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That's not nearly as easy as removing a catalytic converter. You can walk off with the catalytic converter. But a battery pack can be a quarter of the vehicle's
by SideburnsOfDoom 3y ago
That's not nearly as easy as removing a catalytic converter. You can walk off with the catalytic converter. But a battery pack can be a quarter of the vehicle's considerable weight. EVs weight more than fossil fuel cars because of this. You're not going to casually walk off or moped away with 1,000 lbs of battery.
- londons_explore 3y agoThe thieves I see have a truck with 50 catalytic converters in the back. They could equally have a truck with 3 EV batteries in the back.
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- SideburnsOfDoom 3y agoI'm not saying that it's impossible, just that the weight and economics of it seem a lot less favourable. By an estimated ratio of 3:50, or 6%.
- theshrike79 3y agoA single man can throw the catalytic converter in the back of the truck. It can also be sawed off with a 50€ battery angle grinder in a few minutes. A single man cannot throw a 500kg battery bank on the truck. The battery bank in many EVs is a structural part of the car and very well protected from the underside for a reason.