The drive is 295.9 miles, about 5h 35m. Along it sit about 138 DC fast chargers within 5 miles of the route — and 112 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 Divernon at 12:20 pm and arrive in St. Louis around 2:35 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 |
| 12:20 pm Lunch · mile 214 | Divernon, IL Divernon, IL Rechargery Relay @ Circle K - W State Route | 400 kW 4 stalls | 🥪 Subway 1 min |
| ~2:35 pm | Arrive in St. Louis, 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 91 stops at 150 kW or more and 22 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 Divernon, IL around 12:20 pm, where Subway is a 1-minute walk from a 400 kW charger. The break in Pontiac, IL at 9:50 am has Wendy's 5 min from the charger. In all, 112 of the roughly 138 fast chargers along the way have a restaurant within a 10-minute walk.
About 138 DC fast chargers are within 5 miles of the 296-mile route, 137 of them 50 kW or more. 91 charge at 150 kW or more, 22 are on the Tesla network, and 112 have a restaurant within a 10-minute walk.
32 miles, between mile 46 (Minooka, IL) and mile 78 (Dwight, IL), 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 62 chargers), McDonald's (53), Dunkin' (51), Subway (42), Burger King (34) and Taco Bell (31).
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 5h 35m of driving for 296 miles. Leaving at 8:00 am with the plan's 1 break of about 20 minutes and 1 meal of about 40, you arrive around 2:35 pm.