The drive is 504.7 miles, about 9h 13m. Along it sit about 59 DC fast chargers within 5 miles of the route — and 49 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 Tyler at 9:45 am, take a break in Shreveport at 11:45 am, stop for lunch in Natchitoches at 1:15 pm, take a break in Opelousas at 4:05 pm, stop for dinner in Gonzales at 5:50 pm and arrive in New Orleans around 7:35 pm.
| When | Where | Charger | Food within a walk |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8:00 am | Leave Dallas, TX | ||
| 9:45 am Break · mile 94 | Tyler, TX Pilot Travel Center | 350 kW 4 stalls | 🍟 McDonald's 1 min, 🥪 Subway 1 min |
| 11:45 am Break · mile 186 | Shreveport, LA Shreveport, LA - Tesla Supercharger | 150 kW 8 stalls | 🌮 Taco Bell 5 min, 🍟 McDonald's 6 min, 🐕 Raising Cane's 6 min |
| 1:15 pm Lunch · mile 250 | Natchitoches, LA Natchitoches, LA - Tesla Supercharger | 250 kW 8 stalls | 👑 Burger King 2 min, 🥪 Subway 4 min, 🍟 McDonald's 5 min |
| 2:55 pm | No fast charger for 64 mi from mile 305 to mile 369 | None within 5 mi of the route | |
| 4:05 pm Break · mile 370 | Opelousas, LA Sterling F & L Ford Back | 200 kW 4 stalls | 🍔 Wendy's 8 minacross hwy, 🍟 McDonald's 8 minacross hwy |
| 5:50 pm Dinner · mile 446 | Gonzales, LA Gonzales, LA - Tesla Supercharger | 250 kW 16 stalls | 🤡 Jack in the Box 1 min, 🐔 Chick-fil-A 1 min, 🦬 Buffalo Wild Wings 2 min |
| ~7:35 pm | Arrive in New Orleans, LA |
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 39 stops at 150 kW or more and 17 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 64 miles, between mile 305 and mile 369.
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 Natchitoches, LA around 1:15 pm, where Burger King is a 2-minute walk from a 250 kW charger; dinner falls in Gonzales, LA around 5:50 pm, where Jack in the Box is a 1-minute walk from a 250 kW charger. The breaks: Tyler, TX at 9:45 am, McDonald's 1 min from the charger; Shreveport, LA at 11:45 am, Taco Bell 5 min from the charger; Opelousas, LA at 4:05 pm, Wendy's 8 min from the charger (across the highway). In all, 49 of the roughly 59 fast chargers along the way have a restaurant within a 10-minute walk.
About 59 DC fast chargers are within 5 miles of the 505-mile route, 58 of them 50 kW or more. 39 charge at 150 kW or more, 17 are on the Tesla network, and 49 have a restaurant within a 10-minute walk.
64 miles, between mile 305 (Alexandria, LA) and mile 369 (Opelousas, LA), 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 16 chargers), Subway (15), Wendy's (14), Starbucks (13), Burger King (11) and Sonic (11).
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 Natchitoches, LA; about 45 min for a Ford Mustang Mach-E at the 350 kW charger in Tyler, TX; about 25 min for a Hyundai Ioniq 5 at the 350 kW charger in Tyler, TX. 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 13m of driving for 505 miles. Leaving at 8:00 am with the plan's 3 breaks of about 20 minutes and 2 meals of about 40, you arrive around 7:35 pm.