Are you preparing to buy an electric car yet?

With the proposed phasing out of fossil fuel powered transport, how much thought have you put into what you will be driving in the run up to the phasing out?

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SethGreene531 · M

Which will come with roving gangs of pranksters, unplugging vehicles at night and in charge stations.

LordShadowfire · 46-50, M

@SethGreene531 I'm sure of it. Humans are just naturally prone to that sort of thing.

SethGreene531 · M

@LordShadowfire Oh yes! It inspires the same mirth we kids got, ringing doorbells and running for our lives.

ArishMell · 70-79, M

@SethGreene531 Practical jokers? More likely thieves, perhaps the same gangs who presently steal catalytic converters - an act that also renders the car legally undriveable until repaired.

SethGreene531 · M

@ArishMell My batteries!! 😆

ArishMell · 70-79, M

@SethGreene531 ???? I don't think they'd pinch them....

SethGreene531 · M

@ArishMell .....or whatever....I can't see them as a high theft target unless their black market value paralells a tesla, or range rover, etc.

The scrap metal value in their motor windings, and batteries --just like catalytic converter theft--is the real enticement.

ArishMell · 70-79, M

@SethGreene531 Ah, that's if they steal the whole car but I was thinking of opportunist charger-cable thefts, following the comment about practical-jokers "just" unplugging them in the street.