The drive is 540.2 miles, about 9h 17m. Along it sit about 90 DC fast chargers within 5 miles of the route — and 69 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 Denver at 8:00 am, take a break in Sterling at 10:10 am, stop for lunch in Ogallala at 11:55 am, take a break in Lexington at 3:30 pm, take a break in Aurora at 5:30 pm, stop for dinner in Lincoln at 6:55 pm and arrive in Omaha around 8:35 pm.
| When | Where | Charger | Food within a walk |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8:00 am | Leave Denver, CO | ||
| 10:10 am Break · mile 125 | Sterling, CO Sterling EV | 200 kW 1 stall | 🚗 Sonic 2 min, 🍟 McDonald's 6 min, 🍕 Pizza Hut 6 min |
| 10:30 am | No fast charger for 86 mi from mile 125 to mile 211 | None within 5 mi of the route | |
| 11:55 am Lunch · mile 211 | Ogallala, NE Walmart 7129 (Ogallala, NE) | 350 kW 4 stalls | 🍔 Wendy's 2 min, 🍟 McDonald's 9 minacross hwy |
| 3:30 pm Break · mile 322 | Lexington, NE Walmart 637 (Lexington, NE) | 350 kW 4 stalls | 🚗 Sonic 2 min, 🍟 McDonald's 3 min, 👑 Burger King 6 min |
| 5:30 pm Break · mile 417 | Aurora, NE Friesen Ford | 120 kW 2 stalls | 🥩 Arby's 8 minacross hwy |
| 6:55 pm Dinner · mile 480 | Lincoln, NE Shoemaker's Travel Center - Tesla Supercharger | 500 kW 8 stalls | 🥪 Subway 1 min |
| ~8:35 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 200 kW, with 59 stops at 150 kW or more and 19 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 86 miles, between mile 125 and mile 211.
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 Denver at 8:00 am, lunch falls in Ogallala, NE around 11:55 am, where Wendy's is a 2-minute walk from a 350 kW charger; dinner falls in Lincoln, NE around 6:55 pm, where Subway is a 1-minute walk from a 500 kW charger. The breaks: Sterling, CO at 10:10 am, Sonic 2 min from the charger; Lexington, NE at 3:30 pm, Sonic 2 min from the charger; Aurora, NE at 5:30 pm, Arby's 8 min from the charger (across the highway). In all, 69 of the roughly 90 fast chargers along the way have a restaurant within a 10-minute walk.
About 90 DC fast chargers are within 5 miles of the 540-mile route, 87 of them 50 kW or more. 59 charge at 150 kW or more, 19 are on the Tesla network, and 69 have a restaurant within a 10-minute walk.
86 miles, between mile 125 (Sterling, CO) and mile 211 (Ogallala, NE), 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 37 chargers), Starbucks (33), Wendy's (22), Subway (18), Burger King (13) and Taco Bell (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 500 kW charger in Lincoln, NE; about 45 min for a Ford Mustang Mach-E at the 350 kW charger in Ogallala, NE; about 25 min for a Hyundai Ioniq 5 at the 350 kW charger in Ogallala, NE. 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 17m of driving for 540 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 8:35 pm.