At least 5 Tesla Supercharger locations targeted in Houston in past week, but motive remains unclear

At least 5 Tesla Supercharger locations targeted across Houston in less than a week, but motive remains unclear

[@junkymailhai2074]

See Houston this is why we can’t have nice things.

[@huynhydpooh1349]

I was going to say the same thing, but you beat me to it!

[@Trollzarefunny]

Aw kulyakev hush 😂

[@BremboT]

Laid off employees? There were alot of them. 500 plus? A lot of people with a lot of free time.

[@markg7030]

14,000

[@rustysteed8414]

Scrappers? Where is the mystery?

[@mocheen4837]

Tesla chargers are now the new catalytic converters. Here we go.

[@Luka_3D]

Nah they would cut off as much of the cable as possible.

[@dakota4766]

@@Luka_3Dexactly.

[@hectorrivera66]

Soon, Tesla drivers will have to carry their own charging cable. Or the cables will retract and only release when authenticated.

[@IndyAvocadoKid]

Hmmm, I suppose you could plug in a retractable Tesla car cable to a supercharger as if its a Hoover vacuum cleaner being plugged in at home, but vandals would just plug up the supercharger port with gunk from Home Depot....

[@benbohannon]

Nice idea.

[@cvrart]

This network is not viable. Too many chargers needed because it takes to long to charge, unlike the much shorter gas filling times. Gas stations can be attended, but these unattended charging stations are like sitting ducks, and Tesla hasn't budgeted for securing them. This pattern will spread across the country. Tesla's only choice will be to post Optimus guard bots at the stations, armed with Tesla flamethrowers to thwart any would be salvage thieves. Tesla will be bankrupt before then, however.

[@JohnSmith-ux3tt]

ED-209s.

[@tliew3846]

Those laid-off Tesla employees taking action.

[@universeisundernoobligatio3283]

What about those laid of GM employees are the cutting gas station hoses?

[@LunaticTheCat]

That's my bet

[@Dupont550]

If so, then that’s exactly why they should be laid off. Please don’t assume hard working people are criminals.

[@rchapoteau]

@@universeisundernoobligatio3283I don’t think that’s a good equivalency. They laid off the super charger team that installs these. Possibly also people that maintain them.

[@jonitan76]

@@universeisundernoobligatio3283 GM did not own a gas station. But tesla had many super chargers.

[@iamwhoiam322]

Probably all the people you laid off

[@Dularr]

Thieves know to strip down the wire.

[@Dakatari]

Hmm, maybe one of the former employees, Musk, recently laid off hitting his wallet because he hit theirs.

[@BigD4Real.]

Everyone laid off at Tesla got a substantial severance package.

[@sonovabeach]

Did you wanna try that in English?

[@chrismuller2780]

You harbor a debilitating sense of entitlement if you think Musk "hit" anyone's wallet. Every laid-off employee was paid for every hour they worked. What else should they want? He's running a business, not a day care.

[@PocoToro]

Maybe Tesla should hire attendants like gas station ⛽️ do. Here in New Jersey they even operate the pump for you.

[@IndyAvocadoKid]

Ehhh, they operate the pumps?! If they also clean your windshield and air up the tires then this old boomer guy needs to go visit 😂jk

[@TPAsses]

This is America

[@geraldkoth654]

How about some of the 500 Muskrat the psychopath fired? Think maybe one or two of those people might be just a tiny bit peeved?

[@evildrtran]

Exxon did it!

[@sumtinwong-jx9zu]

chitron or s- hell owner across the street.

[@jtkrpm1]

You know that EV'S, and nearly all things we know of in modern life requires petroleum, or fossil fuels?

[@brakesforsnakes757]

Clearly the work of Big Oil!

[@texasblaze1016]

🤣🤣🤣

[@IndyAvocadoKid]

Hmmm, maybe OPEC is also just f'ing around with the US again, because why the heck not?!😂jk

[@colinaldridge259]

Haha, what drivel.

