The drive is 437.8 miles, about 7h 57m. Along it sit about 151 DC fast chargers within 5 miles of the route — and 125 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 Orlando at 8:00 am, take a break in Reddick at 9:40 am, stop for lunch in Valdosta at 12:10 pm, take a break in Cordele at 2:25 pm, take a break in Jackson at 4:25 pm and arrive in Atlanta around 5:35 pm.
| When | Where | Charger | Food within a walk |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8:00 am | Leave Orlando, FL | ||
| 9:40 am Break · mile 92 | Reddick, FL TA W Highway 318, Reddick, FL | 400 kW 12 stalls | 🍔 Wendy's 1 min |
| 12:10 pm Lunch · mile 213 | Valdosta, GA Walmart 899 (Valdosta, GA) | 350 kW 4 stalls | 🥪 Subway 2 min |
| 2:25 pm Break · mile 297 | Cordele, GA Cordele, GA Rechargery Relay - E 16th Ave | 400 kW 16 stalls | 🍳 Denny's 3 min, 🥩 Arby's 4 min, 🧇 Waffle House 2 minacross hwy |
| 4:25 pm Break · mile 392 | Jackson, GA Flying J | 350 kW 4 stalls | 🧇 Waffle House 5 min, 🥪 Subway 6 minacross hwy, 🥞 IHOP 6 minacross hwy |
| ~5:35 pm | Arrive in Atlanta, GA |
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 100 stops at 150 kW or more and 40 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 42 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 Orlando at 8:00 am, lunch falls in Valdosta, GA around 12:10 pm, where Subway is a 2-minute walk from a 350 kW charger. The breaks: Reddick, FL at 9:40 am, Wendy's 1 min from the charger; Cordele, GA at 2:25 pm, Denny's 3 min from the charger; Jackson, GA at 4:25 pm, Waffle House 5 min from the charger. In all, 125 of the roughly 151 fast chargers along the way have a restaurant within a 10-minute walk.
About 151 DC fast chargers are within 5 miles of the 438-mile route, 145 of them 50 kW or more. 100 charge at 150 kW or more, 40 are on the Tesla network, and 125 have a restaurant within a 10-minute walk.
42 miles, between mile 214 (Valdosta, GA) and mile 256 (Tifton, GA), 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 57 chargers), Wendy's (52), Waffle House (45), Subway (42), Dunkin' (41) and Burger King (40).
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 Reddick, FL; about 45 min for a Ford Mustang Mach-E at the 400 kW charger in Reddick, FL; about 25 min for a Hyundai Ioniq 5 at the 400 kW charger in Reddick, FL. These are rough figures from each car's battery size and peak charging speed; a cold battery or a busy site takes longer.
About 7h 57m of driving for 438 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 5:35 pm.