With fuel prices escalating, Quad-City electrical workers are working to attract more interest to the emerging electrical vehicle market.?
The Quad-Cities Chapter of the National Electrical Contractors Association, or NECA, and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers L.U. No. 145 have updated their electrical contractor referral website, lightingtheqca.com, to provide more resources about the new electrical vehicles.?
Steve Chesley, NECA’s executive?
manager, said NECA and the IBEW see a potential market for electric vehicles in the Quad-Cities. He said efforts are beginning to create a task force to address the need for more infrastructure related to the growth of electrical vehicles. He said some contractors already have begun training their employees on how to install the charging stations and local suppliers are beginning to stock?various brands of charging stations.
The website includes a link to “Electrical Vehicle Resources” where visitors can find information on national resources available. The links also contain information about possible funding resources and financial assistance. There also is a direct link to Lujack’s Northpark Auto Plaza, which will sell two electric car models, the Chevy Volt and Nissan Leaf.
Super Wash makes donations for local food pantries
Throughout the month of May, select Super Wash car washes in the Quad-City region will host a FoodRaiser to raise money for local food pantries. Super Wash will donate $1 of every automatic wash selection and $1.50 of every four-wash token package purchased from May 1 through May 31.
A Super Wash manager or attendant must be on duty in order to purchase token packages.
The first FoodRaiser last year raised $52,460. The 2011 goal is $60,000.
The Morrison, Ill.-based Super Wash is the nation’s largest car wash franchiser/operator with more than 300 locations in 21 states. Visit www.superwash.com to find locations.
Business changes name
Beginning Friday, Express Lube Plus in Davenport will become Mobile 1 Lube Express.
Sandie Crookshanks, who has owned the oil change business at 455 E. 53rd St., for four years, said she decided to join with Mobil in a partnership in which the oil change business will sell Mobile products exclusively.
She said this will be the first Mobile 1 Lube Express in the Quad-Cities.
For more information or to schedule an appointment, call (563) 343-2194.
Merger announced
CenturyLink and Qwest Communications recently completed a merger that creates the nation’s third-largest telecommunications company in the United States.
Qwest Communications serves thousands of Quad-City area customers.
The corporate headquarters of the company will remain in Monroe, La.
CenturyLink is the third largest telecommunications company in the United States. The company provides broadband, voice and wireless services to consumers and businesses across the country. It also offers advanced entertainment services under the CenturyLink Prism TV and DIRECTV brands.
Several years ago, Qwest/CenturyLink built a fiber ring through the Quad-Cities, which allows for diverse routing and route redundancy.
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