Like many others, I was ultimately disappointed with this series. The first couple of episodes over-focus on the charging issues, while expecting a gullible public to believe that a highly funded production like this went to the tip of South America unaware that it was winter, unaware that different countries have different charging outlets, unaware that batteries don't like the cold, in general totally unaware of electric vehicles, etc.
The next four or five episodes are excellent, on a par with the best from Long Way Round and Long Way Down. Inexplicably, the last eight countries are squeezed into the final three episodes. We see disappointingly little of Nicaragua, Honduras or Guatemala and magically transport 900 miles through Mexico from Oaxaca to Juarez in about three shots. There's no explanation of how the Rivians get through Mexico, or even what happens to the bus at the US border. It feels like the last two episodes should have been at least four.
I've rated it reasonably highly because of the exquisite cinematography - Claudio von Planta wins again(!) - and the attempt to show how sustainable travel is possible and will become inevitable in the next few years. But shame on the producers and editors for such an incomplete story and a rushed and fragmented ending.
The next four or five episodes are excellent, on a par with the best from Long Way Round and Long Way Down. Inexplicably, the last eight countries are squeezed into the final three episodes. We see disappointingly little of Nicaragua, Honduras or Guatemala and magically transport 900 miles through Mexico from Oaxaca to Juarez in about three shots. There's no explanation of how the Rivians get through Mexico, or even what happens to the bus at the US border. It feels like the last two episodes should have been at least four.
I've rated it reasonably highly because of the exquisite cinematography - Claudio von Planta wins again(!) - and the attempt to show how sustainable travel is possible and will become inevitable in the next few years. But shame on the producers and editors for such an incomplete story and a rushed and fragmented ending.