The drive is 169.6 miles, about 3h 43m. Along it sit about 28 DC fast chargers within 5 miles of the route — and 20 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 Florence at 10:10 am and arrive in Myrtle Beach around 12:00 pm.
| When | Where | Charger | Food within a walk |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8:00 am | Leave Charlotte, NC | ||
| 10:10 am Break · mile 100 | Florence, SC Florence, SC Rechargery Relay - David H McLeod Blvd | 400 kW 8 stalls | 🥩 Arby's 2 min, 🦬 Buffalo Wild Wings 4 min, 🌯 Chipotle 5 min |
| ~12:00 pm | Arrive in Myrtle Beach, 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 325 kW, with 21 stops at 150 kW or more and 6 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 51 miles of the way.
In order along the route.
Leaving Charlotte at 8:00 am, no mealtime falls on the way. The plan's break in Florence, SC at 10:10 am: Arby's is a 2-minute walk from a 400 kW charger. In all, 20 of the roughly 28 fast chargers along the way have a restaurant within a 10-minute walk.
About 28 DC fast chargers are within 5 miles of the 170-mile route, 27 of them 50 kW or more. 21 charge at 150 kW or more, 6 are on the Tesla network, and 20 have a restaurant within a 10-minute walk.
51 miles, between mile 103 (Florence, SC) and mile 154 (Conway, 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 Burger King (near 9 chargers), Chipotle (9), Starbucks (8), Arby's (7), Chick-fil-A (7) and Dunkin' (5).
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 400 kW charger in Florence, SC; about 45 min for a Ford Mustang Mach-E at the 400 kW charger in Florence, SC; about 25 min for a Hyundai Ioniq 5 at the 400 kW charger in Florence, 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 43m of driving for 170 miles. Leaving at 8:00 am with the plan's 1 break of about 20 minutes, you arrive around 12:00 pm.