[theshrike79]

This is one of the things I enjoy as an EV owner. I don't need to worry about low-lifes stealing parts from my car.

I do worry about the time when the same people figure out that a regular-ass Type 2 charging cable is up to $300 and completely untraceable if stolen. A "granny-charger" can be up to $1k for the really fancy models. And most EV's have at least one of those onboard at all times.

[londons_explore]

With a battery powered disc cutter you can have the $15k battery out inside 10 minutes.

[Tade0]

$15k worth of battery weighs at least 453kg(1000lbs). Might as well just steal the entire car.

[theshrike79]

Theoretically. In practice there will be a crispy fried battery thief under the car in the morning.

I'm not seeing a huge market in stealing batteries from EV any time soon. Most are literally built into the frame and would require taking apart the whole car.