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.
Wave of used EVs
A large amount of EVs were leased in 2022-2025 to take advantage of the EV tax credits. Those leases were typically for 2 to 3 years. Which will be coming due this year and next. At the end of a lease the owner can decide to either purchase the vehicle or turn it in and lease or purchase another vehicle. A lot of these EVs will be coming back to the dealerships and placed into the dealerships used inventory for purchase. We believe this will lead to some great deals on amazing EVs that have been barely used. Plus these EVs will all still be covered under the manufacture’s typical 8 year/100,000 mile warranty.
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Upcoming EVents
Here’s a quick snapshot of what we have going on in the next few months.
Summer Harper Cars and Coffee at West Town Mall
August 2nd, 2026, 8am-11am (But be there by 6:30am)
Harper Cars and Coffee at West Town Mall
We like to show everyone that attends that there is an alternative to all the gasoline vehicles on display so we try to have a good showing of EVs. Attendance can range from 10,000 to 15,000 people!
Let’s Fill up a couple rows with EVs! I will have save two rows of parking, so come join us! I have to give up saved spaces after 6:30 so get there to claim a spot!
We will be located near the Dillard’s entrance that faces Kingston Pike, look for the green feather flag. The setup team usually gets there early at 4:45am to reserve our rows of parking (Thank you setup team!). However, we advise anyone that wants to join us in our EV section to get there at or before 6:30 am as it becomes a mad house traffic jam after that time. It’s hard to get into our area after 8am. We know its early to come hang out and check out all these crazy vehicles, but there is usually free coffee and sometimes there’s even donuts. We suggest you enter the Montvue rd entrance as its easiest to get to our location. Just enter the Mall parking and turn left and follow it around to the Dillard’s entrance that faces Kingston Pike. Look for our green feather flag. However, they have now opened up the other entrances and sometimes those can be faster depending on the how backed up the traffic is, just find your way around to our Dillard’s location.
Where: 7600 Kingston Pike, Knoxville, TN 37919
When: By 6:30am you need to be parked near us, show goes from 8am-11am.
Need any more information please email Knoxville.EV.club@gmail.com
Aerial picture from Fall 2023 Cars and Coffee, other pictures are from the Spring 2026 event.
August Monthly Meeting
August 8th, 11am-1pm Cedar Bluff Library
Join us for Dr. Knowles as he breaks down his EV survey and what all that data means. And we will also here from Martin Fern from Atomic Electric Service. More details to come as we get closer so check back.
September Monthly Meeting
September 19th, 11am-1pm Knoxville Public Works Service Center
Our guest speaker will be Patience Melnik Knoxville Sustainability Manager, she will tell us all about the latest updates of what the city has planned and how things are already going. We look forward to hearing about any updates on EV infrastructure. Check back as we plan more detailed agenda.
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!
