As InsideEVs reported recently, there has been a sharp uptick in electric car charger vandalism and theft since 2023. While EV infrastructure vandalism was not unheard of in the past, it was a rare occurrence and typically motivated by extreme anti-EV ideology. More recently, however, attacks have been motivated by thieves looking to profit from the metal contained in electric vehicle charging cables.
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EV Charger Cable Theft On The Rise
Electrify America says that through May of 2024, the charging operator‘s 968 locations have been hit more than 129 times. This number exceeds the total number of units vandalized throughout all 12 months of 2023, which was already a significant increase from years prior.
