ChargePoint, one of the nation’s largest charging networks, has announced plans to reduce EV charger vandalism at every location.
The plan has two main components. First, ChargePoint is introducing new cut-resistant cables that are designed to prevent cable theft, which it claims include “novel cut-resistant materials integrated into the cable.”
ChargePoint VP of product management Steve Farrell explained to The Verge that the cables actually have a patent-pending technology that includes steel strategically placed throughout the cable to stop bolt cutters or other cutting tools used by thieves. The downside of this new technology is that the cables will be less flexible…