The drive is 430.7 miles, about 7h 56m. Along it sit about 78 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 Portland at 8:00 am, take a break in The Dalles at 9:30 am, take a break in Stanfield at 11:45 am, stop for lunch in Island City at 1:25 pm, take a break in Ontario at 5:15 pm and arrive in Boise around 6:35 pm.
| When | Where | Charger | Food within a walk |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8:00 am | Leave Portland, OR | ||
| 9:30 am Break · mile 82 | The Dalles, OR The Dalles, OR | 300 kW 6 stalls | 👑 Burger King 1 min, ☕ Dutch Bros 2 min, 🌮 Taco Bell 2 min |
| 11:45 am Break · mile 187 | Stanfield, OR Pilot Travel Center | 350 kW 4 stalls | 🥪 Subway 1 min, 🍟 McDonald's 1 min |
| 1:25 pm Lunch · mile 260 | Island City, OR Walmart 1889 (Island City, OR) | 350 kW 4 stalls | 🌮 Taco Bell 1 min, ☕ Starbucks 9 min |
| 5:15 pm Break · mile 375 | Ontario, OR Ontario, OR - Tesla Supercharger | 250 kW 8 stalls | 🍗 KFC 1 min, 🌯 Chipotle 1 min, ⭐ Carl's Jr. 1 min |
| ~6:35 pm | Arrive in Boise, ID |
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 175 kW, with 46 stops at 150 kW or more and 18 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 54 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, lunch falls in Island City, OR around 1:25 pm, where Taco Bell is a 1-minute walk from a 350 kW charger. The breaks: The Dalles, OR at 9:30 am, Burger King 1 min from the charger; Stanfield, OR at 11:45 am, Subway 1 min from the charger; Ontario, OR at 5:15 pm, KFC 1 min from the charger. In all, 61 of the roughly 78 fast chargers along the way have a restaurant within a 10-minute walk.
About 78 DC fast chargers are within 5 miles of the 431-mile route, 76 of them 50 kW or more. 46 charge at 150 kW or more, 18 are on the Tesla network, and 61 have a restaurant within a 10-minute walk.
54 miles, between mile 82 (The Dalles, OR) and mile 136 (Arlington, 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 36 chargers), Subway (29), McDonald's (27), Panda Express (19), Burger King (17) and Dutch Bros (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 300 kW charger in The Dalles, OR; about 45 min for a Ford Mustang Mach-E at the 350 kW charger in Stanfield, OR; about 25 min for a Hyundai Ioniq 5 at the 350 kW charger in Stanfield, 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 7h 56m of driving for 431 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 6:35 pm.