The drive is 467.8 miles, about 8h 40m. Along it sit about 181 DC fast chargers within 5 miles of the route — and 155 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 Bettendorf at 11:00 am, stop for lunch in Williamsburg at 12:50 pm, take a break in Clive at 3:20 pm and arrive in Omaha around 6:00 pm.
| When | Where | Charger | Food within a walk |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8:00 am | Leave Chicago, IL | ||
| 11:00 am Break · mile 164 | Bettendorf, IA Bettendorf, IA - Tesla Supercharger | 250 kW 12 stalls | 🍦 Ice cream shop 2 min, 🥪 Subway 2 min, 🍟 McDonald's 5 min |
| 12:50 pm Lunch · mile 245 | Williamsburg, IA Casey's Williamsburg #2 (Williamsburg, IA) | 350 kW 4 stalls | 🥩 Arby's 3 min, 🍟 McDonald's 3 min, 🥪 Subway 5 min |
| 3:20 pm Break · mile 341 | Clive, IA Fareway Store #106 (Clive, IA) | 350 kW 6 stalls | ☕ Starbucks 4 min, 🍦 Ice cream shop 4 min, 🍕 Little Caesars 4 min |
| 3:55 pm | No fast charger for 69 mi from mile 355 to mile 424 | None within 5 mi of the route | |
| ~6:00 pm | Arrive in Omaha, NE |
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 116 stops at 150 kW or more and 26 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 69 miles, between mile 355 and mile 424.
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 Williamsburg, IA around 12:50 pm, where Arby's is a 3-minute walk from a 350 kW charger. The breaks: Bettendorf, IA at 11:00 am, Ice cream shop 2 min from the charger; Clive, IA at 3:20 pm, Starbucks 4 min from the charger. In all, 155 of the roughly 181 fast chargers along the way have a restaurant within a 10-minute walk.
About 181 DC fast chargers are within 5 miles of the 468-mile route, 178 of them 50 kW or more. 116 charge at 150 kW or more, 26 are on the Tesla network, and 155 have a restaurant within a 10-minute walk.
69 miles, between mile 355 (De Soto, IA) and mile 424 (Avoca, IA), 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 Dunkin' (near 76 chargers), Starbucks (67), McDonald's (64), Subway (58), Burger King (44) and Chipotle (41).
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 250 kW charger in Bettendorf, IA; about 45 min for a Ford Mustang Mach-E at the 350 kW charger in Williamsburg, IA; about 25 min for a Hyundai Ioniq 5 at the 350 kW charger in Williamsburg, IA. These are rough figures from each car's battery size and peak charging speed; a cold battery or a busy site takes longer.
About 8h 40m of driving for 468 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 6:00 pm.