July Monthly Meeting

Hey everyone, We will be having our monthly meeting this Saturday at 11am at UT Research Park. We will be discussing how the recent big bill that Trump signed will affect EVs. When will the EV tax credits end? Could this be the best time to buy an EV when you can double dip on the tax credit and the new $10,000 on the interest of car loans. We will discuss this double dip strategy and other changes introduced by this bill. We also have Harper Cars and Coffee this Sunday. Who all would like to show off their EV at this event? Come on out and join us. We will also be discussing our big fall Knoxville Drive Electric Festival. If you haven't signed up to participate, we know it's early but it helps us with early event promotion to have vehicles and attendees registered so please sign up if you can, see the link below.

Meeting Agenda

• Member Introductions, meet new members, anyone get a new EV?
• Report on Previous Month EVents
• 2025 Momentum Summit
• Harper Summer Cars and Coffee
• Sunday July 13th, 8am-11am, West Town Mall
• Show off your EV to the 10k people that come out
• Need to be parked with us by 6:30am
• Spring was postponed due to rain so this should be big
• Check website for more details
• New Tax/Spending Bill
• EV tax credit ends Sept 30th, 2025
• $10,000 loan interest deduction
• No federal EV registration fee!
• other stuff good/bad?
• Knoxville Drive Electric Festival 2025
• September 27th, 10-3pm
• Pellissippi Community College Hardin Valley
• Largest in the southeast!
• Advertising routes? Promotion ideas?
• Sign-up now to show your vehicle
• https://driveelectricmonth.org/event?eventid=4803
• More EV News
• Tesla releases battery data showing 200,000 miles before the battery degrades to 80%
• ORNL announced battery breakthrough "1000 cycles, 10-minute charge"
• Honda pulling back future EV suv in favor of hybrid
• Rivian gets another $1 billion from Volkswagen
• What sub $17k EV should our member that's moving to the Netherlands buy?

Meeting date and time: Saturday July 12th, 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.