asimba2 said:It's one thing to steal a trunk mounted 1.3 kW battery and quite another to try and walk away with a 640 lb pack the size of the undercarriage of a car. I think they will resort to stealing the entire car instead. I'm sure there are some simple electrical hacks that can be done to disable the car (kill switch) if it becomes a serious problem.
epirali said:I wasn't implying that for a minute, I just thought it was amusing that batteries needing replacement now have a street value now.
TomT said:It's no different than airbags... And for the article to suggest that EV batteries will become a target is simply silly and shows that the author has no concept of what an EV battery is actually like... No one is going to steal it out of the car without having the entire car first... Then it would be no different than any other chop shop operation...
epirali said:I wasn't implying that for a minute, I just thought it was amusing that batteries needing replacement now have a street value now.
epirali said:TomT said:It's no different than airbags... And for the article to suggest that EV batteries will become a target is simply silly and shows that the author has no concept of what an EV battery is actually like... No one is going to steal it out of the car without having the entire car first... Then it would be no different than any other chop shop operation...
epirali said:I wasn't implying that for a minute, I just thought it was amusing that batteries needing replacement now have a street value now.
Actually if you read the article the author understand perfectly and was talking about Plugin hybrid Prius with a small 150 pound battery that can be easily removed from the "trunk." Curious did you read the link?
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