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 Vehicle 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 EVA 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 9th, 2024 at 11:00am

Hey everyone, 

We will be meeting at the Farragut Community Center large meeting room this Saturday at 11am. We will be going over the planning of our upcoming April events for Drive Electric Earth Month.  We would love input from our members on potential events. We will also be discussing the volunteer opportunities that we will have at these events for owners to show off their EV.
As always, if you have any questions about driving electric, come share them at the meeting, we are here to help. Come check out our members’ EVs at the meeting.

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
  • 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.

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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