The drive is 207.9 miles, about 4h 05m. Along it sit about 140 DC fast chargers within 5 miles of the route — and 123 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 Ashland at 9:50 am and arrive in Virginia Beach around 12:25 pm.
| When | Where | Charger | Food within a walk |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8:00 am | Leave Washington, DC | ||
| 9:50 am Break · mile 93 | Ashland, VA TA Lewistown Road, Ashland, VA | 400 kW 12 stalls | 🍕 Pizza Hut 1 min, 🍗 Popeyes 1 min, ☕ Starbucks 7 minacross hwy |
| ~12:25 pm | Arrive in Virginia Beach, VA |
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 200 kW, with 81 stops at 150 kW or more and 41 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 18 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, no mealtime falls on the way. The plan's break in Ashland, VA at 9:50 am: Pizza Hut is a 1-minute walk from a 400 kW charger. In all, 123 of the roughly 140 fast chargers along the way have a restaurant within a 10-minute walk.
About 140 DC fast chargers are within 5 miles of the 208-mile route, 136 of them 50 kW or more. 81 charge at 150 kW or more, 41 are on the Tesla network, and 123 have a restaurant within a 10-minute walk.
No stretch is longer than 18 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 Starbucks (near 60 chargers), McDonald's (51), Subway (50), Chipotle (46), Dunkin' (41) and Chick-fil-A (35).
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 Ashland, VA; about 45 min for a Ford Mustang Mach-E at the 400 kW charger in Ashland, VA; about 25 min for a Hyundai Ioniq 5 at the 400 kW charger in Ashland, VA. 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 05m of driving for 208 miles. Leaving at 8:00 am with the plan's 1 break of about 20 minutes, you arrive around 12:25 pm.