The drive is 195.0 miles, about 4h 36m. Along it sit about 84 DC fast chargers within 5 miles of the route — and 77 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 Franklin at 11:05 am and arrive in Gatlinburg around 12:55 pm.
| When | Where | Charger | Food within a walk |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8:00 am | Leave Atlanta, GA | ||
| 11:05 am Break · mile 130 | Franklin, NC Franklin, NC - Tesla Supercharger | 250 kW 12 stalls | 🍟 McDonald's 1 min, 🚗 Sonic 2 min |
| ~12:55 pm | Arrive in Gatlinburg, TN |
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 45 stops at 150 kW or more and 24 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, there is one at least every 32 miles of the way.
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, no mealtime falls on the way. The plan's break in Franklin, NC at 11:05 am: McDonald's is a 1-minute walk from a 250 kW charger. In all, 77 of the roughly 84 fast chargers along the way have a restaurant within a 10-minute walk.
About 84 DC fast chargers are within 5 miles of the 195-mile route, 80 of them 50 kW or more. 45 charge at 150 kW or more, 24 are on the Tesla network, and 77 have a restaurant within a 10-minute walk.
32 miles, from mile 163 (Cherokee, NC) to the end, 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 McDonald's (near 35 chargers), Chick-fil-A (28), Dunkin' (27), Waffle House (24), Starbucks (21) and Chipotle (19).
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 250 kW charger in Franklin, NC. These are rough figures from each car's battery size and peak charging speed; a cold battery or a busy site takes longer.
About 4h 36m of driving for 195 miles. Leaving at 8:00 am with the plan's 1 break of about 20 minutes, you arrive around 12:55 pm.