Electric Car Frenzy Spurs Battery Thefts, in Istanbul

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 31 May 2022) 

Suspects' experimental 7-battery car will be delayed 

coming to market. 

In Ataşehir, Istanbul, 7 batteries were stolen from parked cars between

14-22 May.  Based on complaints, police reviewed street camera video

footage and saw that two people had come in a car and stolen the 

batteries.  The license plate of the suspects' car was traced by police to

a woman named G.N.G., who had rented it. 

Police went to G.N.G. hanım's home and learned from her that her

husband Mücahit Güllü had used the car on the dates of the theft

incidents.  Mücahit bey was then taken into custody, along with his

partner in crime Mertcan Ünver.  Both of them have long police records.

After processing at the police station the suspects were jailed. 

Pioneering mid-1970s battery-powered (4,000 of 'em) car 

inspired the Ataşehir suspects.