--- title: "Villain Slices All Cables Off Brand New Tesla Charging Station" description: "A vandal has seemingly chopped off the cables to all eight stalls of a brand new Tesla Supercharger station in Oakhurt, California." date: "2022-02-08" modified: "2022-02-08" authors: - name: "Victor Tangermann" job_title: "Senior Editor" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/slices-brand-new-tesla-charging-station" categories: - "Advanced Transport" - "Tesla" tags: - "evs" - "supercharger" - "tesla" - "the digest" --- # Villain Slices All Cables Off Brand New Tesla Charging Station ![A vandal has seemingly chopped off the cables to all eight stalls of a brand new Tesla Supercharger station in Oakhurt, California.]() *\Image: Tesla/Futurism\* ## Cable Chop A vandal has seemingly chopped off the cables to all eight stalls of a brand new Tesla Supercharger station in Oakhurt, California — a depressing reminder, perhaps, that the anti-electric car movement is still somehow alive and well. It's far from the first Supercharger to have been vandalized. Cables have been [cut into]() many times before. Some have even gone so far as to [stuff raw meat]() into chargers. And then, of course, there are all the other instances of combustion engine truck drivers "[ICE-ing]()" charging spots by physically blocking them. Images [shared on the Tesla Motors Club forum]() show the massive cables severed cleanly. It's still unclear, however, who did the deed. "Could be vandalism," one Tesla Motors member suggested. "Every stall had the connectors cut." Another user suggested it could be "someone looking to sell the copper for scrap. "Not sure if that's worse or just vandalism for the sake of it because they have something against EVs," they added. ## Supercharging the Network The news comes after the electric carmaker is going through a Supercharger installation boom. The company added almost 1,000 new stations in 2021 alone, [according to *Electrek*](), an increase of almost 75 percent. Oddly enough, the charging station was brand new — even Tesla owners didn't know about the station yet, *Electrek* reports. While it's still unclear if the vandal was looking to demonstrate displeasure with electric vehicles or steal some copper, it's a troubling incident. EVs are here for good — that much is certain. **READ MORE:** [Tesla gets all its Supercharger cables stolen at brand new station]() \[*Electrek*\] **More on Superchargers:** *[Tesla Just Started Opening Up Its Supercharging Stations to Non-Tesla EVs]()* ## Author I've been at Futurism since 2017, where my role has evolved to encompass design, writing, and increasingly editing. I've always been fascinated by space exploration and advanced transportation, which I've leaned into by interviewing luminaries in those fields while closely following the dimensions of policy and regulation that allow next-generation projects to succeed -- or, sometimes, to fail. I'm also keenly interested in the effects of generative AI on society, policies, and democratic institutions, as well as clean energy, physics and biology, and the vagaries of tech leadership. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Ars Technica, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, Jalopnik, Fox News, and the New York Post. I spent my childhood living in locations including Manila, the Philippines, and Geneva, Switzerland, attended McGill University, and now live in Toronto, Canada. Before Futurism I worked at AskMen and a small photography studio. In my free time, I'm an avid gardener, foodie, and craft beer lover, as well as a maker of artisanal hot pepper sauces. I have a magnificent dog named Freida. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()