The drive is 174.9 miles, about 3h 15m. Along it sit about 37 DC fast chargers within 5 miles of the route — and 26 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 and arrive in Louisville around 12:35 pm.
| When | Where | Charger | Food within a walk |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8:00 am | Leave Nashville, TN | ||
| 10:40 am Break · mile 91 | Cave City, KY Cave City Welcome Center - Tesla Supercharger | 325 kW 8 stalls | 🥪 Subway 1 min, 🚗 Sonic 1 min, 🍗 KFC 2 min |
| ~12:35 pm | Arrive in Louisville, KY |
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 27 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 28 miles of the way.
In order along the route.
Leaving Nashville at 8:00 am, no mealtime falls on the way. The plan's break in Cave City, KY at 10:40 am: Subway is a 1-minute walk from a 325 kW charger. In all, 26 of the roughly 37 fast chargers along the way have a restaurant within a 10-minute walk.
About 37 DC fast chargers are within 5 miles of the 175-mile route, 37 of them 50 kW or more. 27 charge at 150 kW or more, 11 are on the Tesla network, and 26 have a restaurant within a 10-minute walk.
No stretch is longer than 28 miles: there is a DC fast charger within 5 miles of the route at least that often.
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 13 chargers), Subway (9), Wendy's (8), Burger King (7), Starbucks (6) and Chipotle (4).
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. These are rough figures from each car's battery size and peak charging speed; a cold battery or a busy site takes longer.
About 3h 15m of driving for 175 miles. Leaving at 8:00 am with the plan's 1 break of about 20 minutes, you arrive around 12:35 pm.