The drive is 242.2 miles, about 4h 32m. Along it sit about 50 DC fast chargers within 5 miles of the route — and 44 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 Indianapolis at 8:00 am, take a break in Casey at 9:00 am, take a break in Greenville at 10:55 am and arrive in St. Louis around 12:10 pm.
| When | Where | Charger | Food within a walk |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8:00 am | Leave Indianapolis, IN | ||
| 9:00 am Break · mile 107 | Casey, IL P66 Casey (Casey, IL) | 350 kW 4 stalls | 🥪 Subway 1 min, 🍟 McDonald's 1 min, 🍦 Dairy Queen 2 min |
| 10:55 am Break · mile 192 | Greenville, IL Jack Flash Greenville IL | 320 kW 4 stalls | 🌮 Taco Bell 1 min, 🍗 KFC 1 min, 🍟 McDonald's 2 min |
| ~12:10 pm | Arrive in St. Louis, MO |
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 34 stops at 150 kW or more and 11 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 43 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 Indianapolis at 8:00 am, no mealtime falls on the way. The plan's breaks in Casey, IL at 9:00 am: Subway is a 1-minute walk from a 350 kW charger; in Greenville, IL at 10:55 am: Taco Bell is a 1-minute walk from a 320 kW charger. In all, 44 of the roughly 50 fast chargers along the way have a restaurant within a 10-minute walk.
About 50 DC fast chargers are within 5 miles of the 242-mile route, 50 of them 50 kW or more. 34 charge at 150 kW or more, 11 are on the Tesla network, and 44 have a restaurant within a 10-minute walk.
43 miles, between mile 15 (Plainfield, IN) and mile 58 (Brazil, IN), 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 28 chargers), Taco Bell (21), Starbucks (18), Subway (16), Arby's (15) and KFC (14).
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 320 kW charger in Greenville, IL; about 45 min for a Ford Mustang Mach-E at the 350 kW charger in Casey, IL; about 25 min for a Hyundai Ioniq 5 at the 350 kW charger in Casey, IL. 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 32m of driving for 242 miles. Leaving at 8:00 am with the plan's 2 breaks of about 20 minutes, you arrive around 12:10 pm.