Four Fastned charging points in Puiseux-Pontoise, Val-d’Oise, were left unusable after their cables were cut, the company detected the theft and told authorities. The incident happened on 7 November. On the station screens, a red alert appeared to drivers: “Vol de câble détecté. Les autorités ont été informées.” All four charging bays were affected after the cables were severed, taking the site completely offline. It was not a one-off. The same night, another charging station was also hit in Osny, again with cables cut. Figures from Mobilians, the professionals’ group for the automobile and charging sector, show the Val-d’Oise is the most targeted department in Ile-de-France. Since January, 43 cable thefts have been reported across 28 charging stations in the department, and some sites were targeted more than once. With Fastned stations affected in Puiseux-Pontoise and Osny and dozens of reports logged across the region, authorities are investigating the wave of copper cable thefts from charging infrastructure.