The drive is 468.3 miles, about 8h 51m. Along it sit about 129 DC fast chargers within 5 miles of the route — and 107 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 Nashville at 8:00 am, take a break in Cave City at 10:40 am, stop for lunch in Clarksville at 12:45 pm, take a break in Greenwood at 3:10 pm, take a break in Remington at 5:25 pm and arrive in Chicago around 6:30 pm.
| When | Where | Charger | Food within a walk |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8:00 am | Leave Nashville, TN | ||
| 10:40 am Break · mile 90 | Cave City, KY Cave City Welcome Center - Tesla Supercharger | 325 kW 8 stalls | 🥪 Subway 1 min, 🚗 Sonic 1 min, 🍗 KFC 2 min |
| 12:45 pm Lunch · mile 180 | Clarksville, IN Walmart 1476 (Clarksville, IN) | 350 kW 6 stalls | 🥪 Subway 1 min, 🌮 Taco Bell 2 min, 🥪 Jersey Mike's 2 min |
| 3:10 pm Break · mile 275 | Greenwood, IN Menards Greenwood 3169 (Greenwood, IN) | 350 kW 12 stalls | 🤠 Texas Roadhouse 1 min, 🍦 Culver's 2 min, 🍗 Zaxby's 3 min |
| 5:25 pm Break · mile 377 | Remington, IN Pilot Travel Center | 350 kW 4 stalls | 🌮 Taco Bell 1 min, 🍟 McDonald's 3 min, 🍗 KFC 4 min |
| ~6:30 pm | Arrive in Chicago, IL |
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 240 kW, with 94 stops at 150 kW or more and 38 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 33 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 Nashville at 8:00 am, lunch falls in Clarksville, IN around 12:45 pm, where Subway is a 1-minute walk from a 350 kW charger. The breaks: Cave City, KY at 10:40 am, Subway 1 min from the charger; Greenwood, IN at 3:10 pm, Texas Roadhouse 1 min from the charger; Remington, IN at 5:25 pm, Taco Bell 1 min from the charger. In all, 107 of the roughly 129 fast chargers along the way have a restaurant within a 10-minute walk.
About 129 DC fast chargers are within 5 miles of the 468-mile route, 128 of them 50 kW or more. 94 charge at 150 kW or more, 38 are on the Tesla network, and 107 have a restaurant within a 10-minute walk.
33 miles, between mile 314 (Lebanon, IN) and mile 347 (Lafayette, 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 50 chargers), Subway (44), Starbucks (42), Chipotle (28), Dunkin' (26) and Taco Bell (26).
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 325 kW charger in Cave City, KY; about 45 min for a Ford Mustang Mach-E at the 350 kW charger in Clarksville, IN; about 25 min for a Hyundai Ioniq 5 at the 350 kW charger in Clarksville, IN. These are rough figures from each car's battery size and peak charging speed; a cold battery or a busy site takes longer.
About 8h 51m of driving for 468 miles. Leaving at 8:00 am with the plan's 3 breaks of about 20 minutes and 1 meal of about 40, you arrive around 6:30 pm.