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Read 2 different articles today about an hour apart that really highlight the differences in EV's today. When you buy an EV (just like when you buy a phone or computer), you aren't only buying the car itself, but you are buying into an ecosystem/charging system.

The first article was about a guy that had to drive his Bolt back from where he bought it to his home in St. Louis 800 miles away. The main gist was how he had to do a ton of planning, sometimes driving out of his way, to find charging stations.

The other article was about a couple journalists that took a Model X on a cross country trip. It seemed like they weren't necessarily EV people, so they seemed a little annoyed at waiting for the car to charge. But there was nothing in the article about needing to plan ahead or having any trouble finding stations.

2 completely different experiences. Here in the midwest and a lot of places down south, the Bolt doesn't make much sense if you need it for long distance travel.

Source: http://wardsauto.com/technology/gm-calls-new-batch-self-driving-evs-industry-first?NL=WAW-04&Issue=WAW-04_20170613_WAW-04_476&sfvc4enews=42&cl=article_2&utm_rid=CPENT000000095975&utm_campaign=12200&utm_medium=email&elq2=a8aa2934bdb04d8ab383fdb8572c3441

Have we gone too far?

Family loses irreplaceable keys on holiday, forced to abandon van in Victoria - British Columbia - CBC News

One thing we've done: attached a small luggage tag with email and phone number to the fobs.