Even Thieves Don’t Want EVs

September 30, 2024

According to the National Insurance Crime Bureau, last year was a record-breaking year for car thefts in the United States, but apparently, electric vehicles aren’t on the most wanted list.

Axios reports,

“More than 1 million vehicles were stolen in the U.S. in 2023, according to the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB)…EVs are much less likely to be snatched than gas-powered cars, according to experts at the NICB and the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety’s IHS).”

Despite massive taxpayer subsidies and mandates from the Biden-Harris Administration, electric vehicle sales in 2023 totaled less than 8 percent. Showing that not only do thieves not want EVs, but American families are equally as apprehensive when it comes to electric vehicles. 

“It’s not just consumers who are turning up their noses at EVs – even the criminals can’t be bothered to steal them, and who can blame them,” said Daniel Turner, Founder and Executive Director for Power The Future. “EVs are expensive, unreliable and confusing — not to mention heavier and more damaging to roads and infrastructure than their traditional counterparts. In the ultimate cutting off the nose to spite the face, if Kamala Harris wants to get serious about cracking down on crime, her EV mandate might just be the way to go.”