The drive is 183.6 miles, about 3h 38m. Along it sit about 73 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 Pittsburgh at 8:00 am, take a break in Cambridge at 10:05 am and arrive in Columbus around 12:00 pm.
| When | Where | Charger | Food within a walk |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8:00 am | Leave Pittsburgh, PA | ||
| 10:05 am Break · mile 104 | Cambridge, OH Cambridge, OH Rechargery Relay - Southgate Rd | 400 kW 8 stalls | 🍕 Little Caesars 1 min, ☕ Starbucks 2 min, 🌯 Chipotle 2 min |
| ~12:00 pm | Arrive in Columbus, OH |
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 40 stops at 150 kW or more and 13 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 — 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 Pittsburgh at 8:00 am, no mealtime falls on the way. The plan's break in Cambridge, OH at 10:05 am: Little Caesars is a 1-minute walk from a 400 kW charger. In all, 61 of the roughly 73 fast chargers along the way have a restaurant within a 10-minute walk.
About 73 DC fast chargers are within 5 miles of the 184-mile route, 73 of them 50 kW or more. 40 charge at 150 kW or more, 13 are on the Tesla network, and 61 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 Subway (near 35 chargers), Starbucks (29), Chipotle (27), McDonald's (23), Arby's (18) and Wendy's (17).
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 Cambridge, OH; about 45 min for a Ford Mustang Mach-E at the 400 kW charger in Cambridge, OH; about 25 min for a Hyundai Ioniq 5 at the 400 kW charger in Cambridge, OH. 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 38m of driving for 184 miles. Leaving at 8:00 am with the plan's 1 break of about 20 minutes, you arrive around 12:00 pm.