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.
January Monthly Meeting
January 10th, 2025 NEW Location Cedar Bluff Library
Hey everyone,
- Member Introductions, meet new members, anyone get a new EV?
- Report on previous month events
- December holiday party
- Venezuelan oil market
- sweet crude vs heavy crude
- how cheap can gas get?
- $70/barrel survival limit?
- OEM’s canceling or pulling back EV
- Ford announced cancelation of F-150
- VW Buzz skipping 2026
- While some pull back, others advance
- How will this affect EV adoption?
- Rivian “Autonomy & AI Day” Dec. 11th
- Custom AI silicon chip
- Hands-free driving
- AI assistant
- February House and Garden Show
- Feb. 6th-8th Knoxville Convention Center
- Volunteers needed, see sign up sheet below
- https://docs.google.com/
spreadsheets/d/ 1cOzvCpYhX4Q5tg34CJIAAwwiUh2vh neR8vONB9PkFLQ/edit?usp= sharing - No February monthly meeting, please consider attending the H&G show
- March Monthly Meeting at Cadillac Knoxville
- See newly renovated showroom
- Hear about the latest Cadillac EVs like the Vistiq and the V-series offerings
- Cadillac to invite all previous EV buyers as well as KEVA
- Possible radio remote
- Other EV News
- Is GM considering the Tesla Model X designer and Aurora Co-founder as the next CEO?
- Ford switches battery capacity to home backup power systems.
- BYD overtakes Tesla as the global EV seller.
- EV tech to be announced at CES 2026
Meeting location: Cedar Bluff Public Library, 9045 Cross Park Dr, Knoxville, TN 37923
February Dogwood Arts House & Garden Show
February 6th-8th, 2026, Knoxville Convention Center
We have been invited back for the 2026 House & Garden Show at the Knoxville Convention Center. We expect to have two of the latest EVs on display there and a ton of information about driving electric and how you can get your home ready for EV charging. More details to come so stay tuned.
https://www.dogwoodarts.com/houseandgardenshow
March Monthly Meeting
March Meeting at Cadillac of Knoxville
Cadillac has invited us to host a meeting at there newly renovated showroom for our March meeting. Come check out all the latest that Cadillac as to offer such as the new Vistiq 3 row seating EV as well as there full line up of Lyriqs, Optiqs, and IQs! We are locking down all the details and will update this page when we have everything figured out.
See you there!
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!
