The drive is 207.9 miles, about 3h 59m. Along it sit about 51 DC fast chargers within 5 miles of the route — and 44 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 Cayce at 9:55 am and arrive in Charleston around 12:20 pm.
| When | Where | Charger | Food within a walk |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8:00 am | Leave Charlotte, NC | ||
| 9:55 am Break · mile 102 | Cayce, SC Pilot Travel Center | 350 kW 6 stalls | ⭐ Hardee's 1 min, 🍔 Wendy's 1 min, 🚗 Sonic 2 min |
| ~12:20 pm | Arrive in Charleston, SC |
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 38 stops at 150 kW or more and 14 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 43 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 Charlotte at 8:00 am, no mealtime falls on the way. The plan's break in Cayce, SC at 9:55 am: Hardee's is a 1-minute walk from a 350 kW charger. In all, 44 of the roughly 51 fast chargers along the way have a restaurant within a 10-minute walk.
About 51 DC fast chargers are within 5 miles of the 208-mile route, 50 of them 50 kW or more. 38 charge at 150 kW or more, 14 are on the Tesla network, and 44 have a restaurant within a 10-minute walk.
43 miles, between mile 37 (Richburg, SC) and mile 80 (Columbia, SC), 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 20 chargers), Subway (18), Burger King (17), Starbucks (17), Bojangles (16) and Chick-fil-A (16).
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 Cayce, SC; about 25 min for a Hyundai Ioniq 5 at the 350 kW charger in Cayce, SC. These are rough figures from each car's battery size and peak charging speed; a cold battery or a busy site takes longer.
About 3h 59m of driving for 208 miles. Leaving at 8:00 am with the plan's 1 break of about 20 minutes, you arrive around 12:20 pm.