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⚡ EV Plate Form Opens Few Minutes Late, Form Now Closed
"Statement of Interest" form became active around 10:03am. Given "First Come, First Served" dynamic, was another sloppy implementation, of an already flawed process, by the NYC TLC
Once again, like March 15th, our team was “live” on the NYC Taxi & Limousine Commission (TLC) site leading up to the 10am “Statement of Interest” form for *new* EV FHV Licenses (a/k/a EV TLC Plates) opening up (“going live”).
The form opened up a few minutes late for us (& many others we heard from) at around 10:03am. It then prompted us with the question What is two plus two (2+2)? to, intelligently, add another layer of security. Given the “First Come, First Served” protocol, where every second counted, the process should have launched exactly at 10am. The few minute delay can once again be seen as a Commission failure of implementation (at least the form didn’t time out!).
We share a screengrab below at 10:07am when we tried to access the form again. At 10:07am, as you can see, it took about 2 minutes for the form to load.
NYC Taxi & Limousine Commission Chair David Do decided to double down on what we & frankly many (likely thousands) thought (& still think) is/was a ridiculous process (the image at the very top of this story should hopefully illustrate that). Older, non-tech savvy NYC TLC drivers, probably among the most deserving of their own TLC Plates, never really had a chance in this process or on March 15th.
We congratulate those who got an allocation and wish them good luck as they complete the process! Many TLC drivers & observers will not forget this process.
As always, let us know your thoughts and experience in the comments section below or by emailing us at info@automarketplace.com.
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The whole process was awful!
This is not a right way to distribute the plates, they need collect all applications do like as draw then all people participate and get a chance.