The drive is 234.0 miles, about 4h 21m. Along it sit about 79 DC fast chargers within 5 miles of the route — and 61 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 Alexandria at 10:25 am and arrive in Fargo around 12:40 pm.
| When | Where | Charger | Food within a walk |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8:00 am | Leave Minneapolis, MN | ||
| 10:25 am Break · mile 129 | Alexandria, MN Menards Alexandria 3183 (Alexandria, MN) | 350 kW 6 stalls | 🥪 Subway 4 min, ⭐ Hardee's 4 min, 🍦 Culver's 5 min |
| ~12:40 pm | Arrive in Fargo, ND |
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 33 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 53 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 Minneapolis at 8:00 am, no mealtime falls on the way. The plan's break in Alexandria, MN at 10:25 am: Subway is a 4-minute walk from a 350 kW charger. In all, 61 of the roughly 79 fast chargers along the way have a restaurant within a 10-minute walk.
About 79 DC fast chargers are within 5 miles of the 234-mile route, 61 of them 50 kW or more. 33 charge at 150 kW or more, 11 are on the Tesla network, and 61 have a restaurant within a 10-minute walk.
53 miles, between mile 178 (Fergus Falls, MN) and mile 231 (Moorhead, 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 25 chargers), Taco Bell (24), McDonald's (23), Starbucks (19), Burger King (17) and Caribou Coffee (17).
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 350 kW charger in Alexandria, MN; about 25 min for a Hyundai Ioniq 5 at the 350 kW charger in Alexandria, 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 4h 21m of driving for 234 miles. Leaving at 8:00 am with the plan's 1 break of about 20 minutes, you arrive around 12:40 pm.