[@TheFutureisTheFuture]

Not sure why they don't have cameras at all superchargers. Not a fan of that but people suck. And they all have wifi so no cost. Cameras are $99 now...

[@sonovabeach]

That won't prevent anything. It will just make it so you can watch it happen. Masks, gloves, and no license plate.

[@iworkout6912]

Or maybe register your finger print and have to use it to get the retractable cord. But...the police now have their hands full of other more serious crimes and can't be everywhere. Sort of like retail thief, low priority on the police scale. Our local police dept is short nearly 70 officers in a rather small police dept. How is the defund the police working now?

[@highlymotivated418]

They are only hitting Tesla chargers, not the other charging stations. This is an a laid-off employee of Tesla

[@mikapeltokorpi7671]

Wrong.

[@edouglasroche]

Very unlikely, also doubt the criminal theory. Just not enough copper to be worth it. Probably a far left Elon hater or far right EV in general hater. My money would be on the far left nut.

[@fraterjr]

​@edouglasroche Junkies will definitely swipe electrical cords. That is absolutely enough copper to take. Welding leads and romex right out of a bando's walls are two of the top thefts. That's essentially the same as a set of Welding leads. My brother is a copper thieving tweeker PoS.

[@ttkddry]

If it was vandalism, they would leave the cables behind after damaging them. Why risk getting caught?

[@loganq]

@@ttkddry Of course the BLMs are stealing them for the $5 in copper. But it would be Racist for them to report that!

[@daytona3927]

This will replace catalytic theft. Easier and faster.

[@curtchase3730]

Those charging cables should have a closed loop alarm wire to send a signal to the monitoring center if wire is severed.

[@chrismuller2780]

Or, maybe the chargers simply need a sentry mode...?

[@raymccrimm2537]

Ex Tesla employees. Come on, it's not rocket science

[@randomthoughtreviews3101]

Probably disgruntled ex employees upset they got fired

[@ecco2kstan718]

no, they are stealing the copper from the cables since they contain a good amount

[@onsokumaru4663]

@@ecco2kstan718 you do realise that once you get laid off you have no income and have to find other means to make ends meet

[@scottmcshannon6821]

i hope they love prison life.

[@rylans.5365]

@@onsokumaru4663this has been happening far before the Tesla layoffs and the issue isn’t limited to Tesla superchargers either idiot

[@petertraveller6421]

Could use something like Airtag inside of NACS plug so could follow where cables go.

[@VintageVaughnVehiclces]

Laid off Tesla worker going to work on something else with the name tesla. Wouldn't be surprised that they're keeping the cables and not even scrapping them.

[@johnbyers3439]

So you invest all that money to set up a charging station but your to cheep to include a security camera?

[@alleyoop5185]

Like those millions of security cameras are doing any good in big city retail stores?

[@JonHassellProphecy]

Any idea how much crime is in Housten, this is like a sunday school compared to what all went down the rest of that day

[@theepanvr]

I am not an engineer and I would have made a retractable secure locking cable (like the one mechanics and garages use over head for air lines).

[@YT-glockstreamer]

I work for homedepot and I can say wire hellla expensive

[@nighthiker8872]

Using a charging station is as safe as going into a public outdoor bathroom. At like any park. LAST SEEM AT THE CHARGING STATION.

[@IndyAvocadoKid]

Heh, if its at night I think I'd rather spend 10 minutes in a haunted house rather than some public bathrooms😂jk

[@xtrey19x]

Is this english?

[@aestheticmarc]

😂😂

[@jnytc4251]

Surprised Tesla hasn’t thought about integrating cameras into their charging stations.

[@LWRC]

Cameras??!!! What if they wore masks & gloves??!!!😂😂😂😂

[@LWRC]

​@jim-lu7il In Kalifornia, you can go in a store and take $899.00 worth of goods and walk out and the cops won't even show up if the merchant called!!!

[@bradleyanderson4315]

Elmo is too cheap to pay for it.

[@woodstream6137]

​@@LWRCand yet surveillance camera use is still growing and has been prevalent in stores, banks, etc for decades. Weird. I really hate the "it might not work if... so don't bother trying" mindset.

