EV batteries are even more valuable than catalytic converters. Even at 200 or 300 lbs per battery pack, I bet we'll see EV battery thefts in the next couple of years.
I’m sure we’ll see some thefts but these are easily removed and small. Most EV batteries are the opposite on both counts — and if they were designed to be removable, they’d fit them with locks like on e-bikes.
It’s easy to run a sting operation jailing any business which will buy battery packs with the locks cut off.