The drive is 154.2 miles, about 2h 52m. Along it sit about 56 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 Minneapolis at 8:00 am, take a break in Moose Lake at 10:05 am and arrive in Duluth around 11:10 am.
| When | Where | Charger | Food within a walk |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8:00 am | Leave Minneapolis, MN | ||
| 10:05 am Break · mile 112 | Moose Lake, MN Kwik Trip #166 | 400 kW 4 stalls | 🥪 Subway 5 min, 🍟 McDonald's 7 min |
| ~11:10 am | Arrive in Duluth, MN |
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 180 kW, with 28 stops at 150 kW or more and 9 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 32 miles of the way.
In order along the route.
Leaving Minneapolis at 8:00 am, no mealtime falls on the way. The plan's break in Moose Lake, MN at 10:05 am: Subway is a 5-minute walk from a 400 kW charger. In all, 44 of the roughly 56 fast chargers along the way have a restaurant within a 10-minute walk.
About 56 DC fast chargers are within 5 miles of the 154-mile route, 42 of them 50 kW or more. 28 charge at 150 kW or more, 9 are on the Tesla network, and 44 have a restaurant within a 10-minute walk.
32 miles, between mile 80 (Hinckley, MN) and mile 112 (Moose Lake, MN), 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 Subway (near 18 chargers), Caribou Coffee (15), McDonald's (14), Taco Bell (10), Burger King (9) and KFC (8).
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 Moose Lake, MN; about 45 min for a Ford Mustang Mach-E at the 400 kW charger in Moose Lake, MN; about 25 min for a Hyundai Ioniq 5 at the 400 kW charger in Moose Lake, MN. These are rough figures from each car's battery size and peak charging speed; a cold battery or a busy site takes longer.
About 2h 52m of driving for 154 miles. Leaving at 8:00 am with the plan's 1 break of about 20 minutes, you arrive around 11:10 am.