The 9th Precinct tweeted this out the other day... an uptick in catalytic converter theft!Hot topic and probably one of the hottest items for criminals these days!! BE AWARE pic.twitter.com/Tqqr5xQK5Y
— NYPD 9th Precinct (@NYPD9Pct) July 21, 2022
Per Car & Driver:
According to the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB), catalytic converter theft has spiked dramatically due to three precious metals found inside them: palladium, rhodium, and platinum. How precious are we talking about here? At the time of this writing, an ounce of rhodium costs about $15,000.
Yet another cost of the government's pushing people towards electric cars. Did you know Al Gore made $160 million dollars when his tiny unknown green energy company was sold to a government organization? And then he disappeared from the world stage for the most part.
ReplyDeleteVery well researched comment.
DeleteLiterally nobody is in charge of this city...
ReplyDeletei got mine stolen when i parked next to the park a month ago. class act. a week lated my bike got stolen. and now con-edison is saying they forgot to charge me for 3 years of gas (at todays price). ive lived here 25 years and have never felt so abused.
ReplyDeleteElectric cars don't use/need catalytic converters.
ReplyDeleteThis is a huge problem all over the country
ReplyDeleteThe Toyota Prius is particularly open to this type of theft because of easy assess to the part.