THEFT RESPONSE DEVICE AND THEFT RESPONSE METHOD

To make it possible to easily recover a stolen electric vehicle.SOLUTION: A theft response device comprises: a vehicular communication part 301 which acquires identification information from an electric vehicle to determine whether the electric vehicle 1 is a stolen vehicle or not when the electric vehicle charges a battery of the own vehicle from a charging station 3; a theft specification part 302 which specifies whether the electric vehicle is a stolen vehicle or not based on the identification information acquired by the vehicular communication part 301; and a lock command part 362 which performs, when the theft specification part 302 specifies the electric vehicle as a stolen vehicle, locking to prevent driving operation of the electric vehicle.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3 【課題】盗難された電動車両をより容易に回収可能とする。【解決手段】電動車両が充電スタンド３から自車のバッテリに充電を行う際に、電動車両１が盗難車か否かを特定するための識別情報を、電動車両から取得する車両通信部３０１と、車両通信部３０１で取得する識別情報を用いて、電動車両が盗難車か否かを特定する盗難特定部３０２と、盗難特定部３０２で電動車両が盗難車と特定したことをもとに、電動車両の運転操作を妨げるロックを行わせるロック指示部３６２とを備える。【選択図】図３