The new goal of thieves - Batteries Toyota Prius, which sell on the black market

It seems that the emergence of electric vehicles and hybrids added all sorts of attackers the opportunity to earn. Last week in San Francisco, several owners of Prius заявили the police about the theft of batteries of their machines. In this case, the police announced that the number of such incidents is gradually increasing.

And this despite the fact that the battery weight is about 55 kilograms, and the time the battery recess certified is about an hour. But the thieves manage in just 20 minutes. Why steal the battery? In order to sell them on the black market the electric vehicles owners who guarantee the battery came to an end (it is important for the owners of the first generation Prius), the battery is out of order, or close to it.

No warranty battery replacement costs about $ 3,000, when contacting an authorized service center. Second-hand battery on the black market will be worth about $ 1,000. The problem of such batteries is that they are virtually unprotected - identify where the battery is almost impossible. It is also interesting that the source of stolen battery, mainly, electric cars become a third generation batteries which can not be directly used in the first generation Prius. In order for the battery went, you need to make some changes in the design of the battery.



As mentioned above, the number of cases of theft of batteries increases. So, now of such incidents reported in the New York, where they steal the batteries from Prius-taxi.

Source: geektimes.ru/post/250738/