Knoxville Electric Vehicle Association
We are Knoxville’s leading non-profit dedicated to educating the public on the benefits of driving electric. Functioning as a regional chapter of the Electric Vehicle Association since 2010. Our monthly meetings and events are great places to come talk to daily EV drivers and have your questions answered as well as a community for EV enthusiasts. If you have never driven an EV we would love the opportunity to put you in the drivers seat at any of our meetings or various EVents.
We typically have a monthly meeting on the 2nd Saturday of every month at 11am. We currently don’t have a perfect meeting place so be sure to check the upcoming events calendar below to see where we are planning on meeting next.
To stay in touch with us and know what’s going on with EVs in East TN, please enter your email address in the subscription box on the right and you will be put on our event announcement mailing list. We will only email you about upcoming monthly meetings or big events.
We also have a very active discussion email list where any of our members can send out interesting EV news and topics. This is also where we conduct a majority of our event planning. If you would like to join our discussion list please click here to add your email to our discussion list. Be sure to acknowledge the verification email that is sent to you first so that you don’t miss any of our emails! This discussion list is ran by Freelist and you can set it up to get every email or a daily/weekly digest if you would like.
Knoxville Electric Vehicle Association
We are Knoxville’s leading non-profit dedicated to educating the public on the benefits of driving electric. Functioning as a regional chapter of the Electric Vehicle Association since 2010. Our monthly meetings and events are great places to come talk to daily EV drivers and have your questions answered as well as a community for EV enthusiasts. If you have never driven an EV we would love the opportunity to put you in the drivers seat at any of our meetings or various EVents.
We typically have a monthly meeting on the 2nd Saturday of every month at 11am. We currently don’t have a perfect meeting place so be sure to check the upcoming events calendar below to see where we are planning on meeting next.
To stay in touch with us and know what’s going on with EVs in East TN, please enter your email address in the subscription box on the right and you will be put on our event announcement mailing list. We will only email you about upcoming monthly meetings or big events.
We also have a very active discussion email list where any of our members can send out interesting EV news and topics. This is also where we conduct a majority of our event planning. If you would like to join our discussion list please click here to add your email to our discussion list. Be sure to acknowledge the verification email that is sent to you first so that you don’t miss any of our emails! This discussion list is ran by Freelist and you can set it up to get every email or a daily/weekly digest if you would like.
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Upcoming EVents
Here’s a quick snapshot of what we have going on in the next few months.
January Monthly Meeting
DELAYED NOW January 18th, 2024, 11am-1pm
Hey everyone,
Meeting Agenda
- Member introductions, meet new members, any get a new EV?
- Report on previous month
- First Middle School STEM outreach
- December Holiday Party at Kerns
- Thanks everyone that came out!
- Cadillac Escalade IQ displayed
- Dogwood House & Garden
- February 7th-9th
- Awaiting full confirmation on space
- Volunteers will be needed to run our exhibit booth
- We will be organizing this on our discussion list
- Changes under new administration
- Will the EV tax credit survive?
- How will tariffs affect EVs?
- Are dealers motivated more than ever?
- State money for charger expansion is locked in
- 2025/26 model year Hyundai/Kia now qualify for $7500 as long as it lasts!
- Any EV New Year’s Resolutions?
- Discuss possible March events
- April Drive Electric Earth Month
- Help think of any ways we can promote EVs
- EVA offering chapter support if we can do a ride & drive
- Area locations that could host EVent?
- More EV News
- EV sales grew 12% in 4th Quarter pushing total 2024 EV sales to 1.3 million EVs!
- Interestingly GM sales up 115% in 2024 while Tesla sales down 6% in 2024
- If you’ve been patiently waiting 7 years, you can now get your VW Buzz!
- and more news
Meeting date and time: Saturday January 18th, 11:00am
Meeting location: Institute for Advanced Materials and Manufacturing (IAMM) Building located at 2641 Osprey Vista Way, Knoxville, TN 37920. Room 147 on the 1st floor.
February Events
TBA
Working on some EV events to do in February. Please stay tuned!
85% of all EV charging is done at home
Most EV sold today comes with a 110 volt charger. Some EVs come with a 240 volt charger. We recommend people install a 240 volt charger in their garage since the latest EVs have larger battery packs this will minimize the time it takes to charge your EV. Most people already have access to 240v in their garage as this is the typical voltage for clothes dryers.
3 cents a mile
The typical efficiency of electric vehicles is 3 miles a KWH. The average cost of a KWH of electricity in Tennessee is about 10 cents. Simple math means you only pay 3.3 cents per mile. Even better news is that EV makers are pushing the efficiency to 4 miles or more per KWH thus making the cost even cheaper!
