Thanks to standard GPS tracking, all Tesla vehicles are at the top of the list of least stolen vehicles in the USA.
We’ve reported several happy stories about Tesla owners who managed to get their vehicles back after they were stolen.
They often even assist the police by tracking their vehicles via the Tesla app.
Both the feature itself and the fact that it was released have resulted in very few Tesla vehicles being stolen. And if they do get stolen, they’ll be found pretty quickly.
Now we get some actual data to back this up.
The Highway Loss Data Institute, supported by the insurance industry, released its Total Vehicle Theft Losses report, covering over 40 million vehicles with 18,000 theft claims:
The cumulative total risk for the three model years was nearly 13 million insured vehicle years for passenger vehicles and nearly 33 million insured vehicle years for pickups, SUVs and vans. The number of claims due to theft of entire vehicles was over 7,000 for cars and over 11,000 for pickups, SUVs and vans.
Data shows that Tesla vehicles are the least stolen in the US.
Model 3 and Model Y are the two least stolen examples, and several other Tesla models and trims also top the list:
IIHS wrote about the theft rate of Tesla vehicles in the US:
The electric four-door 4WD Tesla Model 3, a midsize luxury car, and the electric four-door 4WD Tesla Model Y, a midsize luxury SUV, had the lowest relative incidence of whole vehicle theft at just 3 percent. Car average.
While Tesla vehicle thefts are rare in the US, there are some more sophisticated thieves in Europe who have managed a number of Tesla vehicle thefts through relay attacks.
In response to these attacks, Tesla began introducing additional layers of security with a key fob with “enhanced cryptography” and the optional “PIN to Drive” feature. Once these measures are applied, they can significantly reduce the chances of your Tesla vehicle being stolen.
In this case, in addition to the PIN-to-Drive feature, drivers can carry their Tesla key card in an RFID card holder to protect themselves from the attack. However, this doesn’t apply if you use your phone as a key, which most Tesla owners do.
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