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 ...

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 ...

It’s the rough idle no Toyota Prius owner ever wants to hear. When my neighbor heard a “loud, throaty sound” from his otherwise quiet Prius one morning, he knew the catalytic converter had been stolen ...

Three years into its current generation, the Toyota Tundra keeps improving. For the 2025 model year, the full-size pickup truck gains yet another off-road package, massaging seats and some cool tech ...

The Toyota Tundra has been a mainstay of the full-size pickup truck game ever since it debuted in the 2000 model year. Although it hasn't quite matched the sales of its American-made counterparts like ...

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The pollution control devices contain valuable metals, making them a hot commodity for recycling. Some beneficiaries of the thefts look the other way. The innards of a catalytic converter are coated ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — Catalytic converter theft has gone down dramatically. Officials said a new law that took effect this year makes it a lot harder to sell the precious metals. The owner of Yama’s Auto ...

Don’t even think about going for a catalytic converter in the Toyota Tacoma! While catalytic converter theft is increasing due to the valuable metals inside, the 2024 Toyota Tacoma isn’t taking things ...

The 2024 Toyota Tacoma is basically out to take GM’s, Ford’s, and Nissan’s lunch money all for itself. To do so, it’s changing a heck of a lot, from major stuff like its new hybrid engine option to ...

Catalytic converter thefts broke records last year but are declining nationwide and in nearly every state as the prices of precious metals tumble. Thefts fell in the first half of this year, according ...