Toyota introduces anti-theft device for catalytic converters on its hybrid cars

The theft of exhaust systems from car parks and driveways – which leaves vehicles stranded – is on the rise amid skyrocketing prices for precious metals inside catalytic converters. Now Toyota has introduced an anti-theft device to thwart thieves targeting hybrid cars.


The 2023 Toyota Prius has gone on sale in the US with a factory-backed catalytic converter ‘shield’ as an optional extra, designed to thwart thieves who target the hybrid vehicles’s…

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