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. 

Partners

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 Meeting

March 8th, 11am UT Research Park

Hey everyone,
We will be meeting again this month on Saturday the 8th at 11am at UT Research Park. We have been working on getting a new EV to show up at our meetings for us all to check out. As we have learned not to over promise, since some of these EVs can be sold the day before they are supposed to be brought to our meeting. We are still working on possibly getting something exciting to show up at our meeting for us all to check out. Aside from a featured EV, we will also be talking about our April Drive Electric Earth Month plans. Come on out and join us as we discuss all things EV and answer your EV questions.

Meeting Agenda

  • Member introductions, meet new members, any get a new EV?
  • Report on previous month
    • 2025 House and Garden Show
    • 2 Vehicles and V2H exhibit
    • 5,000 in attendance over 3 days
  • Potential Featured EV
    • We will update our Facebook page and website if we get confirmation
  • April Drive Electric Earth Month
    • Throughout the month of April
    • Events will be loaded on driveelectricearthmonth.org 
    • Harper Cars and Coffee Sunday April 6th, 8am-11am
    • Looking into a East Knoxville Ride and Drive Event
    • Looking into a Clinton, TN EV showcase
    • ORNL Earth Day has been canceled
    • Awaiting confirmation on Y-12 EV Showcase
    • Checking on Dogwood Arts Festival exhibit
    • Let’s discuss more ideas for what we can do in April
  • More EV News
    • Mercedes-Benz says it will start using AI to design its next vehicles
    • Possible tariffs of 25% on autos on March 4th (but always changing)
    • Knoxville Volvo got their demo unit of the EX30 in
    • Stellantis moves up RAM 1500 RAMCHARGER to first half 2025
    • and more news

Meeting date and time: Saturday March 8th, 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.

April Drive Electric Earth Month Events

Whole Month of April

Stay tuned as we get the events setup, check back to see what we have going on.

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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