Parking and charging infrastructure requires real-time slot management, occupancy tracking, energy consumption monitoring, and hardware integration that generic IoT platforms don’t provide. Operators need hierarchical lot management, individual slot control, EV charging session tracking with kWh metering, and remote charge initiation—integrated with vehicle reservations, not bolted on.
Parking hierarchy maps physical infrastructure to platform entities—groups organize lots by location or type, lots define GPS boundaries and slot counts, slots track individual vehicle assignments and availability. Charging session objects link to reservations: session starts on operator command or automated trigger, meter readings log energy consumption, session ends on disconnect or timeout. Hardware abstraction layer routes charge commands to any registered charger provider with configurable parameters. Zone pricing engine adds parking/charging fees to reservation totals based on duration and consumption.
A campus operates 10 parking lots with 200 total slots, 50 equipped with EV chargers. Facilities team views real-time slot occupancy, identifies underutilized lots, initiates bulk vehicle moves to rebalance distribution. EV fleet charges overnight: operator console shows charging sessions in progress with live kWh consumption, estimated completion times, and idle penalty timers for vehicles that remain plugged after full charge. Monthly reports export total energy consumed per vehicle, charging costs per lot, and idle penalty revenue for budget tracking. Maintenance team drains Lot 7 for resurfacing: system moves all assigned vehicles to temporary slots, disables Lot 7 slots during construction.