[@LWRC]

@@woodstream6137 We need to stop this whole battery car nonsense!!! This goes well beyond just small equipment damage but is harmful for the entire planet for this mode of transportation!!!

[@jongonegone1262]

MOTIVE UNCLEAR !!! MONEY $$$$ THE COUNTRIES COMING APART, MAYBE LAYED OFF EMPLOYEES !!

[@davezul4396]

Ahhhh.... the convenience of the electric car...

[@erichchan3]

The individuals that cut the tesla superchargers cables should be arrested and charged to the fullest extent of the law and should be jailed for some time.

[@KrazyKrzysztof]

they should be forced to buy a cybertruck

[@opgg1]

I agree it's an unforgivable crime of the highest order. Life in prison without the possibility of parole sound about right!

[@jago09]

yeah this isnt for the money this is backlash for getting fired or even more stupid anti EV

[@mowcowbell]

Thank goodness I have a level 2 charger in my garage and don't have to deal with public charging.

[@That-Guy_]

Exactly. I charge for free at home while I sleep.

[@olliecarsRoblox]

@@That-Guy_ with solar?

[@iworkout6912]

Milllions live in apartments, some big complexes. No room for charging stations, so good luck.

[@That-Guy_]

@ollicars I have the Free Nights plan with my power company. Here in Houston Texas there are several companies that do similar plans. But I do have solar and home batteries to power me during the rest of the day when I would have to pay. I have not paid for electricity in 4 years.

[@olliecarsRoblox]

@@That-Guy_ nice!

[@troyehnisz9907]

After Katrina Houston has just gone down hill

[@jamo_montana1628]

You think you can fire me with consequences

[@eddiegardner8232]

Whoever is doing it is the kind of worthless person that should be in jail, after being fined 3 times the cost of repairing the chargers+$5000 & court costs. No excuse for this kind of property destruction.

[@alleyoop5185]

Good luck with that🤣

[@eddiegardner8232]

You would think that with the Tesla factory making thousands of jobs in Texas that people would have more respect.

[@okhondaguy3288]

Te$la laid off employees trying to get their jobs back. With enough damage to the chargers, they will hire more people to do maintenance.

[@isaac198428]

These are not any random/rogue criminals but actual experts experienced in those specific charging stations. Let’s say someone who used to install/maintain them or engineered them also known as a former Tesla employee from the recent layoffs. 😂

[@superzero4250]

Obviously this hurts the drivers who don’t have the ability to charge at home, but then to, there are the other non Tesla Charging stations. If you set the destination before going to the charger, thus pre conditioning, the system should alert the driver that the charger is out of order… Tesla has cameras in their vehicles, maybe they should install them in their Chargers too… Feels like dinosaurs fighting extinction… 🤔

[@SteveLomas-k6k]

Not if they have a normal car, then they don't have to worry about any of that. You rarely see an out of order pump, they are repaired quickly because they make their own money, not dependent on subsidies whether they work or not.

[@atlmz6]

Funny I remember saying that Tesla needs stations with security cameras. Or indoor charging garages.

[@randumdude5824]

Meth

[@enriqueloyola898]

LAID-OFF EMPLOYEE OF TESLA

[@GeorgeSchneider8889]

Someone who is anti EV or a disgruntled ex Tesla employee 🤷‍♂️

[@universeisundernoobligatio3283]

What about those laid of GM employees are the cutting gas station hoses?

[@GeorgeSchneider8889]

@@universeisundernoobligatio3283 I highly doubt they will mess up with high voltage power

[@alleyoop5185]

Or more likely a methhead

[@TreeDancingCloud]

Look for ICE drivers who previously enjoyed blocking chargers to frustrate EV owners, until their ICE vehicle was damaged.

[@MisterCharley]

Disgruntled gas station attendants?

[@walden6272]

Musk layoff the entire SuperCharger team. Fired everyone. So you think it's the gas station attendants? Most of those attendants work on hourly wage, they don't care if customers come or not since they get paid either way.

