The drive is 331.3 miles, about 6h 39m. Along it sit about 78 DC fast chargers within 5 miles of the route — and 58 of those have somewhere to eat within a 10-minute walk, so the charging stop and the meal are the same stop.
Open this drive in the app →Leave Atlanta at 8:00 am, take a break in Auburn at 9:10 am, take a break in Greenville at 11:25 am, stop for lunch in Crestview at 1:40 pm and arrive in Destin around 3:00 pm.
| When | Where | Charger | Food within a walk |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8:00 am | Leave Atlanta, GA | ||
| 9:10 am Break · mile 109 | Auburn, AL Walmart 356 (Auburn, AL) | 350 kW 4 stalls | 🥩 Arby's 2 min, 🚗 Sonic 2 min, 🚒 Firehouse Subs 3 min |
| 11:25 am Break · mile 203 | Greenville, AL Walmart 1462 (Greenville, AL) | 350 kW 4 stalls | 🚗 Sonic 4 min, 👑 Burger King 7 min, 🌮 Taco Bell 8 min |
| 11:45 am | No fast charger for 98 mi from mile 203 to mile 301 | None within 5 mi of the route | |
| 1:40 pm Lunch · mile 301 | Crestview, FL Cracker Barrel - Tesla Supercharger | 325 kW 12 stalls | 🪵 Cracker Barrel 1 min, 🧇 Waffle House 4 min, 🍔 Whataburger 5 min |
| ~3:00 pm | Arrive in Destin, FL |
Meals fall near their local hour (times are local at each stop), with about 20 minutes for a break and 40 for a meal. It is a driver’s plan, not a charging plan: where you need to charge depends on your car. Open this drive in the app to pick another leaving time.
Typical power along this route is 240 kW, with 50 stops at 150 kW or more and 18 on the Tesla network. Chargers under 50 kW are left out of the list — on a drive this length they cost more time than they save. Counting every DC fast charger, the longest stretch without one is 98 miles, between mile 203 and mile 301.
In order along the route — the strongest stop in each stretch of the drive, so the list covers the whole route rather than filling up with the city you left.
Leaving Atlanta at 8:00 am, lunch falls in Crestview, FL around 1:40 pm, where Cracker Barrel is a 1-minute walk from a 325 kW charger. The breaks: Auburn, AL at 9:10 am, Arby's 2 min from the charger; Greenville, AL at 11:25 am, Sonic 4 min from the charger. In all, 58 of the roughly 78 fast chargers along the way have a restaurant within a 10-minute walk.
About 78 DC fast chargers are within 5 miles of the 331-mile route, 76 of them 50 kW or more. 50 charge at 150 kW or more, 18 are on the Tesla network, and 58 have a restaurant within a 10-minute walk.
98 miles, between mile 203 (Greenville, AL) and mile 301 (Crestview, FL), with no DC fast charger within 5 miles of the route.
Counting the fast chargers of 50 kW or more on the route, the chains most often within a 10-minute walk are Waffle House (near 29 chargers), McDonald's (28), Wendy's (23), Burger King (22), Zaxby's (19) and Chick-fil-A (17).
It depends on the car. The app's estimate for a 10–80% charge is about 23 min for a Tesla Model Y at the 325 kW charger in Crestview, FL; about 45 min for a Ford Mustang Mach-E at the 350 kW charger in Auburn, AL; about 25 min for a Hyundai Ioniq 5 at the 350 kW charger in Auburn, AL. These are rough figures from each car's battery size and peak charging speed; a cold battery or a busy site takes longer.
About 6h 39m of driving for 331 miles. Leaving at 8:00 am with the plan's 2 breaks of about 20 minutes and 1 meal of about 40, you arrive around 3:00 pm.