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.
November Monthly Meeting
Tri Hop Brewery
November 8th, 2025 12-2pm
Hey everyone,
- Member Introductions, meet new members, anyone get a new EV?
- Report on Previous Month EVents
- Fall Cars and Coffee
- EV celebrity hangs out
- Areas only fully electric ice cream /coffee food truck
- 5th Annual Knoxville Drive Electric Festival
- Largest free standing event in the country
- 2nd Largest overall in the country
- Fall Cars and Coffee
- Guest Speaker/Topic
- Battery Report Proves Longevity
- 8 out 10 EVs retained 90% of battery capacity
- Differences in chemistry
- Which models were best
- Solid-state is slowly rolling out
- What to do with amazing video content from KDEF
- Preview some of the videos
- Brainstorm some ideas
- EV Sales Numbers
- In Q3 more than 1 in 5 vehicles sold globally were BEV
- US Q3 rush led to record 438,487 EVs sold
- EV sales expected to cool after rebate rush
- December Holiday Party
- Options on where to have it?
- When works best?
- More EV News
- GM lays off 1,200 workers at EV facilities
- Toyota Corolla to be offered as EV version
- Rivian enters e-bike market
- GM says “eyes off” road driving in 2028
- and more
Meeting location: Tri Hop Brewery 205 Court Street Maryville, TN 37804
December Holiday Party
TBD
We are figuring out where to have the holiday party, please check back to see what fun idea we come up with.
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!
