You’ve had your EV for a while now, and you’ve gotten over your initial range anxiety and are ready to take on your first big road trip. It’s summer after all, and driving for hours to visit friends, family, or a big theme park is somewhat of an American tradition.

If you’ve decided that flying is an expensive pain (it is) and you’re ready to take the plunge, it’s time to plan your first EV road trip. Unlike hopping in your gas-powered car and driving away, driving an electric vehicle for hundreds, maybe even thousands, of miles still takes some real planning.

Unless you have a Tesla. Say what you will about Elon Musk (and don’t worry, he’d happily say things about you if he had the chance), Tesla’s Supercharger network is a first-class, nearly hassle-free network of stations tightly integrated with Tesla vehicles. Just enter a destination and the ecosystem will tell you where to stop and for how long.

For the rest of the EV world, it's a bit more work.