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.
March Monthly Meeting
March 21st, 2026
Meeting at Cadillac of Knoxville at 11am
Hey everyone,
- Member Introductions, meet new members, anyone get a new EV?
- Report on previous month events
- House and Garden Show 2026
- Cadillac discusses there EV models
- Learn about all the different models
- Optiq, Lyriq, Vistiq, Escalade IQ and IQL
- Here about the performance V versions
- Current discounts and sales
- Sodium-ion Batteries (Na-ion)
- What are they and how do they compare
- No cold weather degradation
- More sustainable using only abundant materials
- CATL already installing them in Chinese EVs
- Plug-in America Annual EV Survey
- Asking all of us to participate in the survey
- 20 minutes to complete
- https://survey.alchemer.com/
s3/8618678/2026-EV-Driver- Annual-Survey
- April Drive Electric Earth Month Events
- Harper Cars and Coffee April 12th West Town Mall 6:30am-11am
- Paws for the Cause April 25th in Clinton 10am-3pm
- Possible Earth Fest at Baker Creek Preserve
- Possible Pigeon Forge Event
- More info to come so check the link below
- https://
driveelectricearthmonth.org/
- No April Monthly Meeting
- Please participate, volunteer, or help organize one of the April Earth Month Events!
- Save the dates!
- EV’s in the Smokies June 6th, 12-4pm
- at Peaceful Side Social in Townsend
- Knoxville Drive Electric Festival October 10th, 10-3pm
- tentatively at Pellissippi State CC
- Other EV News
- Ethiopia’s ban on new gas cars sells is going swell
- EV owners’ satisfaction survey by JD Power is out, Mach-E leads
- R2 Launch event builds massive excitement
- In January, used EV sales jumped 21.2%. For the first time, the price gap between a used EV and a used gas car narrowed to less than $1,400.
- Toyota announced an all electric version of the Highlander with 320 miles of range to arrive in late 2026!
Meeting location: 10005 PARKSIDE DR, KNOXVILLE, TN 37922
April Drive Electric Earth Month Events
The Whole Month of April
Please check out the list of events near you at:
https://driveelectricearthmonth.org/
Currently Scheduled Events
- Harper Cars and Coffee
- April 12th 6:30am-11am
- West Town Mall
- Paws for the Cause
- April 25th 10am-3pm
- Clinton, TN
- More to be confirmed shortly, check back!
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!
