The drive is 468.3 miles, about 8h 35m. Along it sit about 96 DC fast chargers within 5 miles of the route — and 72 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 9:00 am, take a break in Greenville at 11:05 am, stop for lunch in Atmore at 12:50 pm, take a break in Gulfport at 3:40 pm and arrive in New Orleans around 5:15 pm.
| When | Where | Charger | Food within a walk |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8:00 am | Leave Atlanta, GA | ||
| 9:00 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 |
| 11:05 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 |
| 12:50 pm Lunch · mile 280 | Atmore, AL Alabama Power - Atmore Business Office - Ultra | 320 kW 2 stalls | 👑 Burger King 5 min |
| 3:40 pm Break · mile 398 | Gulfport, MS Flying J 676 - eXtend | 350 kW 4 stalls | 🍳 Denny's 1 min, 🍔 Wendy's 1 min, 🧇 Waffle House 3 min |
| ~5:15 pm | Arrive in New Orleans, LA |
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 250 kW, with 63 stops at 150 kW or more and 25 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 39 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, lunch falls in Atmore, AL around 12:50 pm, where Burger King is a 5-minute walk from a 320 kW charger. The breaks: Auburn, AL at 9:00 am, Arby's 2 min from the charger; Greenville, AL at 11:05 am, Sonic 4 min from the charger; Gulfport, MS at 3:40 pm, Denny's 1 min from the charger. In all, 72 of the roughly 96 fast chargers along the way have a restaurant within a 10-minute walk.
About 96 DC fast chargers are within 5 miles of the 468-mile route, 94 of them 50 kW or more. 63 charge at 150 kW or more, 25 are on the Tesla network, and 72 have a restaurant within a 10-minute walk.
39 miles, between mile 236 (Evergreen, AL) and mile 275 (Atmore, AL), 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 37 chargers), Waffle House (37), Wendy's (26), Starbucks (25), Burger King (24) and Subway (20).
It depends on the car. The app's estimate for a 10–80% charge is 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 8h 35m of driving for 468 miles. Leaving at 8:00 am with the plan's 3 breaks of about 20 minutes and 1 meal of about 40, you arrive around 5:15 pm.