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This is amazing. Why is the cord wrapped through the wheel tho?
They have a padlock on it
Because they think people keep stealing their charge cables because they need one; and not that they want to want to turn that sweet copper into cash.
a charge cable is like 500 bucks. it's definitely worth more whole.
For the most part, the people who strip copper wiring for a quick buck would not know or care that selling it intact would make a lot more. They want cash now, not next week.
For whatever reason this reminded me of folks that steal mufflers thinking they're catalytic converters.
fair point.
I stole an EV charger and I need cash now
Gotcha even better lol.
because the chevy volt uses a J1772 charge plug which, unlike the Type 2 used in Europe, doesn't have a lock in it.
this is a very annoying fact about the chevy volt.
Many cars with CCS type 1 will lock a J1772 the same way they lock the type 1 port. Sad the Volt doesn't.
it does have a setting for triggering the alarm if you pull the cable out without unlocking the doors. which just feels like such a non-solution.
That's a very "we'll fix it in software!" solution
My guess would have been strain relief if something tripped over the wire and pulled on it. Instead of putting pressure on the port on the car, it will instead put pressure on the knot by the tire.
But looking at the other answers I guess I was wrong lol.