- Fragmented Charging Network: No unified platform offering station location, availability, and route visibility.
- Manual Booking & Delays: Peak-hour congestion due to lack of real-time booking systems.
- Inefficient Route Planning: EV drivers manually search for charging stations along their routes.
- User Adoption Barriers: Limited awareness and high friction in existing user journeys for new EV adopters.
Objectives / Goals
- Provide real-time visibility of EV charging stations across Dubai.
- Enable smart search by location, availability, and route proximity.
- Allow pre-booking of charging slots to reduce wait times.
- Support live route visualization optimized for EV travel patterns.
- Build a mobile-first platform accessible across iOS and Android.
- Design a modular system to support future EV services (e.g., battery swap, maintenance).
Our Approach / Strategy / Solution
- Conducted market validation to assess EV driver pain points and infrastructure gaps.
- Defined workflows and app features through design sprints and stakeholder interviews.
- Designed a scalable platform with booking, search, and route-based station discovery.
- Prototyped and tested interactive wireframes with live feedback from pilot users.
- Built multilingual support (English & Arabic) for accessibility across Dubai’s diverse user base.
Technology Stack
- Frontend (Mobile): Flutter
- Backend: Node.js
- Database: MongoDB
- Maps & Navigation: Google Maps SDK with real-time traffic and EV-specific filters
- Authentication: OAuth 2.0 with email and phone verification
Team
- 1 Product Manager
- 1 UX/UI Designer
- 2 Flutter Mobile Developers
- 1 Node.js Backend Developer
- 1 QA Engineer
- 1 DevOps Specialist (AWS & CI/CD)
Duration
- 4 Weeks – Discovery & Architecture Phase
- 8–12 Weeks (Planned) – MVP Development & Pilot Rollout
Business Outcome/Benefits
- Validated User Demand: Confirmed need for centralized, route-based booking among Dubai EV drivers.
- Faster User Actions: 90%+ prototype success rate in completing search and booking task.
- Strategic Scalability: Platform designed to extend to battery swaps, EV servicing, and payments.
- Improved Driver Experience: App reduces range anxiety and improves planning efficiency.
- Multilingual Access: Broader adoption with native support for English and Arabic.
Conclusion
The EV Charging App project is a critical enabler of Dubai’s clean mobility future—designed to empower EV users with real-time discovery, seamless bookings, and route-optimized experiences. Through smart tech choices and user-first design, the platform will help scale sustainable transportation infrastructure in Dubai and beyond.