A charging system comprising:
- a charging station configured to charge a vehicle;
- a control device;
- and
- a storage device configured to store a charging error database in which a history of errors at a time of charging of the vehicle at the charging station is accumulated in association with the charging station, the vehicle, and details of the error, the details of the errors including at least one of a connector connection error, a credit card reading error, or an excessive voltage error,
- wherein the control device comprises:
- at least one processor;
- and
- at least one memory coupled to the at least one processor,
- the at least one processor is configured to perform a process comprising:
- accepting check-in that is a procedure for starting the charging of the vehicle at the charging station;
- accepting, before the check-in, a reservation for the charging of the vehicle at the charging station;
- receiving, at a time of the reservation, vehicle identification information that is information identifying the vehicle from the vehicle that makes the reservation;
- receiving, at a time of the check-in, the vehicle identification information from the vehicle that performs the check-in;
- comparing the vehicle identification information acquired at the time of the reservation with the vehicle identification information acquired at the time of the check-in;
- upon detecting that the vehicle identification information at the time of the reservation matches the vehicle identification information at the time of the check-in, permitting the charging of the vehicle at the charging station;
- and
- generating, at the time of the reservation, for each charging station that is a candidate for the reservation, error information indicating, among the details of the errors stored in the charging error database, details of one or more errors that occurred when the vehicle making the reservation was charged at that charging station, based on the charging error database,
- wherein the vehicle is configured to display, on a display device installed in the vehicle, for each charging station that is the candidate for the reservation, the generated error information associated with the charging station at the time of the reservation,
- wherein the charging station is installed in a charging area having a gate provided at an entrance of the charging area, and
- wherein the control device is configured to control the gate such that, when the charging of the vehicle at the charging station is permitted in response to detecting that the vehicle identification information at the time of the reservation matches the vehicle identification information at the time of the check-in, the gate is opened to allow the vehicle to enter the charging area, and, when the charging of the vehicle at the charging station is not permitted, the gate is maintained in a closed state.