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New Porsche Patent Cleans Cataltyic Converters Without Soiling The Air

Evan Williams is an automotive journalist and mechanical engineering technologist with more than a decade of experience in the industry. He has written for the Toronto Star and AutoTrader Canada and ...
USA Today

What catalytic converters do and why thieves target them

Cars making loud noises are never a good sign and are a particular hassle when the cause of the noise is a missing catalytic converter. Catalytic converters are regularly targeted car parts, sometimes ...
St. Louis Post-Dispatch

A Mehlville company sold hundreds of stolen catalytic converters. Then it got caught.

ST. LOUIS — In the fall of 2020, police detectives were staking out a storage unit in south St. Louis County. They had received a tip that there were stolen catalytic converters inside. Theft of ...
USA Today

Jury convicts 'ringleader' of $2.7M million catalytic converter theft ring

A federal jury convicted a 72-year-old California man of selling thousands of stolen catalytic converters for a multi-million dollar profit, the Justice Department announced. George Thomas could serve ...
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 ...
Jalopnik

How To Tell If Your Catalytic Converter Is Clogged (Before It's Too Late)

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. The catalytic converter is a non-serviceable part that can last well beyond 100,000 miles; or, in some cases, the entire life of the vehicle, ...
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 ...
19 Action News

District cancels classes on 5th day of school after buses had catalytic converters stolen

MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. (WNDU/Gray News) – A school district in Indiana had to close its schools Tuesday after someone stole the catalytic converters from many of its buses. According to a Facebook post ...
South Bend Tribune

Schools closed in South Bend area city after thieves take bus catalytic converters

MICHIGAN CITY — School buildings are closed after catalytic converters were stolen from more than 20 school buses during the overnight hours of Aug. 18-19. According to Michigan City Area Schools, ...
Gothamist

Catalytic converter theft is down by 80% in NYC. Here’s why.

Three years ago, thieves stole a staggering 8,591 catalytic converters from New York City vehicles. But since 2022, police, prosecutors and even state lawmakers have taken steps to solve the problem — ...
Forbes

Catalytic Converter Thefts Drop, But Don’t Let Your Guard Down Yet

Catalytic converters aren’t the most glamorous part of your car – in fact, it’s not even visible unless you crawl under. But catalytic converters, which change engine pollutants into less harmful ...