EV thief foiled by faulty charging network

Police note unexpected benefit of unreliable infrastructure

EV thief foiled by faulty charging network
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A car thief who stole an electric vehicle was apprehended by police after being stranded by a series of non-functional rapid chargers. The individual had stolen an unplugged Hyundai Ioniq 5 overnight but was unable to reach a planned meeting point with a boat due to insufficient battery range.

The thief encountered multiple charging stations that were either out of service, declined payment, or failed to authenticate his account. He was eventually found distressed at a non-operational 350kW charger, having completely depleted the vehicle’s battery and triggered its limp mode.

A police spokesperson commented on the incident, stating, “Although it gets a bad rap, people need to realise that our dodgy infrastructure is actually a massive deterrent to car thieves.”

The spokesperson added that the unreliability of the charging network may be discouraging a new generation of criminals, noting that stealing an electric city car lacks the appeal of traditional car theft.

Source: Top Gear

6 Comments

  1. did he get locked up or sent back to his own country ??

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  2. He already had the boat waiting

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  3. Blaming the infrastructure is nonsense the fool hadn’t got the right identifying information to use the chargers.

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  4. No, hes been sent to the nearest 4 star hotel and looked after as he was too distressed!!
    Bless him!!!!!!

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  5. What utter rubbish, the charging network foilled the thieve.

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  6. A spokesman said “the unreliability of the network” good advert NOT to get an EV

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