all the east siders have come to clog up our charging infrastructure because, presumably, they couldn’t be bothered to charge up before the mesocyclone…

[ariadne@social.treehouse.systems]

(the other charging networks have the same situation going on)

https://cache.treehouse.systems/media_attachments/files/113/519/211/833/445/238/original/37e23bbf36ee9031.png

[ariadne@social.treehouse.systems]

though to be honest any time i have to deal with electrify america i question if chewing glass will have a more useful payoff

[rustedcomputing@discuss.systems]

@ariadne The blessing of an EV is definitely charging at home while you sleep. I've been pretty lucky the last several times out of town.

[ariadne@social.treehouse.systems]

@RustedComputing oh yes, but that’s the thing, everyone’s power is out on the east side, so nobody can charge at home

[ariadne@social.treehouse.systems]

at least here in seattle, EA chargers are frequently “online” but vandalized (and thus not usable) by idiots trying to steal the copper

evgo is not much better, they can install chargers quickly but repairing vandalized ones takes months

tesla seems to have the fastest turnaround on repairing broken chargers, but the people vandalizing the chargers also seem to leave the tesla ones alone. maybe the branding of their DCFC product communicates to them that they should leave it alone

[ariadne@social.treehouse.systems]

frankly i question if it’s even worth it. by the time you’ve stripped the charging cable down to raw copper, you’ve probably spent quite a bit of time.

and no scrapyard is going to let you just drop a CCS1 charging cable on their desk or whatever, they will know it’s stolen right away…

[nirebryce@hachyderm.io]

@ariadne seems aligned with other Musk company business plans tbh

[ariadne@social.treehouse.systems]

@NireBryce copper theft?

[nirebryce@hachyderm.io]

@ariadne vandalizing all the other chargers

[ariadne@social.treehouse.systems]

@NireBryce maybe, but the answer is sadly simpler. i have seen tweakers just walk up to cars that were plugged in and take limb loppers to the cable.

and i’ve also seen vandalized tesla chargers. but tesla seems on top of repairing them at least.

[ariadne@social.treehouse.systems]

all of this to say, i await the true crime youtube episode involving this EV charger copper theft issue