All a thief needs to turn your EV charging cable into cash is a heavy-duty cable cutter and a local scrap metal yard connection. With the popularity of electric vehicles and hybrid plug-ins rising, so ...

During the past few years, copper thieves have discovered a new target for their criminal activities: EV charger cables. The phenomenon has reached epidemic proportions, so EV charging networks have ...

As more EV chargers grace the roadways and parking lots of the world, thieves are taking advantage. The cables that connect chargers to cars use valuable copper wire, making them easy targets for ...

We knew about the thefts of catalytic converters from ICE-powered vehicles but it seems that thieves are now targeting EVs for another expensive component. The charging cables often make for an easy ...

Everyone wants to find a quick way to make it big. Maybe you have a collection of rusting old cars that is finally going to reach its potential any day now, or maybe you steal electric vehicle ...

The theft of copper wires is far from a new phenomenon — major newspapers have published recurring articles with headlines like "Copper Thefts on the Rise" since at least 2002. But the problem has ...

On top of the many hurdles to furthering EV adoption in the United States, it adds insult to injury whenever public electric vehicle chargers are vandalized with cables cut, rendering the chargers ...

Copper remains lucrative for thieves, enough that public EV charging cables are now a target, reports the Associated Press. Charging cables contain large amounts of copper, prices for which are now at ...

ChargePoint is building hard to cut cables and adding tamper-detection alarms to EV charging stations. ChargePoint is building hard to cut cables and adding tamper-detection alarms to EV charging ...

Stealing any amount of aluminum, bronze, copper or brass is a state jail felony in Texas. More severe charges will ensue if the value of these metals is over $20,000. An EV charging cable has copper ...