The drive is 163.4 miles, about 3h 04m. Along it sit about 82 DC fast chargers within 5 miles of the route — and 70 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 Houston at 8:00 am, take a break in La Grange at 9:55 am and arrive in Austin around 11:25 am.
| When | Where | Charger | Food within a walk |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8:00 am | Leave Houston, TX | ||
| 9:55 am Break · mile 104 | La Grange, TX Alpha One Ford | 240 kW 2 stalls | 🍕 Domino's 7 min |
| ~11:25 am | Arrive in Austin, TX |
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 59 stops at 150 kW or more and 25 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 30 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 Houston at 8:00 am, no mealtime falls on the way. The plan's break in La Grange, TX at 9:55 am: Domino's is a 7-minute walk from a 240 kW charger. In all, 70 of the roughly 82 fast chargers along the way have a restaurant within a 10-minute walk.
About 82 DC fast chargers are within 5 miles of the 163-mile route, 76 of them 50 kW or more. 59 charge at 150 kW or more, 25 are on the Tesla network, and 70 have a restaurant within a 10-minute walk.
30 miles, between mile 74 (Columbus, TX) and mile 104 (La Grange, TX), 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 28 chargers), Subway (18), Whataburger (17), McDonald's (14), Chipotle (13) and Jack in the Box (13).
It depends on the car. The app's estimate for a 10–80% charge is about 45 min for a Ford Mustang Mach-E at the 240 kW charger in La Grange, TX; about 25 min for a Hyundai Ioniq 5 at the 240 kW charger in La Grange, 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 3h 04m of driving for 163 miles. Leaving at 8:00 am with the plan's 1 break of about 20 minutes, you arrive around 11:25 am.