Wire thieves appear to have identified a new target: electric vehicle chargers. 

The Reno, Nevada area appears to be getting hit particularly hard, according to a report by the local ABC affiliate KOLO. Three local charging stations were robbed recently, including one at a hotel and another at a mall. 

EV charging cables are thick and heavily insulated for safety reasons, but they can be cut with the proper tools. Thieves then either take the entire cable with them or strip them of the copper on site. 

"They took the copper out of it," Josee, an employee at the Reno Aiden hotel who did not feel comfortable giving her last name, told Motherboard. "They actually cut it while it was charging somebody's car."