The drive is 412.3 miles, about 7h 46m. Along it sit about 207 DC fast chargers within 5 miles of the route — and 168 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 Janesville at 10:05 am, stop for lunch in Mauston at 12:20 pm, take a break in Eau Claire at 2:55 pm and arrive in Minneapolis around 5:05 pm.
| When | Where | Charger | Food within a walk |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8:00 am | Leave Chicago, IL | ||
| 10:05 am Break · mile 113 | Janesville, WI Janesville, WI Rechargery Relay - Morse St | 400 kW 16 stalls | 🌯 Chipotle 1 min, 🍗 Popeyes 1 min, 🥩 Arby's 1 min |
| 12:20 pm Lunch · mile 215 | Mauston, WI Pilot Travel Center | 350 kW 4 stalls | 🍔 Wendy's 1 min, 🌮 Taco Bell 1 min, 🍩 Dunkin' 2 min |
| 2:55 pm Break · mile 316 | Eau Claire, WI Sam's Club 8185 (Eau Claire, WI) | 350 kW 4 stalls | 🥪 Subway 1 min, ☕ Starbucks 4 min, 🚒 Firehouse Subs 6 min |
| ~5:05 pm | Arrive in Minneapolis, MN |
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 138 stops at 150 kW or more and 39 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 32 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, lunch falls in Mauston, WI around 12:20 pm, where Wendy's is a 1-minute walk from a 350 kW charger. The breaks: Janesville, WI at 10:05 am, Chipotle 1 min from the charger; Eau Claire, WI at 2:55 pm, Subway 1 min from the charger. In all, 168 of the roughly 207 fast chargers along the way have a restaurant within a 10-minute walk.
About 207 DC fast chargers are within 5 miles of the 412-mile route, 198 of them 50 kW or more. 138 charge at 150 kW or more, 39 are on the Tesla network, and 168 have a restaurant within a 10-minute walk.
32 miles, between mile 345 (Menomonie, WI) and mile 377 (Roberts, WI), 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 87 chargers), McDonald's (78), Subway (78), Dunkin' (63), Burger King (49) and Taco Bell (47).
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 Janesville, WI; about 45 min for a Ford Mustang Mach-E at the 400 kW charger in Janesville, WI; about 25 min for a Hyundai Ioniq 5 at the 400 kW charger in Janesville, WI. These are rough figures from each car's battery size and peak charging speed; a cold battery or a busy site takes longer.
About 7h 46m of driving for 412 miles. Leaving at 8:00 am with the plan's 2 breaks of about 20 minutes and 1 meal of about 40, you arrive around 5:05 pm.