, a Chevrolet Silverado pickup stopped at an electric vehicle charging station on the edge of a shopping center parking lot.
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"We’re enabling people to get to work, to take their kids to school, get to medical appointments," Lambkin said. “So to have an entire station that’s offline is pretty impactful to our customers.” The company said law enforcement officials are investigating the thefts while it tries to repair inoperable stations and considers a longer-term solution.
In very large cities like Houston, charging stations typically contain an especially large number of plugs and cables, so thefts can be particularly damaging.Roy Manuel, an Uber driver who normally recharges his Tesla at the Houston station hit by thieves, said he fears being unable to do so because of stolen cables.
"They're not making a significant amount of money,” he said. “They're not going to be sailing on a yacht anywhere.”