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Check charger power and connector compatibility

Confirm connector and charging compatibility from both the exact vehicle handbook and current operator information before relying on a point. Keep chargepoint capability and vehicle acceptance as separate fields instead of inferring one from the other. Stop if either side is uncertain, and do not add an adaptor or workaround that the vehicle and chargepoint instructions do not specify.

Office for Zero Emission Vehicles and Department for Transport: Public Charge Point Regulations 2023 guidance

Reviewed

Key facts and evidence

For UK public charging, reviewed 13 August 2026, compatibility requires matching the exact vehicle instructions to current information for the intended chargepoint. Connector and power fields remain separate, and no session speed is promised. If either side is unknown, this page stops the match and offers no adaptor, workaround, route or station recommendation.

Office for Zero Emission Vehicles and Department for Transport: Public Charge Point Regulations 2023 guidance

A UK method for matching vehicle instructions with current chargepoint information without inventing power, speed or adaptor compatibility.

Use a two-sided match

Keep the exact vehicle's supported connector and charging information beside the identified point's current connector information. A label or field from only one side is not treated as a completed compatibility match.

Keep power fields separate

Record any officially stated vehicle-acceptance and chargepoint-capability fields separately, with their sources and units. This methodology does not invent a value, merge missing fields or promise the power that a particular session will deliver.

A mismatch stops the choice

When the connector or instructions do not match, leave the point out of the plan. The permitted user action is limited to following the supported display and handbook sequence; no adaptor or bypass path is supplied.

What to do next

Do not begin or continue a connection when the exact vehicle requirement and chargepoint information do not agree.

Immediate action: Leave the connector unused and ask the operator or vehicle manufacturer to resolve the mismatch.

  • Stop for an unknown connector, contradictory instructions, visible damage or any need for an unspecified adaptor.

Checks that stay with this vehicle

  1. Read the current operator or open-data connector field for the identified chargepoint.

    A point-side connector record with a clear source, identity and observation time.

    The point identity, connector field or observation context is absent or contradictory.

  2. Compare that field with the exact vehicle handbook and follow only the displayed supported connection sequence.

    Both sources describe the same supported connection without any added workaround.

    The sources disagree, the display reports a fault or an unspecified adaptor would be needed.

Professional hand-off

  • Ask the chargepoint operator and vehicle manufacturer to resolve an uncertain connector or power-acceptance match before use.

Questions this record can answer

What does the sourced evidence say about use a two-sided match?

Keep the exact vehicle's supported connector and charging information beside the identified point's current connector information. A label or field from only one side is not treated as a completed compatibility match.

What does the sourced evidence say about keep power fields separate?

Record any officially stated vehicle-acceptance and chargepoint-capability fields separately, with their sources and units. This methodology does not invent a value, merge missing fields or promise the power that a particular session will deliver.

What does the sourced evidence say about a mismatch stops the choice?

When the connector or instructions do not match, leave the point out of the plan. The permitted user action is limited to following the supported display and handbook sequence; no adaptor or bypass path is supplied.

Sources