The drive is 367.0 miles, about 7h 06m. Along it sit about 62 DC fast chargers within 5 miles of the route — and 48 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 10:20 am, stop for lunch in Robstown at 12:20 pm and arrive in South Padre Island around 4:05 pm.
| When | Where | Charger | Food within a walk |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8:00 am | Leave Houston, TX | ||
| 10:20 am Break · mile 122 | Victoria, TX Walmart EV Charging | 400 kW 8 stalls | 🍔 Whataburger 6 min |
| 12:20 pm Lunch · mile 209 | Robstown, TX Robstown, TX - Tesla Supercharger | 325 kW 16 stalls | 🍔 Whataburger 1 min |
| 1:30 pm | No fast charger for 91 mi from mile 235 to mile 326 | None within 5 mi of the route | |
| ~4:05 pm | Arrive in South Padre Island, 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 47 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 91 miles, between mile 235 and mile 326.
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, lunch falls in Robstown, TX around 12:20 pm, where Whataburger is a 1-minute walk from a 325 kW charger. The break in Victoria, TX at 10:20 am has Whataburger 6 min from the charger. In all, 48 of the roughly 62 fast chargers along the way have a restaurant within a 10-minute walk.
About 62 DC fast chargers are within 5 miles of the 367-mile route, 57 of them 50 kW or more. 47 charge at 150 kW or more, 19 are on the Tesla network, and 48 have a restaurant within a 10-minute walk.
91 miles, between mile 235 (Kingsville, TX) and mile 326 (Harlingen, 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 (17), McDonald's (15), Chick-fil-A (12), Chipotle (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 7h 06m of driving for 367 miles. Leaving at 8:00 am with the plan's 1 break of about 20 minutes and 1 meal of about 40, you arrive around 4:05 pm.