Wilshire@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agoThefts of charging cables pose yet another obstacle to appeal of electric vehiclesapnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up132arrow-down117
arrow-up115arrow-down1external-linkThefts of charging cables pose yet another obstacle to appeal of electric vehiclesapnews.comWilshire@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square23fedilink
minus-squarewagoner@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up51·5 months agoWho wrote this article, Oil and Gas Inc?
minus-squareBoozilla@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up42arrow-down2·5 months agoNo 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.
minus-squarewagoner@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up35·5 months ago“BREAKING: Staffed gas stations have been robbed at gun point, scaring drivers into buying EVs so they can charge alone safely instead”
minus-squareMangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoYeah 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.
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”
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.