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Re:Grumpy Locals Are Sabotaging Cruise and Waymo Robotaxis w... by abracadaniel on Thursday July 06, 2023 @09:01PM (#36625609)
I do wonder why they aren’t all stripped for motors and battery cells though. There should be a bit of incentive for that. Maybe they’re sufficiently difficult to get to without expensive tools?
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Re:Grumpy Locals Are Sabotaging Cruise and Waymo Robotaxis w... by achates on Thursday July 06, 2023 @09:49PM (#36625976)
Yeah I don't get this either. I can't believe a $10 angle grinder from harbor freight wouldn't do the job.
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Re:Grumpy Locals Are Sabotaging Cruise and Waymo Robotaxis w... by bryanlarsen on Thursday July 06, 2023 @11:42PM (#36626824)
A thief would prefer to strip cars without cameras.
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Re:Grumpy Locals Are Sabotaging Cruise and Waymo Robotaxis w... by olyjohn on Friday July 07, 2023 @01:00AM (#36627360)
Who are they gonna sell the motors and battery cells to? The only people interested in them would be a few hobbyists doing some DIY stuff. Not like you can just bolt it into your Honda Civic or run them in your laptop. Maybe once the true Civic of EVs comes out, you'll start to see them getting stripped for parts.
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Re:Grumpy Locals Are Sabotaging Cruise and Waymo Robotaxis w... by rightbyte on Friday July 07, 2023 @03:51PM (#36637415)
A local scooter app rental company said that the turnaround time for their bikes are three months, an insider said 40 days.

So, maybe they are stripped for batteries and parts?

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Re:Grumpy Locals Are Sabotaging Cruise and Waymo Robotaxis w... by htss2013 on Tuesday July 11, 2023 @05:42PM (#36687637)
Why would you strip driverless cars instead of other cars? If anything the driverless ones probably have more counter measures and monitoring.
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