Today Latimer Electric announced that they were closing their thirty-one electric vehicle charging stations in the Atlanta area. “We have been consistently losing money in this operation,” explained Lewis Howard, “We believe that we have identified the cause of the problem and will reconsider our operations once a fix has been identified.”
Latimer began opening their high-speed charging stations in 2021. Their proprietary technology allows for rapid recharge of electric vehicle batteries in under ten minutes. The company’s distinctive green charging stations with covered parking have become popular destinations in the Atlanta area over the past six months. The Latimer fast charge system only charges vehicle batteries to 80%.
A technician who is not authorized to talk to the press says that the problem is that someone has figured out how to use the charging stations without paying for the service. “The company has had researchers identify a number of cybersecurity vulnerabilities in their system,” the technician said, “But no one has been able to identify how those vulnerabilities have been combined to steal power from the system.”
Rumors have been circulating in the Atlanta area that the
Latimer Charging Centers have been the target of a local hacker known as RHood.
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