[@onsokumaru4663]

@@walden6272 I see sarcasm has a tendency to fly past your head

[@Matt-fl8uy]

@@onsokumaru4663 This wasn't a good example of sarcasm if that was the attempt

[@akennedystocks]

It is a gashole!

[@gsleatherworks2442]

Motive…. Copper recycling is pretty good money and cutting copper cables at a charging station is safe and easy.

[@alleyoop5185]

Safe and effective,,

[@pinkelephants1421]

Whatever the reason for the perpetrator's actions, they're taking a massive safety risk clipping such high powered cables.

[@pewtubee]

That's good scrap money!

[@iworkout6912]

I first heard of this in the UK. Someone is clipping the cords on a whole lot of charging stations, regardless of who operates them. Not sure what they have done about it other than putting the charging stations under video surveillance and running them more like a gas station with attendants.

[@gauravbathija6783]

It's for the copper. Druggie just sell those cables to junkyards

[@Chris.Davies]

Unhappy Tesla owners, I guess. "You sold us a pile of garbage, and rejected our legitimate warranty claim. So, if you won't pay us, we'll make sure it costs you a lot." Sounds like a thoroughly American way to "get even, instead of mad".

[@dj-jazzy-jimbob]

I've owned teslas since 2015. Literally the only cars I've never had a problem with. My family has a 2015 and 2018 S, and a 2018 X. Why haven't we purchased any since 2018? That's when Musk revealed who he is. I'll never give him another dime. They all have over 100K miles, no problems. When they die, I'll trade them in for any other Electric car that Musk doesn't benefit from.

[@samanthajones4877]

Sounds like a disgruntled recently laid off Tesla employee.

[@sarabeth8050]

Tesla Supercharger cables are the new catalytic converter. These are easier to steal and quite lucrative by comparison. Expect this to skyrocket throughout the country.

[@89five3five]

But only Tesla superchargers? All ev charges have the same materials. So it doesn’t make sense that only the superchargers were targeted.

[@trungson6604]

In California, these thefts are well below $900, so they won't get arrested. Why choose Houston where they can get arrested and prosecuted? I suspect laid off Tesla employees from Austin going to Houston looking for jobs.

[@w6341]

If they are laid off Tesla employees, pretty much proving why they should be laid off, UNHINGED!

[@Shaynita]

They just laid off the super charging people, you add up the rest 🤣

[@SoCalGuitarist]

Let me guess, there's 10 dollars worth of scrap copper in those wires...

[@JohnSmith-ux3tt]

Whats the problem? All real EVers charge at home. Right?

[@Himsofinee]

Don’t worry guys this isn’t gonna last long as they get older they’ll stop and get bored 😂

[@jaborisBell]

Well just put arm security if the police not present 😐😐😐😐

[@alleyoop5185]

Right? Just charge more per kWh to pay for it. Easy,,

[@petersimms4982]

Ohh 😮 what happens when gas pipes are clipped 😮😮

[@user-ir4we1nb8f]

Probably someone that got laid off lol

[@mag-kameleon]

Now ur gna have to buy your own charge wire. 🤦🏽‍♂️ I already see it coming.

[@lrvracer3515]

Funny !! It just might happen.

[@alanhall6909]

This is why I have a security camera mounted directly above the charging cable in my driveway.

[@DaddyPhatSnack]

ITS BIG OIL COMPANIES 😂😂😂😂

[@Mr.Royluv]

Climate protesters 😂

[@VierImageStudios]

This is so absurd.

[@hectorrivera66]

I can 'guess' the partial suspect description.

[@StevenTanner-oh2ef]

Elon did it.

[@pinerock9668]

Just keep the cable energized. Low cost and effective

[@Wol747]

His guess is “selling to a recycling unit or someone who hates EVs”: you don’t say, Sherlock.

[@iworkout6912]

Just strip the insulation off the cable and who knows where the copper came from.

[@rickgotner7596]

Drugs.

