consequences - go figure.

@janetceniza8091 21 күн бұрын

Did you see PSE'S note to Seattle - save energy, if our elect. grid can't handle a few hot days, how can our state handle everyone who is supposed to buy a stupid EV. No one has ever said Dem o Rats are smart.

@billietyree2214 21 күн бұрын

And the electrify crowd didn’t see this coming? How did they not?

@weyes2wonder 20 күн бұрын

Especially in Seattle!

@MrForlines 22 күн бұрын

Have they not figured out the wireless charging space yet?

@BelMarduksBizarreBazaar 21 күн бұрын

cancer thanks you

@brandonc2859 20 күн бұрын

Cost of doing business, people have been cutting electricians wire out of new home builds for 20 years. Looks like the company should have planned for security, instead of just trying to get in on a hot market

@doylpeck5687 21 күн бұрын

Really enjoy you! Thank you.

@HazeOfWhearyWater 19 күн бұрын

_"EV Charging Station Copper Theft Crisis"_ How did we not see that one coming? Too obvious.

@ktloz2246 19 күн бұрын

Major distance anxiety for those that go to an ev fill station with low battery voltage left to find the ev station has been robbed and they can't get a charge.

@Terpenjax 22 күн бұрын

not worth shit if you can’t charge it.

@juice6459 22 күн бұрын

ICE baby!

@1960fusion 20 күн бұрын

In Chicago, the Mayor could blame President Nixon for this crime!

@quasarkid6728 21 күн бұрын

Probably not the homeless "driving" around stealing them...not that it makes a difference

@alexalex13131 21 күн бұрын

Better criminals steal copper wiring than lay in wait for some hapless motorist spending hours charging their car.

@stevejones9062 20 күн бұрын

This just tells customers that the whole EV charging system was built on the wrong model. Start making the chargers accessible by card swipe or insert cash . Why are there no attendants ? because no wages makes higher profits.

@Dtgray12 21 күн бұрын

News reports say it's not to charge ev's in garages since the battery is highly flammable.

@rnettles6241 18 күн бұрын

EVs have been responsible for many house fires. All brushed under the rug by MSM.

@muchokatanaslol5649 22 күн бұрын

I remember these kinds of stories when back in 08 then they died off. Sad to see it making such a resurgence.

@lordhelwintr283 22 күн бұрын

They just stopped reporting it.

@jstadtler1999 20 күн бұрын

Is there really anyone who didn't see this coming?

@Rpunzelr 21 күн бұрын

Recycling centers are supposed to watch out for this type of scrap. If you don’t have a legitimate account at the recycler it’s supposed to be a check to your company or the company you work for. Must not be the same in Washington.

@weyes2wonder 20 күн бұрын

It definitely isn't the same, Rpunzelr. Washington and especially Seattle are ruled by leftist liberals. "Accountability" is an abhorrent concept to them.

@backcountyrpilot 21 күн бұрын

Salvage value of bare copper is about $3.50 per pound. What do those hoses weigh, maybe 10#? So, to make $35.00, these guys are causing a $1,500.00 repair?

@ghost307 21 күн бұрын

Why should they care how much it costs to repair?

@truepatriot1959 20 күн бұрын

Well at least Seattle is #1 in the nation at something.

@VergilTheLegendaryDarkSlayer 20 күн бұрын

They need to have generators that turn on after the power is cut so those who try to cut the wires will become charcoal

@pat5882 17 күн бұрын

Costs for registration of an EV in most states is $200-$300 a year. If you buy in Texas there is an EV registration fee of $400 to drive the car off of the lot. Insurance costs are also high. You may not have to change the oil in an EV but the registration fees bite into the savings.

@A_Bvgzi 21 күн бұрын

I hate it for the people who bought electric cars and are now suffering.

@user-ts4fo9ol9x 22 күн бұрын

Lets not forget the scrap dealers acting as accessories to this and dealing in obviously stolen goods. Probably good loyal democrats. At least Seattle can claim to be first in something.

@chrisfallis5851 22 күн бұрын

I wouldn’t charge my EV anywhere close to my garage. Fire danger while charging is too high.

@muskrat3291 21 күн бұрын

Your are way out of touch, go check the data. Your massively inefficient gas guzzler is 60X more likely to catch fire than an EV. Every day in the US 500 gas/diesel cars catch fire. 300 catch fire every day in the UK. Ford, GM, Hyundai, KIA, Range Rover, Mazda, Honda, BMW, McLaren, Jeep, Subaru all have had recalls due to risk of fire. Many of the recalls warned owners not to park in or near buildings because fire could occur even with the ignition off. I have one of those recall notices sitting on my desk for a gas vehicle that I no longer own.

@hycoperosity5843 21 күн бұрын

@@muskrat3291 There were several houses that caught on fire during charging last winter. The fire dept was telling people not to charge inside garages. They pull cars out and cover them w/ a rubber like tarp to try to suffocate the fire long enough to get it out of city limits. Lithium burns till the car is dust, water, foam, suffocation will not stop a lithium fire.

@rrotwang 21 күн бұрын

Why don't they put a plug on the charger & have a plug & Wire on the car

@weyes2wonder 20 күн бұрын

Excellent idea rrotwang, but that makes too much sense. Please note that Seattle has a leftist liberal government elected by leftist liberal voters. Common sense is an abhorrent concept to them.

@jimc9581 20 күн бұрын

As long as they don't start stealing hoses off gas pumps I'm not worried.

@michaelsmith-je7gs 21 күн бұрын

Why not make them with retractable cords.Put your card in and it releases the cord and the charger continues billing your card until your done charging and the cord is sucked back into the charger if they fail to put the cord back they pay for the replacement.