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Annapolis reports prolonged EV-charger outages; Bird ends scooter service, city to seek new vendor
Summary
The Transportation Department told the committee that several fast chargers in city garages have been out of service for extended periods due to parts backorders and vendor coordination problems. Bird has notified the city it cannot continue the shared-mobility pilot; procurement for a new operator will begin.
The Annapolis Transportation Committee received an update on electric-vehicle charging infrastructure and the city’s shared-mobility program at its Sept. 9 meeting. Marcus Moore, the Transportation Department presenter, said the department is prioritizing repairs and preparing procurement steps after the scooter operator notified the city it could not continue service.
Moore said Hillman Garage has one of its four Level 3 (fast) chargers nonoperational and that repairs were underway. He provided cumulative performance figures for the Level 3 chargers: “The downtime for this year, 1 unit's been down for about 3 months between January and March. Another unit's been down for 2 months between May and June. And the unit number 3 has been…
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