ChargePoint has had enough of vandalizing thieves who saw through EV charger cables to steal valuable copper — so now it’s making new “cut-resistant” cables and adding alarm systems in an attempt to ...

If you think public charging can be annoying, know that it has its headaches in Europe too. Charging an electric vehicle at a Level 2 public charger in Europe can be difficult because you have to go ...

DETROIT — Just before 2 a.m. on a chilly April night in Seattle, a Chevrolet Silverado pickup stopped at an electric vehicle charging station on the edge of a shopping center parking lot. Two men, one ...

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 ...

A surge in EV charging cable thefts is putting the reliability of the UK’s charging network at risk and undermining trust among drivers. InstaVolt is the UK’s largest network of fast chargers, and ...

Until recently, car owners were terrified of thieves cutting the catalytic converters off their vehicles. Now, a new trend is on the rise, as thieves found out that charging cables contain precious ...

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 ...

Electric vehicles have massive batteries. Charging them involves sending a lot of power through the charging cable relatively quickly. Ford estimates an F-150 Lightning on a full charge can send ...

The theft of electric vehicle charging cables is on the rise, possibly fueled by the nearly record-high price of copper. The cables contain copper wiring inside of them that thieves can sell. Cable ...

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 ...