March Monthly Meeting at Cadillac of Knoxville

Hey everyone,
We have been invited by Cadillac of Knoxville to have our meeting at their newly remodeled showroom. We will be meeting there on March 21st at 11am which is the third Saturday of the month instead of our usual second Saturday. Cadillac has been gracious enough to provide food for all of us after the meeting so come hungry. Not only will Cadillac have all of their EV models available for us to test drive but they will also be bringing some of their partner dealerships EVs so we can expect to see some models from Honda, Hummer, and Nissan will also be available for test drive too. During our meeting we will hear from Michael Petsuck a bit about each of the Cadillac EV models. We will also be discussing ideas for the upcoming Drive Electric Earth Month celebrations in April. If anyone has any ideas for good places to hold an EV show or EV ride and drive during April we want to hear about it! Invite all your friends that are interested in trying out an EV to the meeting and come on out for a great day of fun, food, and test drives thanks to Cadillac of Knoxville!

Meeting Agenda

• Member Introductions, meet new members, anyone get a new EV?
• Report on previous month events
• House and Garden Show 2026
• Cadillac discusses there EV models
• Learn about all the different models
• Optiq, Lyriq, Vistiq, Escalade IQ and IQL
• Here about the performance V versions
• Current discounts and sales
• Sodium-ion Batteries (Na-ion)
• What are they and how do they compare
• No cold weather degradation
• More sustainable using only abundant materials
• CATL already installing them in Chinese EVs
• Plug-in America Annual EV Survey
• Asking all of us to participate in the survey
• 20 minutes to complete
• https://survey.alchemer.com/s3/8618678/2026-EV-Driver-Annual-Survey
• April Drive Electric Earth Month Events
• Harper Cars and Coffee April 12th West Town Mall 6:30am-11am
• Paws for the Cause April 25th in Clinton 10am-3pm
• Possible Earth Fest at Baker Creek Preserve
• Possible Pigeon Forge Event
• More info to come so check the link below
• https://driveelectricearthmonth.org/
• No April Monthly Meeting
• Please participate, volunteer, or help organize one of the April Earth Month Events!
• Save the dates!
• EV's in the Smokies June 6th, 12-4pm
• at Peaceful Side Social in Townsend
• Knoxville Drive Electric Festival October 10th, 10-3pm
• tentatively at Pellissippi State CC
• Other EV News
• Ethiopia's ban on new gas cars sells is going swell
• EV owners' satisfaction survey by JD Power is out, Mach-E leads
• R2 Launch event builds massive excitement
• In January, used EV sales jumped 21.2%. For the first time, the price gap between a used EV and a used gas car narrowed to less than $1,400.
• Toyota announced an all electric version of the Highlander with 320 miles of range to arrive in late 2026!

Meeting date and time: Saturday March 21st 11am-??

Meeting location: 10005 PARKSIDE DR, KNOXVILLE, TN 37922