San Francisco Thieves Now Targeting Prius Battery Packs For Black Market

They say every forest has its shadow and, unfortunately, this applies to the automotive world as well after a new type of perpetrators is emerging: car battery packs thieves.

 Yes, it's exactly how you read it: there are people who steal battery packs from green cars. How do we know? Well, according to ABC 7 News, vehicle burglars have a new profile as they reoriented to batteries from hybrid cars and the first victims were a couple of Toyota Prius models.

 So, if you're living in the San Francisco area and happen to own a Prius, beware, your car might not be as safe as it was before.
 

skytop - 5/22/2015 1:43:00 PM

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Thieves are smart, to a point. Remember when thieves were stealing the front bumper off of Cadillac? How about the theft of air bag steering wheels.
No one ever stole oblamer's cars cause the stink was wretched.