{"id":10440,"date":"2021-03-28T14:23:31","date_gmt":"2021-03-28T12:23:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/advancedfleetmanagementconsulting.com\/eng\/?p=10440"},"modified":"2021-03-28T14:23:31","modified_gmt":"2021-03-28T12:23:31","slug":"electric-vehicle-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/advancedfleetmanagementconsulting.com\/eng\/2021\/03\/28\/electric-vehicle-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Electric vehicle charging cables seen as “must have items” by thieves"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Rubbish removal company Divert.co.uk have warned that drivers should not leave their electric charging cable unlocked outside their home, as scrap metal thieves have labelled them as “must-have items”.<\/span><\/p>\n

Company spokesperspn Mark Hall said: \u201cCar chargers are particularly appealing to thieves because they can be sold for up to \u00a3200 and they are selling them everywhere, eBay, Facebook, and to dodgy scrap dealers. And they can be pretty costly and inconvenient for you to replace, so it\u2019s best to keep it locked away from the crooks.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The company says that the metal in electric car chargers is becoming increasingly sought after by thieves looking to make quick money.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWith more people going green and choosing electric cars over petrol and diesel, there are more charging cables available for thieves to target,\u201d says Divert.co.uk spokesman Mark Hall.<\/span><\/p>\n

Although many electric vehicles have systems in place that lock the charger into position, allowing the owners to leave the car charging securely overnight or while they are shopping, these security measures aren\u2019t always fool-proof.<\/span><\/p>\n

Tesla owners have noticed this winter that the locking mechanism wouldn\u2019t work due to the freezing weather, causing cables to become detached from their vehicles which made them easier to steal \u2013 which prompted the automakers to release a \u2018cold weather improvements\u2019 software update to counteract the problem.<\/span><\/p>\n

Mark Hall recommends padlocking the cable to the vehicle while charging it at home or out and about, similarly to how you would secure a bike with a bike lock.<\/span><\/p>\n

Hall: \u201cYou should try and keep the charger locked when it\u2019s not in use too, or even better would be to bring it inside and hide it in your garage.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

If possible, EVs should be charged inside your garage, out of sight, or if not possible, to keep the cable discreet to potential thieves driving by.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Source: https:\/\/greenfleet.net<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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Rubbish removal company Divert.co.uk have warned that drivers should not leave their electric charging cable unlocked outside their home, as scrap metal thieves have labelled them as “must-have items”. Company spokesperspn Mark Hall said: \u201cCar chargers are particularly appealing to thieves because they can be sold for up to \u00a3200 and they are selling them…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":10441,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[18],"tags":[230],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/advancedfleetmanagementconsulting.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10440"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/advancedfleetmanagementconsulting.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/advancedfleetmanagementconsulting.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/advancedfleetmanagementconsulting.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/advancedfleetmanagementconsulting.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10440"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/advancedfleetmanagementconsulting.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10440\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10442,"href":"https:\/\/advancedfleetmanagementconsulting.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10440\/revisions\/10442"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/advancedfleetmanagementconsulting.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10441"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/advancedfleetmanagementconsulting.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/advancedfleetmanagementconsulting.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/advancedfleetmanagementconsulting.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}