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[–] darganon@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Teslas are at or very near the bottom of often stolen car lists, by a wide margin.

[–] circuscritic@lemmy.ca 4 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Now hear me out, do you think that might have something to do with their market share relative to ALL other cars on the road?

When a KIA gets stolen, the owner will likely get it back, although probably a lot more worse for wear.

Thieves using relay attacks are most likely part of, or connected to, professional auto theft groups e.g. chop shops, overseas car markets, etc.

[–] darganon@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago

No, because they normalize and have a relative metric.

The most stolen car is an SRT hellcat, which has a total production run well under Model 3 production in a single quarter.

[–] NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world 0 points 6 months ago

So? It's not quite the point here, but it seems that even thieves got some taste.