Posted on 10/07/2024 6:29:03 PM PDT by Olog-hai
Despite government subsidies, mandates and promotion, demand for electric vehicles (EVs) is still so low that car thieves don’t think they’re worth stealing — but, if they are stolen, they’ll cost more to replace than traditional, gas-powered vehicles.
While the Biden-Harris Administration provides tax credits to people who buy electric vehicles, there are no such incentives for those who might steal them. A record number of vehicles were stolen in the U.S., but electric vehicles were far less likely to be stolen, a Highway Loss Data Institute analysis of insured vehicles model years 2021-23 finds.
Four of the six vehicles with the lowest frequencies of theft are electric, with Tesla models accounting for half of those, according to the study. In fact, all three of the vehicles with the lowest odds of being stolen were Teslas, with one model rating the safest from theft — by far:
“The Tesla Model 3 electric four-door 4WD, a midsize luxury car, had the lowest whole vehicle theft claim frequency at just 1% of the all-passenger-vehicle average.” …
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Sure you could trade one in for a conventional car if you want to take a big loss. Why do you suppose they are not often stolen? Because they are cheap to own?
Supply and Demand is real or in the words of my somewhat criminal friend, “I am not going to steal a piece of Sh-t, if I can not sell it quickly at great profit due to my risk in stealing it.
Thus supply and demand and precise criminal logic shows us without doubt, EVs are a piece of SH-T.
It’s a lot easer to cut out and ICE Catalytic converter than the full battery pack of an EV/
As with anything else
worth stealing, the laws
of supply and demand come
into play. There’s not
enough supply out there
that would justify the risk
of 20 years in prison.
Older ICE vehicles are the
hot ticket as available
parts and sheetmetal are no
longer available. Just try
to find an all origonal
426 hemi powered car from the
late 60’s thats in great
shape and driveable. They’ll
run you more than any Tesla.
The Ford F-150 I believe,
still holds the record as the
most stolen vehicle in the
US, but the Toyota Camry
isn’t far behind.
https://ir.tesla.com/press-release/tesla-third-quarter-2024-production-deliveries-and-deployments
If Tesla is worthless, why were 462,890 Tesla’s sold in 2024 so far?
50% of our population (with illegal aliens...likely even higher %) have an IQ below 100.
Lithium colored paint?
“Can I disguise my car as a Tesla?
Why do queers watch Disney and vote for demoncraps?
Invalid comparison! Both my children have EV’s. Both are very intelligent with high level of success in college and jobs. I have done many rides in the Tesla and a Chevy EV. Cars run more smooth and quiet than the best ICE cars. Both cars are used mostly for daily commutes to jobs and shopping. I think that is a good fit for EV’s. I owned an EV from 2001-2011 and it was heads and shoulders above gasoline fueled rising golf carts.
I personally would never buy one, because for one, I am retired and most of my trips are longer distance, so far more convenient to re-fuel, and for another, I like the overall economy of ICE cars.
Every type of vehicle has it’s place depending on how it is used.
“rising golf carts”-—>riding golf carts.
There is a reason people don’t steal EVs it’s not the sale value. They are nearly impossible to steal without the fob or smartphone app. You cannot “hotwire” an Tesla. They are geofenced too. If my Model 3 moves without the fob or me using my digital smartphone key it bricks the car and sends an alert to me and Tesla. This is why they are not stolen they turn off if you somehow managed to get one to move in the first place. Even if you had my fob say you mugged me all I have to do is call Tesla and in seconds yup it’s a brick its not moving again and the cops have the GPS location and your face is all over the 360 and interior security cameras in sentinel mode so they saw you break in it.slam dunk felony charges and conviction. My lawyer locked his phone in the car which is also his key so he couldn’t get back in. Being a boomer he panicked we all got a chuckle out of it till I handed him my phone and said hey log in to my app with your login accept the code and pop the locks...he didn’t know his password for the app. That.meant a hour long call to Tesla for verification of identity then the popped the locks while he was standing next to it. You simply cannot steal a Tesla for long if at all. That’s why they are not stolen. People do take them via flatbed the only way to really get one and then rip out the modem before the cops can come to the GPS location and move it to a chop shop for the battery pack and motors. That Tesla is never running again without the mothership signal so its only good for parts. Chop.shops are an issue for ICE cars too luxury ICE cars get chopped up all the time.
Do people with solar panels and off grid capability have an oil well in their back yard? No they do not , no one does the EPA will not licence a home refinery either so you are 100% dependent on government licenced and controlled gas stations. Don’t think the dotgov can turn off fuel, they did during Katrina and also Harvey. What they cannot turn off is that glorious thermonuclear fireball in the sky that showers us with its loving bounty. I have a model 3 because I can fuel it indefinitely off my panels and no one only God himself can stop that. I need sun less than once a week to fully fill it. That’s 360 miles of F U to gas stations and their gov enforcers. We get 220+ days of sun per year here any single day puts in 360 miles per day , actually 6 hours of 12 puts in 360 miles so I could have two EVs in Texas with power left over for the house to use too.
You would think that independent minded people would see the benefit of having a fuel station on the roof, but by all means rant away. The kicker is my Model 3 is less expensive than the Volvo that it replaced and its a much nicer car with nearly double the horsepower too. It spanks the turbo Volvo up to any reasonable speed and even well into triple digits too.
Can’t give em away and nobody wants to steal em???!!!
He can disable the car remotely if it was stolen!
If he can disable the car remotely someone else can do it too!
Hate to break it too you but every car after like 2000 with OnStar,Bluelink,Ford synk,Ford link, Volvo On Call, BMW Assit, Benz Mbrace...every car maker has their version. Every one of these can and will disable a vehicle remotely. They are hard wired to the engine ECU and even if the consumer doesn’t pay for the service the modem is always on and the manufacture, the cops or fedgov could send a shut down signal if they chose too. Or if stolen the user can ask them to send that signal and get the GPS location of the vehicle for recovery ops.
After 2026 every car sold in the USA must have one of those modems installed and also the manufacture must provide to local LEO and fed LEO the kill codes to stop high speed chases. It’s not a matter of cutting the cord much more sophisticated than that it’s hard wired to the ECU and coded so if the modem is cut the car goes into limp mode or just bricks. Jamming the modem signal or GPS is a 20 year felony and the FCC looks for jammers with a boner they mess with aircraft GPS so its a life danger which they take very seriously.
Are you saying its alright, then? Good for you.
I’m glad I hold on to my archaic, unsophisticated vehicles!
Only if the other person has password.
Ditto with my checking account. Anyone can access it if has my password.
YMSFKM!!!
You’re saying that hackers can’t break into secure systems? That has to be the absolutely dumbest claim I’ve ever seen on social media!
You missed my main point. Again, the main point is, Tesla has superior antitheft features compared to other cars. Which may be the real reason very few get stolen.
I have used internet to do all financial transactions at banks, brokers, utilities, social security, Medicare, pay all bills, since 1995. Never been hacked even one time. That concludes me to believe, with secure passwords and other steps, it is extremely difficult to hack a good system.
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