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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

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.

November Monthly Meeting

November 9th, 2024,  11am-1pm

Hey everyone,

We will be back at the nice lecture hall room at UT Research Park at Cherokee Farms for our monthly meeting. We will be discussing the outcome of our Drive Electric Festival which most of you know had to be postponed due to hurricane Helene. We believe we had a very successful event for one that was postponed for 2 weeks from its original date. We will be discussing the new high speed chargers that are now open in the city. Do you have any questions about owning an EV, come talk to actual EV owners and have your questions answered and see what events we have going on this winter.

Meeting Agenda

  • Member introductions, meet new members, any get a new EV?
  • Report on previous month
    • 2024 Knoxville Drive Electric Festival
      • # Attendance
      • # Test drives
      • Survey results
    • Fall Cars and Coffee
  • Downtown Knoxville and Seymour DC Fast Chargers
    • Operated by KUB
    • 5 in Seymour: 11503 Chapman Hwy, Seymour, TN 37865
    • 4 in Downtown: 390 S Central St, Knoxville, TN 37902
    • 150KW  ~$0.40/KWH
  • EA chargers at Walmart getting upgraded
  • Non-Tesla’s on Supercharger Experiences
    • Who has gotten an adapter
    • Personal experiences
    • Costs?
  • Middle School STEM outreach with CTR
    • Center for Transportation Research asked us for help
    • Show off EV to school kids
    • Multiple opportunities in the coming year
    • They would like to have EV truck
    • First opportunity Nov. 14th.
    • Email Knoxville.ev.club@gmail.com for more info if you’re interested
  • December Holiday Party
    • Let’s discuss a time and place for holiday party
    • Party will serve as December meeting
  • February House and Gardens show
    • Feb 11-13th
    • 2 vehicles
  • More EV News
    • Cadillac announces 2026 Lyriq-V from their performance division
    • GM crosses 300,000 EV sales in US
    • Hyundai announces “Ultra Fast” lease, 13 month, 0 down, $399/m
    • PepsiCo deploys Einride electric trucks in Memphis, TN
    • Hertz used car site has 30+ low milage Silverado EV work trucks ~$56k
    • and more news
 Meeting date and time: Saturday November 9th, 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.

Holiday Party

December  TBD

We will be discussing plans during the November meeting for holiday party options and dates.  If you have any suggestions shoot us an email or come to the meeting.

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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