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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.

Subscribe to our meeting and event announcements

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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.

Subscribe to our meeting and event announcements

e.g. 2022 Ioniq 5, or blank if new or interested

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Upcoming EVents

Here’s a quick snapshot of what we have going on in the next few months.

June Monthly Meeting

June 14th, 2025 11am

Hey everyone,
We will be having our monthly meeting at 11am this Saturday. We will discuss the success of EVs in the Smokies and talk about planning our biggest yearly September event called Knoxville Drive Electric Festival. We will also be covering a lot of EV news that’s been happening. Hopefully we will have some new people join us that have discovered us from our various events so far this year. As always, come out and have your EV questions answered, and check out our members’ EVs.
Meeting Agenda
Member introductions, meet new members, any get a new EV?
Report on Previous Month EVents
Updates on EV credits and Federal EV Tax Bill in Congress
  • Bill passes house to federally recoup road taxes
  • $250 for EVs and $100 hybrids
  • This could possibly be on top of already heavy state registration fees!
  • Where is the Senate on EV tax credits?
OEMs state consolidation of manufacturing ICE engines.
  • Does this imply there’s no more invitations for gasoline engines?
  • Ford mentions teaming up with VW
We are ordering more name tags if you want in on the order
Knoxville Drive Electric Festival
  • September 27th, 10-3pm
  • Pellissippi Community College Hardin Valley
  • Planning and discussion
  • Possible different committees
  • What attracts the public the best? Social media? Paper/magazine?
  • Need your help by signing up early
  • https://driveelectricmonth.org/event?eventid=4803
Other events coming up
  • Asian festival exhibit August 24th
  • Christmas parade?
  • Share your ideas!
More EV News
  • Waymo using Zeekr vehicles
  • Interestingly GM abandons $300 Million electric motor investment for a $900 million V8 ICE instead!
  • China holding back on Rare Earth minerals causing shortages, US and EU to make deals.
  • American OEMs consider leaving Chinese market as consolidations start.
  • And more news
Meeting date and time: Saturday June 14th, 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.

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!

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