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Tennessee EV Number Update: June 2021
Big news!
As of June 30, 2021, Tennessee has officially registered 13,811 electric vehicles. This is one step closer to DriveElectricTN's goal of 200,000 EVs by 2028.
In the coming weeks, DET will publish a detailed breakdown of these…

Electric Vehicle Charging Station Vandalized on Tennessee Tech University’s Campus
Tennessee Technological University in Cookeville, Tennessee opened its first electric vehicle charging station on campus in July 2020. Unfortunately, on June 17, 2021, the same DC Fast-Charging station was found to have been purposefully vandalized.
Thousands…

Outrunning and Outhandling: An EV Q&A with Dave Hrivnak, EV Pioneer
Dave Hrivnak is an EV Pioneer and a Subject Matter Expert, who enjoys sharing his knowledge with others, traveling cross country in his EV and proving that there are plenty of reasons to buy-in! Check out this EV Q&A to see why he loves…


100% “Charged Up” – a Q&A with Joe Ozegovich, a Memphis EV walk the talk leader
Big City. Big Vision. Raven Hernandez is a Tesla and motor cycle-driving, organic gardener. She's blazing a trail with her new company and big vision - EARTH. Raven Hernandez is the founder and C.E.O. of EARTH (a.k.a. EARTH Ride).

EVs and ethics: a Q&A with Daniel Siksay, environmentalist and philosopher
Daniel Siksay is an environmentalist, a feminist, and an accelerationist Marxist currently living in Knoxville, Tennessee. He holds a Masters in Philosophy from York University. He currently works as the Co-Coordinator of East Tennessee Clean Fuels.

A Sneak Peek at Knoxville’s First Electric Transit Bus
The local Knoxville community joined Knoxville Area Transit and other city leaders on Monday to see the electric transit buses that are coming to KAT over the next few years. Standing in front of Everly Park late afternoon, Mayor…

Chattanooga will host the first Volkswagen first electric vehicle manufacturing facility in North America
Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam and Department of Economic and Community Development Commissioner Bob Rolfe along with Volkswagen AG announced today that Chattanooga will be home to the first Volkswagen electric vehicle manufacturing facility in…

