May 2, 2021 05:17 AM
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INTRO: The shift to electric cars is underway, and based on the initiatives of countries and regions like Europe, the age of the internal combustion engine is ending. This does not mean that everyone is fine with the EV shift, however, and sometimes, these anti-electric car sentiments are expressed in the weirdest ways.
Tesla and its vast Supercharger Network are no stranger to these incidents. Over the years, Tesla has seen its Superchargers getting their wires and charging ports intentionally cut down, bumped, and deliberately blocked by an internal combustion vehicle. These annoying anti-EV acts pale in comparison to a recently reported incident in Germany, at least with regards to how downright weird it was.
As noted in a recent report from Efahrer.com, an electric vehicle charging station in Munich fell victim to a prank that effectively destroyed some of the charger’s parts. For their prank, the vandals stuffed some EV chargers at Marklandstraße with raw minced meat. The vandals managed to get the meat into the charging station’s connectors, which meant that some of the material ended up in the contacts of the plugs.
This effectively rendered the targeted EV chargers inoperable, as their contacts had to be replaced. Unfortunately, there have been no leads about who may have been responsible for the attack, though Stadtwerke München (Munich City Utilities) has noted that there have been more and more cases of vandalism against electric vehicle charging facilities in the area... (MORE - details)
INTRO: The shift to electric cars is underway, and based on the initiatives of countries and regions like Europe, the age of the internal combustion engine is ending. This does not mean that everyone is fine with the EV shift, however, and sometimes, these anti-electric car sentiments are expressed in the weirdest ways.
Tesla and its vast Supercharger Network are no stranger to these incidents. Over the years, Tesla has seen its Superchargers getting their wires and charging ports intentionally cut down, bumped, and deliberately blocked by an internal combustion vehicle. These annoying anti-EV acts pale in comparison to a recently reported incident in Germany, at least with regards to how downright weird it was.
As noted in a recent report from Efahrer.com, an electric vehicle charging station in Munich fell victim to a prank that effectively destroyed some of the charger’s parts. For their prank, the vandals stuffed some EV chargers at Marklandstraße with raw minced meat. The vandals managed to get the meat into the charging station’s connectors, which meant that some of the material ended up in the contacts of the plugs.
This effectively rendered the targeted EV chargers inoperable, as their contacts had to be replaced. Unfortunately, there have been no leads about who may have been responsible for the attack, though Stadtwerke München (Munich City Utilities) has noted that there have been more and more cases of vandalism against electric vehicle charging facilities in the area... (MORE - details)