[@zabz]

They need to investigate the people they fired, I have a strong feeling they are the one doing it

[@petertraveller6421]

Need to make new law that if police catch you cutting charger cables, minimum 10 years in prison.

[@alleyoop5185]

Sure

[@onsokumaru4663]

$30 or no salary, I think those laid off tesla workers would take the $30 any day

[@loualiberti4781]

The Motive: Money for the metal - copper et al

[@bradleyanderson4315]

Nobody must have been charging at the time. Tesla's have video camera's.

[@LovenessLife]

Maybe who clipped were the one who got fired from Tesla couple weeks ago???? Hello?????

[@teardowndan5364]

Time to make aluminum cables with braided or corrugated steel armor. More difficult to cut and less valuable. Users won't like how much thicker and stiffer those would be though.

[@sonovabeach]

I always thought it was a good thing to be thick and stiff. 😂

[@IndyAvocadoKid]

@@sonovabeachMusk could tell the engineers to make the cables out of long stainless steel rods and the engineers can then look at each other and go “can we actually do that?!” 😂jk

[@tjlovesrachel]

Habahahhaha😂😂😂😂

[@nighthiker8872]

30 years ago, try putting air in your tires.

[@briansokoloski776]

Where people Steeling Air Lines at Gas Stations years ago to sell at Flea Markets

[@iworkout6912]

@@briansokoloski776 Not really, unless old used rubber has some value.

[@yeroyero7581]

Well, If they only going after Tesla charging stations so they’re against Tesla supercharger they should be charged and put in jail for a long time that’s crazy 😜😜😜😜😜😜🤷‍♂️😱🤷‍♂️😱🤷‍♂️😱🤷‍♂️😱🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️

[@curtisi4403]

"They're eventually going to get caught" and then what. Nothing happens to criminals.

[@Derpy1969]

What’s “unclear” about the motive? Don’t you mean unknown?

[@mikelogan3816]

It gets better HBD is not going to investigate any of these crimes Because They don't have the manpower

[@creolerican]

"Scrambling to get a charge"... is a little bit sensational reporting don't you think?

[@MrSeth166]

I have read that Elon Musk fired all of his super chargers team so that might be a revenge...you never know...

[@leeedens9497]

What the H__ is wrong with people, time for Tesla to install cameras at Supercharger locations and reward signs for people to call in

[@aaaaaaxaaaaaa]

100% chance its a disgruntled tesla employee who got laid off

[@stampedetrail2003]

Wow all the speculation of laid off supercharger employees is really going to encourage new employees to sign up. Drink that Koolaid.

[@angli232]

Remember the charging team has been recently layoff? .....

[@chrismuller2780]

Motive: anti-EV. The government is telling people they're going to take away gas cars, so they're responding in kind.

[@grim7174]

Definitely the fired Tesla supercharger employees

[@patwyliee8068]

Tesla needs to provide 24 hours security and Tesla needs to be sued for mental anguished customers and sued for the hard ship and inconvenience to their customers

[@xh3598]

First step: Make it a Federal crime to vandalize Government-subsidized chargers. Second: No parole for the five-year sentence. Third: Right to defend at all causes against crime-intended intruders within 50 yards of Tesla chargers.

[@kjoe5532]

Simply make the charging cable retractable. Like a pneumatic hose real. It only releases when you swipe your credit card, key fob or other security features.

[@ericgregori]

America has become a third-world country. Tesla should just remove those charging sites. Don't waste time and resources in areas of rampant crime. For those suggesting cameras; cameras do not stop thieves from robbing grocery stores.

[@Andemur]

So they aren’t even going to mention the coincidence between Tesla’s entire supercharger team being laid off and this string of vandalism? Ok.

[@1badEK]

Now more charging stations will be hit by thieves cause they reported the wires have coppers inside. Lmao

[@petersachs764]

I'm not sure what to do on the superchargers, but I've always been bewildered on why they just don't have users attach their own 1772 style cords "untethered" level 2 to chargers like in europe. (See Mennekes)