[jccooper]

That's approximately the same sort of operation as stealing the engine of a car. Not something you can do in a couple minutes with a battery powered angle grinder.

[leecb]

Tesla has demonstrated that their batteries can be removed and replaced in a matter of a minute or two, given the right equipment.

https://www.tesla.com/videos/battery-swap-event

Since the batteries cost an order of magnitude more than a catalytic converter, this could justify criminals developing more sophisticated equipment to pull it off.

[skunkworker]

This used to be more true, but with their new battery packs becoming an integral part of the frame, this is no longer going to be possible.

https://electrek.co/2021/01/19/tesla-structural-battery-pack...

[SilasX]

Interesting, I’ve always thought it would make more sense to optimize for hot-swappable batteries rather than try to improve supercharger tech.

[johnnywasagood]

Four bricks and a jack I guess.