[jyl]

The vehicle is appealing.

Buying a pure EV is also buying a charging network.

I can't find a good map of public charger locations. "Good" to me means shows type, availability, price. For example, we drive from Portland to Tahoe a couple time a year. Plenty of chargers on I-5, but we often like to go Hwy 99.

I should be able to pull up an live online map from the vehicle (don't make me risk a huge ticket for smartphone usage while driving) that shows all the chargers that are
- high capacity (DC) chargers
- on my route
- working (verified in real time to be functioning)
- available (how many open chargers right now)
- have adjacent food/rest since I'll be stuck there for 20-40 minutes
- reservable (I should be able to hit the icon, get charged $50 to reserve that charger starting at my predicted time of arrival for the duration I'll need based on my state of charge. location and route - the $50 prevents me from reserving chargers I won't use, it gets refunded to my card when I plug into the charger)
- usable by my car (don't show me Tesla Superchargers if I have a VW, or chargers with one plug type if my car has a different plug).

I should be able to open the map, input my route with a couple touches of the screen, then hit one icon to automatically locate the chargers, plan my stops, reserve the chargers, and dynamically adjust the reservation times based on my driving speed.

I haven't found that map. I shouldn't have to look hard for it - it should be splashed on VW's website and all over VW's promo materials.

Tesla has such a map, more or less, but no superchargers on Hwy 99 . . .

Until that is the case, I won't consider a pure EV as the main car. A pure EV for daily commute/errand driver, sure, but I'm not spending $50K for a DD - a used i3 or Leaf for $13K is fine.