In recent years, New Zealand has experienced severe inflation, and oil prices are unbearably high.
Residents are starting to choose cheap means of transportation instead of cars, and e-bikes are one of them.
As the saying goes, scarcity is expensive, and New Zealand's electric vehicles are generally imported and sold at a higher price, so they are the target of theft.
According to local media reports, thousands of e-bikes are stolen in New Zealand every year, and many of them are never recovered.
Recently, Patrick Reynolds gave an interview to the media because his electric car was stolen.
"In just two minutes, my tram was stolen and I bought the most expensive lock," he said. It's really a face-twisting effort. ”
His electric car, which is believed to be worth $8,000, was stolen from Britomart in central Auckland.
Road surveillance in central Auckland filmed the entire process of the electric car being stolen – the thief using a grinder to pick the lock.
Reynolds, the owner of the electric car, said he provided police with photos of the thieves and real-time GPS location of the stolen bike.
But the police said they did not have enough "evidence" to move forward with the investigation.
"I'm very disappointed [with the way the police handled]," Reynolds said.
"I even installed an anti-theft system on the tram, but it was stolen.
"After the theft, I provided a lot of information, but no one solved the matter and paid attention to it. ”
He said the same model is no longer available in New Zealand.
"I have a car, but I prefer an e-bike because it goes faster and doesn't get stuck in traffic. Reynolds said.
Reynolds said he was "distressed" when he lost his e-bike.
He first submitted a theft report online and later went to the police station to follow up on the progress of the case.
A few days after the report, he received an email saying that the information he had provided was "too meaningful."
"The problem is that the police didn't take action in the first place, and no amount of information I provided was useless. Reynolds said.
In response to this, the police said that the GPS location information provided by Reynolds was "not strong evidence" because it was impossible to apply for a search warrant from the superiors.
As for the photos of the thieves captured by the surveillance, the police said that they could not confirm the identity of the person for the time being.