The drive is 510.4 miles, about 9h 39m. Along it sit about 123 DC fast chargers within 5 miles of the route — and 101 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 Chicago at 8:00 am, take a break in Pontiac at 9:50 am, stop for lunch in Springfield at 12:05 pm, take a break in Hannibal at 2:45 pm, stop for dinner in Cameron at 6:00 pm and arrive in Kansas City around 7:40 pm.
| When | Where | Charger | Food within a walk |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8:00 am | Leave Chicago, IL | ||
| 9:50 am Break · mile 99 | Pontiac, IL Pontiac, IL Rechargery Relay - 1 Holiday Road | 400 kW 10 stalls | 🍔 Wendy's 5 min, 👑 Burger King 8 min |
| 12:05 pm Lunch · mile 201 | Springfield, IL Springfield, IL Rechargery Relay - S Dirksen Pkwy | 400 kW 12 stalls | 🍟 McDonald's 1 min, 🥖 Panera Bread 2 min, 🥩 Arby's 2 min |
| 12:55 pm | No fast charger for 95 mi from mile 208 to mile 303 | None within 5 mi of the route | |
| 2:45 pm Break · mile 303 | Hannibal, MO Hannibal, MO - Tesla Supercharger | 250 kW 8 stalls | 🚗 Sonic 1 min, 🍕 Domino's 2 min, 🍟 McDonald's 3 min |
| 6:00 pm Dinner · mile 459 | Cameron, MO Mo 35 & 36 Shell | 125 kW 1 stall | 🍔 Wendy's 1 min, 🍦 Ice cream shop 1 min, 🍟 McDonald's 1 min |
| ~7:40 pm | Arrive in Kansas City, MO |
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 180 kW, with 85 stops at 150 kW or more and 21 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 95 miles, between mile 208 and mile 303.
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 Chicago at 8:00 am, lunch falls in Springfield, IL around 12:05 pm, where McDonald's is a 1-minute walk from a 400 kW charger; dinner falls in Cameron, MO around 6:00 pm, where Wendy's is a 1-minute walk from a 125 kW charger. The breaks: Pontiac, IL at 9:50 am, Wendy's 5 min from the charger; Hannibal, MO at 2:45 pm, Sonic 1 min from the charger. In all, 101 of the roughly 123 fast chargers along the way have a restaurant within a 10-minute walk.
About 123 DC fast chargers are within 5 miles of the 510-mile route, 122 of them 50 kW or more. 85 charge at 150 kW or more, 21 are on the Tesla network, and 101 have a restaurant within a 10-minute walk.
95 miles, between mile 208 (Springfield, IL) and mile 303 (Hannibal, MO), 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 Starbucks (near 58 chargers), Dunkin' (49), McDonald's (46), Subway (44), Burger King (34) and Chipotle (29).
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 Pontiac, IL; about 45 min for a Ford Mustang Mach-E at the 400 kW charger in Pontiac, IL; about 25 min for a Hyundai Ioniq 5 at the 400 kW charger in Pontiac, IL. These are rough figures from each car's battery size and peak charging speed; a cold battery or a busy site takes longer.
About 9h 39m of driving for 510 miles. Leaving at 8:00 am with the plan's 2 breaks of about 20 minutes and 2 meals of about 40, you arrive around 7:40 pm.