Charge Point Removed

The EV sitting in a driveway is a bigger giveaway then an app.

The Gardaí could most likely go out tomorrow and get the person who stole the OPs unit, the Gardaí now most of the thieves from running them through the system so often. The reason they don't is because they know that nothing will happen to the thief after they arrest them again.

Agreed, sure they drive around estates looking for this kind of thing.

To find it

There's feck all EVs and they are stealing the charge points already , is there still free installation?, so when we get up to the amount the government wants and no subsidiaries for charge points of course they will be stolen.

If the price of metal goes up they'll start cutting the charging cables off when in use.

If an electrician needs to certify the installation of the charger/EVSE to get the SEAI grant, do they need to know where the unit is coming from?

How do they know it's in working order and safe to install if it's a secondhand unit? If a secondhand Zappi caught fire who would be on the hook?

The charger itself is obviously worth money to a thief. CATs are stolen for their materials, chargers are stolen for the charger, the reason they're being stolen doesn't matter too much to the victims. There is a 2nd hand market for them and the OPs one sounds like it was stolen to order. Any valuable object bolted outside your house will be a target. We're up to 4 stolen already in this thread and it's only a few days old.

I'd have to disagree. By that logic if you had a Toyota Prius outside your house the whole car is more likely to be stolen than just it's catalytic converter. We've seen how that pans out in the real world. It's all about risk Vs reward for these thefts. 10 minutes outside someones house robbing a charger/car parts is far less risky than going into someones house looking for car keys. I'd agree some people still leave their keys within 'fishing' distance of the front door, but hopefully that's less common now.

I’ve asked Aviva if chargers are covered by home insurance. They have to check with the underwriters and come back to me as they haven’t been asked the question before, according to the person I spoke with.

Dont know the make. The houses are only built in the last two years or so, so the chargers must be relatively new.

All the new houses in that estate have them. I think ive only ever seen about 2 EVs there though. Most people who live there dont even know what this little box beside their front door is :)

Robbing the charging cables is big biz in the UK, handy money at a couple of hundred pounds a pop.

https://www.honestjohn.co.uk/news/owning-1/2021-03/electric-vehicle-charging-cable-theft-is-on-the-rise/

Not going to tell you where I live :) They are council houses in North Dublin though.

Reports on Irish EV Facebook group from 2019 of chargers being stolen and whole cars, Tesla, Leaf, Ioniq, along with some charge cables. These are stolen to order by professionals.

Try not to get a chargers that lights up, but as others said these groups regularly pass by houses and look for items of value such as specific cars with easy to steal catalytic converters, things on show worth robbing. They often go inside houses and take car keys too. They can use battery grinders to cut chains and boxes and often cut open the sides of vans to get tools.

The good thing about CCTV is you don't need to set it and it does not give false alarms. It does not prevent thefts, Alarms might make them hurry up or leave but they know Gardai response is minutes to never.

The cheaper ones are €600. €300 for 10 minutes of dishonest work is plenty to attract the scrotes who steal your property, often leaving multiples of that in damages behind. Zappis cost over a grand afaik.

absolutely, I was making reference to the Garda and how they are not interested in bike theft that is happening I. Much higher volume. So I don’t think they are too bothered here.

all electronic devices should have onboard GPS for theft recovery.

If an e-car is stolen is it being broken up for parts? I kind of assumed that they would be the type of car that wouldn't be stolen for joyriding or to use in a crime

Sorry to repeat, I know it's been asked a few times but the OP hasn't answered (I don't think).

Have you contacted MyEnergi? Their customer service is excellent. They may be able to trace the charger if it is installed again down the line, or they may even offer you something as a goodwill gesture. Maybe not, but there's certainly no harm in informing them.

They're a great company so if nothing else they can consider future improvements to security.