Flutter Based Mobile Application for Electric Vehicle Charging Reservation

The growing number of Electric Vehicles (EV) in the transportation sector has brought with it challenges associated with charging of the vehicle at the charging stations, like clustering of vehicles at a particular station, leading to longer waiting hours due to low number of charging outlets available. This has led to loss in time and energy of the EV owners and a frustrating experience in locating a nearby charging station. The paper entrails a solution to tackle these issues, by proposing a mobile application to pre book or reserve a charging port ahead of time at any available charging station for charging the EV, thus ensuring effective service to the users, reducing the clustering of vehicles at the charging stations and thereby less waiting time. The proposed system provides the user with details such as the location of a charging station, number and type of chargers present at a charging station and availability of slots during a specific period. It also allows users to book an available slot with a secured payment gateway and maintains user feedback.