Electric vehicle charging symbol

A plug or lightning bolt with a car, marking a charging point.

Also known as: EV charging, Charging point, Car with a plug

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Meanings

A plug with a car marks an EV charging point. The sign says nothing about which connector fits, which is the question a driver actually has — several incompatible standards share the same pictogram.

Common modern usageVerified fact
Marks a point where an electric vehicle may be charged.
Contexts: Public information
Common modern usageVerified fact
States nothing about which connector or charging standard is provided, though several mutually incompatible ones exist — so the sign does not answer the question a driver arriving actually has.
Contexts: Public information

Visual description

A simplified car outline in side view with a plug and its cable, or a jagged lightning stroke, drawn beside or entering its side.

Symmetry: none
Orientation: upright
Colours: green, white

Used alongside: Parking sign
Charging bays are signed as parking with a charging qualification.

Confidence

IdentityHigh confidence: High confidence because the identity is documented in encyclopedic references.
Historical originModerate confidence: Moderate confidence because the historical origin is documented in encyclopedic references, but early or supporting evidence is limited, but the regional or cultural match to this specific claim is not precise.
Current useHigh confidence: High confidence because the current use is documented in encyclopedic references.
Visual matchHigh confidence: High confidence because the visual match is documented in encyclopedic references.

Sources

ISO 7001
Wikipedia · retrieved 2026-08-01
Tertiary reference. Used for what a pictogram depicts and whether a standard covers it; where a standard is named it is reported by this source rather than read, so no meaning is typed `official` on that basis alone.
Charging station
Wikipedia · retrieved 2026-08-01
Tertiary reference. Used for what a pictogram depicts and whether a standard covers it; where a standard is named it is reported by this source rather than read, so no meaning is typed `official` on that basis alone.

Last reviewed 2026-07-31

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Meanings

Common modern usageVerified fact

Marks a point where an electric vehicle may be charged.

Contexts: Public information

Common modern usageVerified fact

States nothing about which connector or charging standard is provided, though several mutually incompatible ones exist — so the sign does not answer the question a driver arriving actually has.

Contexts: Public information

Confidence

IdentityHigh confidence: High confidence because the identity is documented in encyclopedic references.
Historical originModerate confidence: Moderate confidence because the historical origin is documented in encyclopedic references, but early or supporting evidence is limited, but the regional or cultural match to this specific claim is not precise.
Current useHigh confidence: High confidence because the current use is documented in encyclopedic references.
Visual matchHigh confidence: High confidence because the visual match is documented in encyclopedic references.

Sources

ISO 7001
Wikipedia · retrieved 2026-08-01
Tertiary reference. Used for what a pictogram depicts and whether a standard covers it; where a standard is named it is reported by this source rather than read, so no meaning is typed `official` on that basis alone.
Charging station
Wikipedia · retrieved 2026-08-01
Tertiary reference. Used for what a pictogram depicts and whether a standard covers it; where a standard is named it is reported by this source rather than read, so no meaning is typed `official` on that basis alone.

Last reviewed 2026-07-31

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