What catalytic converters do and why thieves target them

Catalytic converters are an important part of your car's functioning exhaust system. Here's how they work and why their parts ...
Jalopnik

Here's How Much Platinum Is Actually Inside Your Catalytic Converter

Platinum has been considered a precious metal for a couple thousand years now, with folks in both hemispheres using it to show off their conspicuous consumption since about 700 BCE. This is partly ...
Times of San Diego

Chula Vista police continue push to prevent catalytic converter theft with numbers on decline

Pictured, the underside of a Toyota Prius, with the catalytic converter in the middle of the image. (File photo courtesy of National Insurance Crime Bureau) The Chula Vista Police Department held an ...
ABC7

Catalytic converter theft in Tarzana leads to police chase; 2 suspects in custody, LAPD says

TARZANA, Calif. (KABC) -- Two suspects were apprehended and four catalytic converters were recovered after a theft in Tarzana led to a high-speed chase, authorities said. Sirens blared through the ...
wsbt

MC Area Schools open Wednesday after bus catalytic converter thefts close schools Tuesday

MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. (WSBT) — All Michigan City Elementary Schools will be back in normal operation on Wednesday and grades 7th to 12th will participate in synchronous e-Learning. But that wasn't the ...
Spectrum News NY1

NYPD hosts event on Staten Island to add serial numbers to catalytic converters

Brian Fagen’s catalytic converter has been stolen not once, not twice, but three times. In fact, Fagen told NY1 it happened twice on successive nights. “Repaired the next morning, stolen again,” he ...
komonews

New Washington law helps combat catalytic converter theft

SEATTLE — Washington now has its strongest ever protections against catalytic converter theft thanks to a bill-- now a law -- that has been among King County Prosecuting Attorney Leesa Manion’s top ...
Fox 5 San Diego

Video shows catalytic converter theft in San Diego neighborhood

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. (FOX 5/KUSI) — The piercing sound of cutting ...
Seattle Weekly

New catalytic converter law aimed at deterring theft in WA

Washington State House Bill 2153, developed with the help of the King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office, is now in effect, adding laws to deter catalytic converter theft in Washington state, ...
WGN-TV

Most catalytic converters stolen from suburban district’s bus fleet; e-learning day continues

WILL COUNTY, Ill. — A suburban school district was forced to emergency e-learning days after most of its bus fleet had their catalytic converters stolen. The Troy 30-C School District, which has ...
SlashGear

How Much Platinum Is Inside A Car's Catalytic Converter?

Platinum, a metal that helps craft aesthetically pleasing jewelry, also finds use in a car's exhaust for entirely non-aesthetic reasons. The catalytic converter is required on nearly every car to ...
SlashGear

What Are Catalytic Converters, And Why Is Nearly Every Car Required To Have One?

Modern vehicles and the internal combustion engines that power them — well, most of them, that is — have come a long way in recent decades. From inefficient carburetor systems to fuel injection and, ...