The drive is 242.5 miles, about 4h 54m. Along it sit about 122 DC fast chargers within 5 miles of the route — and 115 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 Washington at 8:00 am, take a break in Bedford at 10:45 am, stop for lunch in Hunker at 12:30 pm and arrive in Pittsburgh around 1:55 pm.
| When | Where | Charger | Food within a walk |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8:00 am | Leave Washington, DC | ||
| 10:45 am Break · mile 138 | Bedford, PA Sheetz Store 352 (Bedford, PA) | 350 kW 6 stalls | 🍟 McDonald's 1 min, 🍔 Wendy's 2 min, 🥩 Arby's 3 min |
| 12:30 pm Lunch · mile 206 | Hunker, PA New Stanton Service Plaza | 400 kW 4 stalls | 👑 Burger King 1 min, ☕ Starbucks 1 min |
| ~1:55 pm | Arrive in Pittsburgh, PA |
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 72 stops at 150 kW or more and 35 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 33 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 Washington at 8:00 am, lunch falls in Hunker, PA around 12:30 pm, where Burger King is a 1-minute walk from a 400 kW charger. The break in Bedford, PA at 10:45 am has McDonald's 1 min from the charger. In all, 115 of the roughly 122 fast chargers along the way have a restaurant within a 10-minute walk.
About 122 DC fast chargers are within 5 miles of the 242-mile route, 117 of them 50 kW or more. 72 charge at 150 kW or more, 35 are on the Tesla network, and 115 have a restaurant within a 10-minute walk.
33 miles, between mile 138 (Bedford, PA) and mile 171 (Somerset, PA), 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 65 chargers), McDonald's (51), Dunkin' (43), Subway (39), Chipotle (34) and Taco Bell (24).
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 Hunker, PA; about 45 min for a Ford Mustang Mach-E at the 400 kW charger in Hunker, PA; about 25 min for a Hyundai Ioniq 5 at the 400 kW charger in Hunker, PA. 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 54m of driving for 242 miles. Leaving at 8:00 am with the plan's 1 break of about 20 minutes and 1 meal of about 40, you arrive around 1:55 pm.