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 Auto 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.
Would you like to join our email list? Click here to access the subscription page and add your email so that you can stay connected to all things EVs in central East TN! Be sure to acknowledge the verification email so that you don’t miss any of our emails!
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 Auto 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.
Would you like to join our email list? Click here to access the subscription page and add your email so that you can stay connected to all things EVs in central East TN! Be sure to acknowledge the verification email so that you don’t miss any of our emails!
Upcoming EVents
Here’s a quick snapshot of what we have going on in the next few months.
May Monthly Meeting @ Carl Cowan Park
May 14th, 11am
Hey everyone,
- Member introductions, meet new members, any updates
- Recap of KEVA DEED events in April
- Recap from other DEED events in area
- Report from TDOT EV charging planning sessions around the state
- More information here
- https://www.tn.gov/tdot/long-
range-planning-home/air- quality-planning/tevi.html
- 2nd Annual EV in the Smokies — Marty Young
- July 9th, 10am – 4pm Townsend Visitor Center
- Plenty of space for picnic, games, BBQ, come on out!
- Invite all EV groups, tell your friends!
- Update on our Appalachian Highlands neighbor group
- How can we spread the word to help build that group?
- Possible June Meeting Ideas
- Summer EV group activity ideas?
- The dragon/Tapoco resort lunch?
- Open Discussion on the latest EV News.
- Anyone planning on going to Fully Charged Live North America?
- Ford to sell 8 million share of 102 million stake in Rivian.
- Elon buying twitter good or bad for Tesla?
- Toyota is about to reach the refund cap of 200,000 vehicles, probably by October.
- And tons more!
Meeting date and time: Saturday May 14th, 11:00am
Meeting location: Carl Cowan Park 10058 S Northshore Dr, Knoxville, TN 37922
We will meet in the back area of the park past the kids splash pad area, where there is a large shaded area with some picnic benches. Bring your chairs to sit out. There is plenty of parking and bathrooms onsite. Sorry there is no charging at this location.
June Monthly Meeting
June 11th, 11am
Possible new location and guess speaker so stay tuned, more details to come.
2nd Annual EV in the Smokies
July 9th, 10am-4pm Townsend Visitor Center
The Knoxville Electric Vehicle Association (KEVA) and Drive Electric Tennessee (DET) are excited to announce EVs In The Smokies on July 9th from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Townsend Visitors Center in Townsend, Tennessee.
If you drive a gas vehicle, bring your questions and curiosity and enjoy checking out all the EVs that will be there! You will be able to talk with EV owners and learn about transitioning to clean, quiet, fast, and fun electric driving!
If you drive an EV, bring your lawn chairs and picnic blankets and enjoy a fun day hanging out in the smokies to share your enthusiasm with current and future EV owners! If your EV is a motorcycle, we’ll have extra lawn chairs for you 🙂
If you have questions about the event, please contact KEVA at Knoxville.ev.club@gmail.com
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