EVs—notably Teslas—are stolen lower than internal-combustion automobiles, based on the Insurance coverage Institute for Freeway Security’s (IIHS) Freeway Loss Information Institute (HLDI).

The HLDI revealed its annual listing of most-stolen and least-stolen automobiles Thursday, based mostly on the frequency of insurance coverage claims for entire car theft for 2020-2022 fashions. The Tesla Mannequin 3 and Mannequin Y had the bottom frequency of claims, with the Mannequin X, Mannequin S, and Nissan Leaf additionally having a lot decrease frequencies of theft claims than the business common, relative to car inhabitants.

That makes for six EVs (the HLDI counts the single-motor and dual-motor Mannequin 3 individually) among the many 20 fashions with the fewest claims for entire car theft, though researchers have not developed a agency concept as to why automotive thieves appear to keep away from them.

2022 Tesla Mannequin 3

“Usually, electrical automobiles are stolen much less steadily than different fashions,” and HLDI press launch mentioned, providing that, “This can be as a result of they’re usually parked in a single day in well-lit and relatively safe areas for charging.”

Tesla’s Sentry Mode—and the potential for being caught trying to steal a automotive on digital camera—may additionally have helped. The automaker has additionally labored to rapidly eradicate any cybersecurity points  it might need by working with “white hat” hackers, though knowledge on the speed of EV thefts completed by way of hacking versus extra standard strategies is nonexistent.

2021 Nissan Leaf

Hybrids, however, have turn out to be theft targets for different causes. In 2021, the Toyota Prius turned a predominant goal for catalytic converter thefts, spurred by a provide chain upheaval that led to a spike in costs for the dear metals contained within the converters.

Probably decrease possibilities of theft do not seem to have helped EV homeowners with insurance coverage. EVs nonetheless value extra to insure than comparable gasoline automobiles or hybrids, probably partly as a result of collision-repair prices are typically greater for EVs.