Soaring copper prices fuel wave of vandalism against EV chargers, stranding drivers Copper thieves are disabling the UK’s electric vehicle charging infrastructure. Each attack costs tens of thousands of pounds to repair for minimal scrap value. This criminal epidemic has left a significant portion of public chargers inoperative. The thefts are driven by record-high global copper prices. The crisis threatens the viability of the government’s forced transition to EVs. A quiet crisis is unfolding across Britain, and it is threatening to derail the government’s forced transition to electric vehicles. A rampant wave of thefts, driven by soaring global copper prices, is systematically disabling the…