The drive is 123.8 miles, about 2h 35m. Along it sit about 27 DC fast chargers within 5 miles of the route — and 21 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 Charlotte at 8:00 am, take a break in Saluda at 9:55 am and arrive in Asheville around 10:55 am.
| When | Where | Charger | Food within a walk |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8:00 am | Leave Charlotte, NC | ||
| 8:25 am | No fast charger for 70 mi from mile 21 to mile 91 | None within 5 mi of the route | |
| 9:55 am Break · mile 91 | Saluda, NC Triangle Stop - Saluda | 150 kW 2 stalls | 🥪 Subway 1 min |
| ~10:55 am | Arrive in Asheville, NC |
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 22 stops at 150 kW or more and 8 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 70 miles, between mile 21 and mile 91.
In order along the route.
Leaving Charlotte at 8:00 am, no mealtime falls on the way. The plan's break in Saluda, NC at 9:55 am: Subway is a 1-minute walk from a 150 kW charger. In all, 21 of the roughly 27 fast chargers along the way have a restaurant within a 10-minute walk.
About 27 DC fast chargers are within 5 miles of the 124-mile route, 26 of them 50 kW or more. 22 charge at 150 kW or more, 8 are on the Tesla network, and 21 have a restaurant within a 10-minute walk.
70 miles, between mile 21 (Dallas, NC) and mile 91 (Saluda, NC), 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 8 chargers), Subway (6), Waffle House (6), Chipotle (5), Starbucks (5) and Arby's (4).
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 150 kW charger in Saluda, NC; about 39 min for a Hyundai Ioniq 5 at the 150 kW charger in Saluda, 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 2h 35m of driving for 124 miles. Leaving at 8:00 am with the plan's 1 break of about 20 minutes, you arrive around 10:55 am.