Worcester Business Journal

wbjournal.com | March 19, 2018 | Worcester Business Journal 13 Corridor NiNe 2018 BusiNess expo ads – 02.28.17 WBJ Print ad – quarter Page Wednesday, April 4, 2018 | DoubleTree Hotel 5400 Computer Drive | Westborough 4:00 – 8:00 pm GET CONNECTED at the Region's Largest Expo in the Route 9/495 Corridor! FOR MORE INFORMATION ON BECOMING AN EXHIBITOR OR ATTENDING: Corridor Nine Chamber of Commerce | 508-836-4444 www.corridornine.org 4 Hour Event with More than 125 Exhibitors and 1,300 Attendees Network with Hundreds of Business Owners & Top Level Decision Makers Services and Products on Display from Expert Exhibitors Enjoy Award-Winning Cuisine from the Region Opportunities to Win Thousands of Dollars in Prizes CORRIDOR NINE BUSINESS EXPO E 2018 PRESENTING SPONSOR: PLATINUM SPONSOR: MEDIA SPONSORS: SUPPORTING SPONSORS: Commerce Bank, a Division of Berkshire Bank Mark's Moving & Storage Wegmans Food Markets Inc. Whittier Rehabilitation Hospital Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester Regional Airport EXPO MARKETING BY: HOSTING SPONSOR: TODAY'S VARIETY ing ports – many stations have multiple ports – and expects 2017 to show a 30- to 40-percent growth. That growth closely traces the rise in popularity of plug-in electric vehicles. Sales of such cars worldwide was set to hit 1 million in 2017, according to the firm Nagivant Research. That would make six straight years of growth of 40 percent or more, according to Navigant, which in December predicted continued growth of 38 percent through 2020. A benefit for employees & customers Car-charging stations are a relatively new perk for employers and property owners: a free fill-up at a time when hardly anything is free. Auburn Mall and Marlborough's Solomon Pond Mall both installed charging stations in 2015 – which do require users to pay, either $2 for a typ- ical charge or $9.95 for a fast charge – as part of a broader program by owner Simon Property Group. EVgo stations were installed at 11 Simon malls state- wide, which can fully charge a car in just 30 minutes. The Natick Mall installed free stations in one of its park- ing garages in 2016. Individual businesses have installed stations, too, including automotive dealerships, largely free to the public. Chili's restaurants in Auburn and Leominister, Ron Bouchard's Nissan in Lancaster, Wagner BMW of Shrewsbury, and Glick Nissan, Westboro Mitsubishi and Colonial Volkswagen in Westborough all have stations. The Stop & Shop in Wayland has set aside a whole row of spaces at the side of its building for plug-in cars. Woburn-based Ninety Nine Restaurants installed charging stations at 11 Massachusetts eateries in 2012, including its Auburn and Marlborough locations. Canton-based Dunkin' Donuts even has some charging sta- tions – about 30 nationwide, with Massachusetts locations in Quincy and West Springfield. McKenzie Engineering Co. in Leominister installed two charging ports about five years ago, both for its own employees and the roughly 15 other tenants in its office building, which it owns through a related trust. "It's not only a perk for our business and our company, but also the realty trust that owns the building," said Sam Squailia, a designer at McKenzie. One port is typically used by the same driver, while the other has always had a rotating cast of users, Squailia said. "They must find us on the ChargePoint [web]site." Commuters have options too, with stations at the parking garage at Worcester's Union Station, Littleton's MBTA commuter rail station and the Massport garage off Route 30 in Framingham. The two Littleton ports were used more than 350 times in 2017, according to the MBTA. 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 Electric vehicle* Hybrid OEM AFV/HEV/Diesel Light Duty Model Offerings by Fuel Type 1991-2016 '95 '96 '97 '98 '99 '00 '01 '02 '03 '04 '05 '06 '07 '08 '09 '10 '11 '12 '13 '14 '15 '16 Electric vehicle models Automakers have increased the number of electric vehicle models available for sale exponentially in this decade. Source: AFDC www.afdc.energy.gov/afdc/ (all years for AFVs), fueleconomy.gov (all years for diesels, count all mod- els and transmission types), EVworld.com (for EVs), and www.hybridcars.com (for hybrids and EVs). Notes: *EVs include plug-in HEVs, but do not include Neighborhood Electric Vehicles, Low Speed Electric Vehicles, or two-wheeled electric vehicles. Only full-sized vehicles sold in the U.S. and capable of 60mph are listed. - Years refer to vehicle model years - Worksheet available at www.eere.energy.gov/afdc/data/index.html - Last updated 08/19/2016 Anderson shows off the battery charging information in his Chevrolet Bolt. W

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