A Tesla supercharger was professionally sabotaged just in time for Thanksgiving (insideevs.com)

Probably copper thieves but serious stuff to be cutting up 480V feeds, easy to get electrocuted. I am surprised they don't have surveillance at these things.

While sabotage may be a functional term regarding the utility of the outcome, I suspect that the intended purpose was one of profit for the criminals, thus I'd rather it be labeled a "heist" or "theft" for accuracy. Sabotage, to me, makes it sound like a different kind of motivation.

From the pictures it doesn't appear any copper wires were removed, the large conductors are still very much there. They got a few 480V breakers, which aren't worth much, maybe $50/ea on eBay. It appears to be sabotage to me.

> Then, they cut the electric supply wires to EVERY Supercharger with commercial grade tools (they are big cables).

Harbor Freight bolt cutters, $30, would do it. So would a sawzall. A hack saw would too, but be slower.