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.
May Monthly Meeting
May 10th, 11am UT Research Park
Hey everyone,
- Member introductions, meet new members, any get a new EV?
- Report on Previous Month EVents
- UTK Ride and Drive — Jonathan
- Paws for the Cause — Jake and Nicole
- Dogwood Arts Festival — Eric
- Other area events
- Featured EV
- Come see Eric’s New 2025 Cadillac Optiq (He finally upgraded!)
- EVs in the Smokies (EVITS)
- May 31st, Noon-4pm, Townsend, TN
- Peaceful Side Social — a local restaurant and brewery
- Several EVs available for Ride and Drives
- Bring family and friends that want to try out EVs!
- Bring your EV to show and hang out with fellow EV drivers, play some lawn games!
- https://
driveelectricearthmonth.org/ event?eventid=4804
- IONNA Charger Network
- Who is IONNA, Where are they?
- What’s a Rechargery?
- 30,000 chargers by 2030
- (Please how do we get one here?)
- https://www.ionna.com/
- Walmart Starts Own EV Charging Network
- No not EA, Walmart tired of losing easy money to EA starts own charger build out
- 400kw DC fast chargers, NACS and CCS
- uses standard Walmart app
- Slate Truck announced
- $20,000 piecemeal EV truck a good idea?
- Hottest topic we heard at Dogwood festival
- Who got reservations?
- https://www.slate.auto/
- Federal EV Tax Bill in Congress
- Bill advanced that tries to federally recoup road taxes
- $250 for EVs and $100 hybrids
- This could possibly be on top of already heavy state registration fees!
- More EV News
- New 3 row 615hp Cadillac Vistiq is now on the lot at Cadillac Knoxville
- CATL new battery, 930 mile range, 320 miles in 5 minutes charging!
- 2025 Kia EV6 has upgraded battery and NACs connector
- Aurora’s Fully driverless big rigs on the roads between Dallas and Houston
- Blazer SS, Optiq-V, Lyriq-V announced with 0-60 in 3.3 seconds!
Meeting date and time: Saturday May 10th, 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.
EVs in the Smokies!
May 31st, 2025 12-4pm
EVs In The Smokies is like a family gathering that includes an Electric Vehicle show and a Ride & Drive. Come see the latest in electric vehicles (EVs), get answers to your questions from people who own them, and if you want, ride in or drive an EV (or more than one). A list of the registered vehicles can be found on our event page here https://driveelectricearthmonth.org/event?eventid=4804
Townsend, Tennessee, is known as the Peaceful Side of the Smokies. It’s less crowded and more relaxing than other places near entrances to the Great Smoky Mountains. What better place to show people what it’s like to drive in silence without emitting fumes? The Knoxville Electric Vehicle Association (KEVA) and Drive Electric Tennessee (DET) invite you to join us for the fifth annual EVs In The Smokies. We’ll be at the Peaceful Side Social , in Townsend on Saturday, May 31, 2025, from Noon to 4:00pm, showing a large range of Electric Vehicles (EVs). It’s right on Lamar Alexander Parkway, just minutes away from the quietest entrance to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Peaceful Side Social has great food, and its own ice creamery for your enjoyment. We will have some tents to relax under and games to play as well.
More updates and info to come, hope to see you there! If you would like to show off your EV please register at the event link above so that we can add it to the list of EVs that will be showing up.
Photos from last year’s event are here courtesy of East Tennessee Clean Fuels: 2024 EVITS Photos.
KEVA would like to thank our partners who make this possible. You can find links to their websites on the KEVA Sponsor Page.
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!
