The drive is 185.6 miles, about 4h 28m. Along it sit about 156 DC fast chargers within 5 miles of the route — and 140 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 San Francisco at 8:00 am, take a break in Manteca at 9:50 am, take a break in Groveland at 11:45 am and arrive in Yosemite Valley around 1:10 pm.
| When | Where | Charger | Food within a walk |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8:00 am | Leave San Francisco, CA | ||
| 9:50 am Break · mile 78 | Manteca, CA Ashley Investments (Manteca, CA) | 350 kW 10 stalls | 🍎 Applebee's 1 min, 🌮 Del Taco 2 min, 🤡 Jack in the Box 2 min |
| 11:45 am Break · mile 141 | Groveland, CA Groveland, CA | 300 kW 5 stalls | 🍦 Ice cream shop 1 min |
| ~1:10 pm | Arrive in Yosemite Valley, CA |
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 98 stops at 150 kW or more and 45 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 San Francisco at 8:00 am, no mealtime falls on the way. The plan's breaks in Manteca, CA at 9:50 am: Applebee's is a 1-minute walk from a 350 kW charger; in Groveland, CA at 11:45 am: Ice cream shop is a 1-minute walk from a 300 kW charger. In all, 140 of the roughly 156 fast chargers along the way have a restaurant within a 10-minute walk.
About 156 DC fast chargers are within 5 miles of the 186-mile route, 148 of them 50 kW or more. 98 charge at 150 kW or more, 45 are on the Tesla network, and 140 have a restaurant within a 10-minute walk.
42 miles, between mile 99 (Oakdale, CA) and mile 141 (Groveland, CA), 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 92 chargers), Subway (60), Chipotle (48), McDonald's (46), Burger King (38) and Peet's Coffee (36).
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 Groveland, CA; about 45 min for a Ford Mustang Mach-E at the 350 kW charger in Manteca, CA; about 25 min for a Hyundai Ioniq 5 at the 350 kW charger in Manteca, CA. These are rough figures from each car's battery size and peak charging speed; a cold battery or a busy site takes longer.
About 4h 28m of driving for 186 miles. Leaving at 8:00 am with the plan's 2 breaks of about 20 minutes, you arrive around 1:10 pm.