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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Here’s a quick snapshot of what we have going on in the next few months.
March Monthly Meeting
March 9th, 2024 at 11:00am
Hey everyone,
Meeting Agenda
- Member introductions, meet new members, any get a new EV?
- Report on February events
- House & Garden show success
- International Facility Managers presentation
- April Drive Electric Earth Month Events
- Our events will be up soon
- https://
driveelectricearthmonth.org/
- April 20th Oak Ridge Farmers Market
- One EV and possibly EV motorcycle on display
- April 21st Cars and Coffee at West Town Mall 8am-11am
- We had a big showing last April. Let’s do it again.
- Everyone is welcome to show their EV.
- Get there early, at least by 6:30am, more details will be sent out.
- April 22nd Y-12 Earth day EV showcase 10:30am-12:30pm
- For Y-12 employees (Not open to the public)
- Need Volunteers to show your EV.
- April 24th ORNL Earth day Ride & Drive 11:00-1:00pm
- For ORNL employees (Not open to the public)
- Tell you friends that work at ORNL to come to the pond for a test drive!
- Possible additional events in planning stages
- Checking on potential inclusion at Dogwood Arts Festival
- EVs at Pigeon Forge Island fountain area
- More to be discussed/envisioned
- NO April Monthly Meeting
- Please attend one of the April events.
- MAY monthly meeting possibly at Cadillac Parkside, stay tuned
- EV news
- Ford EVs now work at Tesla Supercharger stations, order your adapter by June 30th
- EA opens first indoor DCFC charging station with lounges & restrooms!
- Nissan investing more than $400 million in Fisker’s truck platform and building Fisker’s planned Alaska pickup starting in 2026 in the U.S.
- 1 in 5 new car sales globally were EVs in 2023!
- and more
Meeting date and time: Saturday March 9th, 11:00am
Meeting location: Farragut Community Center 239 Jamestowne Blvd Suite 201, Knoxville, TN 37934. We will be in one of the two meeting rooms to the left when you enter the building from the front door. There is a back door but we aren’t allowed to leave it open and it locks automatically. However, there is plenty of open parking on the back side.
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!