The drive is 176.1 miles, about 3h 56m. Along it sit about 70 DC fast chargers within 5 miles of the route — and 63 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 Portland at 8:00 am, take a break in Mill City at 9:45 am and arrive in Bend around 12:15 pm.
| When | Where | Charger | Food within a walk |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8:00 am | Leave Portland, OR | ||
| 9:45 am Break · mile 77 | Mill City, OR Pacific Power Millcity | 62 kW 1 stall | 🥪 Subway 6 min |
| ~12:15 pm | Arrive in Bend, OR |
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 160 kW, with 41 stops at 150 kW or more and 17 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 57 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 Portland at 8:00 am, no mealtime falls on the way. The plan's break in Mill City, OR at 9:45 am: Subway is a 6-minute walk from a 62 kW charger. In all, 63 of the roughly 70 fast chargers along the way have a restaurant within a 10-minute walk.
About 70 DC fast chargers are within 5 miles of the 176-mile route, 69 of them 50 kW or more. 41 charge at 150 kW or more, 17 are on the Tesla network, and 63 have a restaurant within a 10-minute walk.
57 miles, between mile 96 (Detroit, OR) and mile 153 (Sisters, OR), 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 Starbucks (near 46 chargers), Subway (31), McDonald's (22), Burger King (19), Taco Bell (16) and Chipotle (15).
It depends on the car. The app's estimate for a 10–80% charge is about 1h 48m for a Ford Mustang Mach-E at the 62 kW charger in Mill City, OR; about 1h 35m for a Hyundai Ioniq 5 at the 62 kW charger in Mill City, OR. 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 56m of driving for 176 miles. Leaving at 8:00 am with the plan's 1 break of about 20 minutes, you arrive around 12:15 pm.