Methods and systems for electric vehicle (ev) charge units and systems for processing connections to charge units

A method, comprising, receiving, at a server, a request from a device to find a one or more charge units for charging an electric vehicle at a geographic location;

• accessing, by the server, a first database to identify charge units that are associated with the geographic location;
• accessing, by the server, a second database to identify discounts available at the charge units identified to be associated with the geographic location, wherein one or more of the identified discounts on one of the charge units is shared by a first merchant and a second merchant having respective business locations proximate to the one of the charge units;
• and
• sending, by the server, data to the device that identifies one or more of the charge units that are associated with the geographic location, the data further including information regarding identified discounts available at one or more of the identified charge units;
• sending, by the server, data to enable access for charging for the electric vehicle at the charge unit and monitoring charge used at the charge unit, wherein at least one of the identified discounts is provided before, during or after the charge is used for charging the electric vehicle;
• wherein the request by the device is provided via an application executed on the device, or via a website accessed by the device, or via a user account accessed by the device;
• wherein the device is one of a portable device or a vehicle device configured for accessing the internet;
• wherein the server is provided with access to one or more storage devices that store at least the first and second databases, wherein the method is executed by a processor.