Tesla charging stations keep getting their cables cut and not always for the copper

[Angus MacGuyver]

Put the cables in an enclosure that's locked and only unlocks when your charging session is authenticated.

[Bob23]

It's clearly copper thieves, they steal him out of the traffic lights too. You Tesla people are so pretentious you think people actually give a s*** about your stupid tesla, LOL nobody cares, just meth heads looking for some copper!

[Varl]

Dont tell people you dont care gas prices are high you have a tesla

[Cheeks]

I don't get it, the Tesla's have cameras in them for this exact reason. Why don't the superchargers? It can't cost that much.

[Joe pedorella]

Makes no sense, they should love electric car drivers. Less demand on gasoline supply lines, in turn lower demand keeps the price down or at least lower. Imagine if all the fully electric vehicles were gas....

[Eric]

They need to kick them in the Jimmy's and fune them so they can not afford to ever get out of debt. I got cought vandalizing as a teen, i learned. Maybe undervolt them...

[Vijay]

A better idea is having the cable in the case of the unit until the account is authorized then it will be spun out.

[George]

Guys, of course the cables have power. The cables to the charger are always energized. The charger output is only controlled by the charger.

[mark m kratter]

The cables are getting cut because they only charge Tesla.  Every other electric charger charges all electric cars with an adapter.  Electric car owners hate when the only available charger charges only Tesla if they own something else.  On I95 in Connecticut at the service stations on the highway you can not charge anything but a Tesla.  Does not work with my Nissan Leaf.

[burt]

It is for the copper. People don't vandalize out of principle. Oakland?  You know it for the copper.   Anything of value not bolted is stolen. And even then. Obviously.

[Brian W]

Looks to me like this charging station needs better security. How much trouble can it be to put an effective camera system on a vulnerable charging station? Might be time to stop skimping on security unless this property owner just REALLY likes paying for replacement copper cables.

[Jpal]

Haha why post this on the internet now it's gonna be happening a lot more because people are think geez that's a good idea just like how in my town one guy was going around drilling holes in gas tanks and as soon as they said something about it the the radio hundreds more cars have started getting drilled

[Rick]

Sick leftists complot against Elon for not being a commie

[Aleks]

The cables are getting cut because they only charge Tesla.

You should realize that, when Tesla made its standard there were NONE others that could do what was needed, right? Multiple different, clumsy standards (CHAdeMO anyone?) that topped at least than half of the power of the very first chargers. Did you forget that Tesla offered both its standards and network to the rest? In this case it is the others not wanting to join, Tesla isn't the problem at all. In Europe Tesla could and did switch as that was later.

[People Hater]

Bet the $5.00 + per gallon of diesel is starting to p*** off the A-Hole coal rollers now and they have to resort to other stupid tactics besides blocking the chargers or showing how to pollute the environment even more by blowing tons of crap in the air. If unemployment is an issue, get a job. Plenty of places are hiring. If drugs are the issue, get some help, if not, move to Florida, Texas or SoCal. If scrap buyers are arrested for buying things they know are stolen (catalytic converters anyone?) They should have their shops shut down for evidence. Nuff said.