The Knoxville Electric Vehicle Association (KEVA) is 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 driver’s seat at any of our meetings or various events.

KEVA monthly meetings are the second Saturday of every month, usually at 11:00 AM at Carl Cowan Park on Northshore Drive.  The meeting location may occasionally change due to weather or other issues.  Information is posted to the KEVA website and KEVA FB group. Bring a chair and join the discussions. 

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The Electric Auto Association (EAA) is a network of EV enthusiasts and “North America’s leading nonprofit that accelerates the adoption of electric vehicles by supporting its 100 chapters and thousands of members as they talk neighbor-to-neighbor in their communities about the benefits of driving electric.” The EAA is our parent organization and we are one of two official chapters in Tennessee (along side the Chattanooga chapter). As KEVA – the Knoxville EV Association – we have been around since forming in 2005 and worked since inception to positively impact citizens in the greater Knoxville community to educate them about the benefits of driving electric.

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The East Tennessee Clean Fuels Coalition (ETCleanFuels) is one of roughly 90 U.S. DOE “Clean Cities” Programs across the country and serves the eastern half of Tennessee. ETCleanFuels works in partnership with the other in-state program – the Middle-West TN Clean Fuels Coalition – to serve fleets, partners and other entities with services related to education, outreach and implementation of alternative fuels in vehicles. ETCleanFuels has been working with KEVA for over a decade to plan and hold EV “Ride & Drives” and work on EV outreach throughout the region.

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The Drive Electric TN (DET) initiative was born in 2014 by ETCleanFuels to build out educational work to Tennessee citizens on EVs, and work on the Tennessee Workplace Charging Program. In 2017, TVA made a commitment to massively boost the effort and funded several types of work that involved over 100 different people from across Tennessee and beyond to develop the Tennessee EV Roadmap and other outputs to help us have good data. Since then, three “Working Groups” were started and have developed over 10 task forces or committees to work on specific barrier-removing actions to assist Tennessee in growing the number of EVs in our roads from roughly 10,000 at the start of 2020 to 200,000 by the end of 2028.

Current Upcoming Events

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, 

We have been invited by Cadillac of Knoxville to have our meeting at their newly remodeled showroom. We will be meeting there on March 21st at 11am which is the third Saturday of the month instead of our usual second Saturday. Cadillac has been gracious enough to provide food for all of us after the meeting so come hungry. Not only will Cadillac have all of their EV models available for us to test drive but they will also be bringing some of their partner dealerships EVs so we can expect to see some models from Honda, Hummer, and Nissan will also be available for test drive too. During our meeting we will hear from Michael Petsuck a bit about each of the Cadillac EV models. We will also be discussing ideas for the upcoming Drive Electric Earth Month celebrations in April. If anyone has any ideas for good places to hold an EV show or EV ride and drive during April we want to hear about it! Invite all your friends that are interested in trying out an EV to the meeting and come on out for a great day of fun, food, and test drives thanks to Cadillac of Knoxville!
Meeting Agenda
  • 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
  • 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 date and time: Saturday March 21st  11am-??

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!

Our Staple Yearly Big Events

Drive Electric Earth Day (DEED) is a national campaign to share information about electric vehicles throughout the month of April. In addition to being better for the environment, electric vehicles are more fun to drive, more convenient to fuel and less expensive to operate than gasoline vehicles. Attend an online event to experience driving electric!

National Drive Electric Week (NDEW) is a nationwide celebration to raise awareness of the many benefits of all-electric and plug-in hybrid cars, trucks, motorcycles, and more.  Hundreds of events are held each year, with many in-person events offering the opportunity to talk with EV owners, and to ride in or drive a variety of EVs.  NDEW usually takes place in late September, check the website for current dates.  Nationally, NDEW is sponsored by Plug In America, Nissan, and the Electric Auto Association.

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