Thieves Hunting for Copper Are Vandalizing American EV Chargers

(Bloomberg) -- Rick Wilmer spends most of his work days at the office. But every so often, the chief executive officer of ChargePoint Holdings Inc. will make his way to the company’s laboratory in San Jose, California, where he dons safety glasses and wields an array of saws and shears against EV chargers. The goal: to approximate the rash of vandalism sweeping the 65,000 US cords under ChargePoint’s care. Most Read from BloombergUnlocking the Hidden Power of Zoning, for Good or BadThe Moonshot