About us
Want to know more about driving electric? Have any questions about plug-in electric vehicles? Would you like to test drive an EV and see what all the excitement is about? Come join our monthly meeting of local EV drivers. We are the local chapter of the Electric Auto Association. Which means we are a non-profit with the sole purpose of educating the public on the benefits of driving electric. We have guess speakers and talk about a wide range of EV topics, including solar, home battery storage, and gas car conversions to electric. We are looking to grow the amount of EV drivers here in Knoxville and East TN. We look forward to meeting you! Join our Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/KnoxEV Check out or website https://www.knoxev.org/
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September Monthly Meeting Guest Speaker
Public Works Service Center, 3131 Morris Ave, Knoxville, TN 37909, USA, Knoxville, TN, USHey everyone,
Come on out to this month's meeting to hear all about what's going on in Knoxville from our sustainability manager Patience Melnik. She will update us on what the city has planned for electric vehicles and possibly tell us about planned chargers and more. Also what the city is doing with electrifying the fleet of city vehicles like the police and fire Mach-e's as well as the electric KAT buses. Patience can also tell us what's going on with the Knoxville Breathe initiative which is a climate action plan for the city.We are 4 short weeks away from our biggest event of the year. The Knoxville Drive Electric Festival is getting bigger as more sponsors have come on board. We will update everyone on the latest plans, plus we have a need for a few more volunteer spots for setup the night before and the morning of the event. We will have posters for the event available at the meeting for people to take and post up at their work, school, coffee shops, and churches. We need your help to spread the word to everyone and if you haven't already signed up to attend or show your EV we would greatly appreciate it if you did. https://driveelectricmonth.org/event?eventid=5126 Reminder there are four $50 gift cards randomly given away to people who check-in on the day of the event but if you are also registered beforehand we will double that prize to $100!
As always we will also be covering some of the latest news in the EV world and answer any of your questions.
- Meeting Agenda
- Introduction of new members, did any get an EV recently?
- Report of previous month events
- The Asian Festival was a success!
- Name badges have arrived to hand out if you ordered one
- Guest Speaker Patience Melnik
- Knoxville Director of Sustainability
- Updating us on the latest plans for the city
- Progress on new chargers?
- 2026 Knoxville Drive Electric Festival
- Oct 10th, 10am-3pm
- Pellissippi State Community College Main Campus Hardin Valley
- 2nd Largest NDEM event in the country last year!
- Need a few more volunteers to help setup so the day go smoothly
- Digital PDF version of this years poster great for printing
- Digital JPG version of this years flyer for social sharing
- Come get physical posters to post around town
- 2 Rivian R2s are coming one for test drive, one for show
- Tesla is on board as a sponsor, will bring vehicles for R&D
- Kid zone, bring the family and pet out to enjoy the day
- 100+ EVs in the showcase over 40+ different models
- Signup today to help us promote the numbers
- https://driveelectricmonth.org/event?eventid=5126
- Other EV News
- California new regulations for EVs (including PHEVs) more stringent requirements staring in 2026 model year
- Kia PB7 van coming to US in 2027
- Possibly ten EREV models coming in 2027
- Tesla cybercab event with first ride experiences being reported
- 2026 hottest summer on record!
Meeting date and time: Saturday September 19th 11am-1pm
Meeting location: Knoxville Public Works Service Center 3131 Morris Ave, Knoxville, TN 37909
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Past events
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