By Paul Homewood
A warning has been issued to electric car owners as thieving gangs are now targeting home chargers, which would leave motorists with a £700 bill.
A meeting at the Hungerford Town Council’s highways and transport committee in the Thames Valley saw Councillor Alistair Fyfe note he heard a spate of thefts from residents at the town’s new Lancaster Park development.
Gangs are starting to turn their attention to stealing electric car chargers which motorists plug in at home to save going to public pay-as-you-go points where they could face lengthy queues.
Many people simply hook up their cables from their car to a socket in a garage or on an outside wall while they relax indoors, often leaving it connected overnight.
Thieves have realised the chargers and cables are easy to take and they can sell the cable on the second hand market for up to £200…
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