With all of the technological advances lately, couldn’t a catalytic converter be designed with cheaper materials that aren’t worth stealing?

Question

With all of the technological advances lately, couldn’t a catalytic converter be designed with cheaper materials that aren’t worth stealing?

In: 2057

Answer 1

It’s a problem that, at this point, would be pointless to solve. The age of the internal combustion engine is coming to a swift end, and the only ICE cars on the road in the decade will be used cars. Those will slowly dwindle, and catalytic converters will go the way of the dodo.