The drive is 210.3 miles, about 4h 07m. Along it sit about 54 DC fast chargers within 5 miles of the route — and 46 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 Victoria at 10:25 am and arrive in Corpus Christi around 12:25 pm.
| When | Where | Charger | Food within a walk |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8:00 am | Leave Houston, TX | ||
| 10:25 am Break · mile 122 | Victoria, TX Walmart EV Charging | 400 kW 8 stalls | 🍔 Whataburger 6 min |
| ~12:25 pm | Arrive in Corpus Christi, 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 42 stops at 150 kW or more and 15 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 49 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 Victoria, TX at 10:25 am: Whataburger is a 6-minute walk from a 400 kW charger. In all, 46 of the roughly 54 fast chargers along the way have a restaurant within a 10-minute walk.
About 54 DC fast chargers are within 5 miles of the 210-mile route, 49 of them 50 kW or more. 42 charge at 150 kW or more, 15 are on the Tesla network, and 46 have a restaurant within a 10-minute walk.
49 miles, between mile 73 (El Campo, TX) and mile 122 (Victoria, 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 20 chargers), Whataburger (15), Chipotle (14), McDonald's (14), Chick-fil-A (12) and Subway (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 400 kW charger in Victoria, TX; about 45 min for a Ford Mustang Mach-E at the 400 kW charger in Victoria, TX; about 25 min for a Hyundai Ioniq 5 at the 400 kW charger in Victoria, 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 4h 07m of driving for 210 miles. Leaving at 8:00 am with the plan's 1 break of about 20 minutes, you arrive around 12:25 pm.