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Re:Tesla’s charging stations left other manufacturers in the... by belval on Wednesday January 27, 2021 @07:38PM (#25936459)
People steal manhole covers for the scrap value of 40$ and you think a battery pack that can be disassembled and turned into an off-grid system would be safe? I give it a year before people start swapping cells for bricks of equal weights in part of the pack or sell firmware flashing kits on AliExpress.
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Re:Tesla’s charging stations left other manufacturers in the... by theshrike79 on Thursday January 28, 2021 @02:03AM (#25939037)
This always fascinates me. The fact that a manhole cover has a scrap value means that there is someone actually buying manhole covers and melting them for metal.

Who? Why?

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Re:Tesla’s charging stations left other manufacturers in the... by Symbiote on Thursday January 28, 2021 @03:54AM (#25939722)
Scrap metal merchants. They buy scrap cars, girders from old buildings, household metal waste, manufacturing offcuts, and any other waste metal. They sell it on to a steelworks.

They usually weigh your truck, unload it, weigh it again and pay you the difference. They often won't see what they're buying, as long as it's magnetic.

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