The drive is 496.6 miles, about 9h 26m. Along it sit about 81 DC fast chargers within 5 miles of the route — and 74 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 Dallas at 8:00 am, take a break in Atoka at 10:20 am, stop for lunch in Checotah at 12:20 pm, take a break in Vinita at 2:40 pm, take a break in Louisburg at 6:00 pm and arrive in Kansas City around 7:05 pm.
| When | Where | Charger | Food within a walk |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8:00 am | Leave Dallas, TX | ||
| 10:20 am Break · mile 123 | Atoka, OK Pilot Travel Center | 350 kW 4 stalls | 🥩 Arby's 9 min, 🥪 Subway 3 minacross hwy, 🍕 Pizza Hut 4 minacross hwy |
| 12:20 pm Lunch · mile 211 | Checotah, OK Walmart EV Charging | 400 kW 8 stalls | 🍟 McDonald's 3 min, 🌮 Taco Bell 5 min |
| 2:40 pm Break · mile 298 | Vinita, OK Walmart 50 (Vinita, OK) | 350 kW 4 stalls | 🥪 Subway 5 min, 🍕 Pizza Hut 6 min |
| 3:45 pm | No fast charger for 119 mi from mile 339 to mile 458 | None within 5 mi of the route | |
| 6:00 pm Break · mile 458 | Louisburg, KS Louisburg Ford Sales | 240 kW 4 stalls | 👑 Burger King 7 minacross hwy, 🍟 McDonald's 7 minacross hwy |
| ~7:05 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 250 kW, with 56 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, the longest stretch without one is 119 miles, between mile 339 and mile 458.
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 Dallas at 8:00 am, lunch falls in Checotah, OK around 12:20 pm, where McDonald's is a 3-minute walk from a 400 kW charger. The breaks: Atoka, OK at 10:20 am, Arby's 9 min from the charger; Vinita, OK at 2:40 pm, Subway 5 min from the charger; Louisburg, KS at 6:00 pm, Burger King 7 min from the charger (across the highway). In all, 74 of the roughly 81 fast chargers along the way have a restaurant within a 10-minute walk.
About 81 DC fast chargers are within 5 miles of the 497-mile route, 75 of them 50 kW or more. 56 charge at 150 kW or more, 22 are on the Tesla network, and 74 have a restaurant within a 10-minute walk.
119 miles, between mile 339 (Joplin, MO) and mile 458 (Louisburg, KS), 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 McDonald's (near 21 chargers), Starbucks (20), Taco Bell (19), Chick-fil-A (16), Chipotle (15) and Arby's (13).
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 Checotah, OK; about 45 min for a Ford Mustang Mach-E at the 400 kW charger in Checotah, OK; about 25 min for a Hyundai Ioniq 5 at the 400 kW charger in Checotah, OK. 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 26m of driving for 497 miles. Leaving at 8:00 am with the plan's 3 breaks of about 20 minutes and 1 meal of about 40, you arrive around 7:05 pm.