The drive is 150.3 miles, about 3h 04m. Along it sit about 142 DC fast chargers within 5 miles of the route — and 118 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 South Beloit at 9:55 am and arrive in Madison around 11:25 am.
| When | Where | Charger | Food within a walk |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8:00 am | Leave Chicago, IL | ||
| 9:55 am Break · mile 94 | South Beloit, IL Flying J | 350 kW 4 stalls | 🍳 Denny's 1 min, 🥪 Subway 5 min |
| ~11:25 am | Arrive in Madison, WI |
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 240 kW, with 98 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 22 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 Chicago at 8:00 am, no mealtime falls on the way. The plan's break in South Beloit, IL at 9:55 am: Denny's is a 1-minute walk from a 350 kW charger. In all, 118 of the roughly 142 fast chargers along the way have a restaurant within a 10-minute walk.
About 142 DC fast chargers are within 5 miles of the 150-mile route, 139 of them 50 kW or more. 98 charge at 150 kW or more, 25 are on the Tesla network, and 118 have a restaurant within a 10-minute walk.
No stretch is longer than 22 miles: there is a DC fast charger within 5 miles of the route at least that often.
Counting the fast chargers of 50 kW or more on the route, the chains most often within a 10-minute walk are Starbucks (near 62 chargers), Subway (60), Dunkin' (53), McDonald's (52), Chipotle (37) and Burger King (33).
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 South Beloit, IL; about 25 min for a Hyundai Ioniq 5 at the 350 kW charger in South Beloit, 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 3h 04m of driving for 150 miles. Leaving at 8:00 am with the plan's 1 break of about 20 minutes, you arrive around 11:25 am.