Car owners sometimes find, to their dismay, that their catalytic converters have been stolen because of the platinum inside.

Bigelow allegedly exited the van with a cordless saw, crawled under the vehicle, and attempted to remove its catalytic converter. When the employee opened her car door, Bigelow reportedly returned ...

Chemists have learned how to use catalysts to speed up the reactions that break down car exhaust. If your family’s car runs on gasoline, it has a device called a catalytic converter. Inside this ...

When Johnny Wactor found three people in masks trying to steal the catalytic converter from his Toyota Prius last May, one of the thieves yelled “No!” before his “hot-headed” companion ...