Reservation systems for electric vehicle charging stations

One or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing computer-executable instructions which when executed by the computer processor cause the computer processor to perform a method, the method comprising:

• establishing a queue for the EVCS or EVSE at a remote server or other queue management device, the queue being an ordered list of users that desire to use the EVCS or EVSE for charging;
• notifying a next user in the queue to use the EVCS or EVSE when the EVCS or EVSE becomes available;
• and
• allowing the next user in the queue to specify whether or not the next user would still like to use the EVCS or EVSE at the time it becomes available and, if the next user indicates that they would still like to use the EVCS or EVSE at the time it becomes available, allowing the next user to place a hold on the EVCS or EVSE for a time period.

An electric vehicle charging station (“EVCS”) or electric vehicle supply equipment (“EVSE”) comprising:

• one or more charging ports configured to be coupled to an electric vehicle and to charge one or more batteries of the electric vehicle;
• a display device;
• a computer processor, the computer processor being programmed to:
• cause the display device to display a message indicating that the EVCS or EVSE is reserved,
• allow a user to select to place themselves in a queue to use the EVCS or EVSE, and
• receive an indication of a hold period for which the EVCS or EVSE should hold the EVCS or EVSE for a user that has reserved the EVCS or EVSE.