Dennis Miles via EV wrote:
My FIRST piece of advice is charging stations need to be "supervised." Vandalism is a crime. Go to the Police and swear out a complaint .
Luckily, it's getting easier to install security cameras. They can gather evidence. Unfortunately, it still rarely leads to an arrest. Many times, the police feel they have better things to do.
Of course, vandalism is nothing new. *Anything* can become a target for drunken rage or teenage idiocy. My father was a rural mail carrier, and many times saw the results of "mail box baseball", where idiots would go around purposely smashing mailboxes. That's a federal offense, but they do it anyway!
The novelty of EV charging stations might make the situation worse. There is also that lovely cord, that can probably be sold for its copper to make a fast buck to buy booze or drugs.
This is one reason I favor simpler, cheaper charging stations. We can install 10 times as many for the same price. And when some are (inevitably) vandalized, it will be 10 times cheaper to fix them.
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