{"id":60949,"date":"2026-09-21T15:52:35","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T14:52:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.telpark.com\/noticias\/"},"modified":"2026-11-04T13:47:31","modified_gmt":"2026-11-04T12:47:31","slug":"electric-charging-signs-in-spain-a-guide-for-electric-vehicle-drivers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.telpark.com\/en\/movilidad\/electric-charging-signs-in-spain-a-guide-for-electric-vehicle-drivers\/","title":{"rendered":"Electric charging signs in Spain: a guide for electric vehicle drivers\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"
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You\u2019ve got your electric car, you\u2019ve clocked up plenty of miles, and you need to charge up. But when you reach a street, a car park or a motorway, you come across signs you\u2019ve never seen before: a green plug, a pictogram of a car with a cable, a blue sign with several different-coloured pumps. What do they actually mean? Can you park there? Is there also conventional fuel?\u00a0<\/p>\n

This guide explains, in detail and visually, all the official signage relating to electric vehicle charging in Spain: what signs you\u2019ll see on the street and in car parks, what the ones at service stations mean, how to read them on motorways and dual carriageways, and what rules you need to follow to avoid a fine. Whether you\u2019ve just bought your first electric car or you\u2019re visiting Spain from another country, this guide gives you everything you need.<\/p>\n

The legal framework: where these signs come fromse\u00f1ales\u00a0<\/h2>\n

Until 2022, signage for electric charging points in Spain<\/a><\/strong> was a mess: every council, every operator and every car park did their own thing with different icons and colours. There was no official standard, which caused confusion for local drivers and foreign visitors alike.\u00a0<\/p>\n

That changed with the publication of Instruction MOV 2022\/12 from Spain\u2019s Directorate-General for Traffic (DGT), which came into force on 8 April 2022. This instruction, developed in compliance with Article 15 of Law 7\/2021 on Climate Change and Energy Transition, added specific pictograms to the Official Catalogue of Traffic Signs to identify electric charging points on urban roads and highways, designed in line with standards already in place in other EU countries.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Newly installed signs must follow these formats. Existing ones are being adapted progressively as they\u2019re replaced due to wear, so for a transitional period, old (non-standardised) signage and the new official signage exist side by side.<\/p>\n

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\ud83d\udca1 For drivers: if a sign doesn\u2019t look familiar or doesn\u2019t follow the format we describe here, it\u2019s likely to be pre-2022 signage. In that case, always look for the physical charging post or the car-with-cable pictogram as your definitive visual reference.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/article>\n\n\n\n\n \n \n

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The official DGT signs for charging points\u00a0rga\u00a0<\/h2>\n

Instruction MOV 2022\/12 sets out three pictograms for identifying charging points on the road, plus the electric vehicle pictogram used in combination with other signs. Here they are, explained one by one:<\/p>\n

Sign A \u2014 Fuel pump and electric charging station ctrica<\/h3>\n

Petrol station with an electric charging point (MOV 2022\/12 \u00b7 Type A).<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Indicates that this location has a pump or service station offering conventional fuels (petrol and\/or diesel) that also has an electric vehicle charging point. The petrol pump appears in black or its usual colour, and the electric charging pump appears in green.<\/p>\n

This is the most common sign at traditional service stations that have added a charging hub. You\u2019ll find it on urban roads as well as on conventional roads and motorways. When you see it, it means you can charge and refuel at the same spot, which makes it very handy on long journeys shared with drivers of petrol or diesel cars.<\/p>\n

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\u2705 If your car is electric and you see this sign: you can charge there. If there\u2019s a queue at the charging point, that same service station also has conventional fuel available for other vehicles, so the space tends to be well organised.\u00a0zado.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Sign B \u2014 Dedicated electric charging station\u00a0clusiva<\/h3>\n

Electric charging point (dedicated) (MOV 2022\/12 \u00b7 Type B).<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Indicates a purely electric charging station, with no conventional fuel. The pictogram shows only the charging post or pump in green. There\u2019s no petrol station attached.<\/p>\n

This sign identifies standalone charging hubs: publicly accessible charging points that operate independently, without any fuel facilities. They\u2019re increasingly common in urban car parks, shopping centres, motorway service areas and hotel car parks. When you see it on the road, it means there\u2019s an electric charging point ahead and nothing else.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In Spain, this type of installation usually corresponds to medium-to-high power chargers<\/a><\/strong> (from 22 kW up to 150\u2013350 kW at rapid charging points), though the power available depends on the operator and specific location.<\/p>\n

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\ud83d\udca1 For foreign visitors:<\/strong> the most common charging hub operators in Spain are Iberdrola, Endesa X, Repsol, Zunder, Ionity and Tesla Supercharger. Each has its own app or payment system, although EU regulation requires chargers over 50 kW on major roads to accept bank card payment since 2024.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

SignC \u2014 Fuel, LPG and electric charging station\u00a0<\/h3>\n

Petrol station with LPG and electric charging (MOV 2022\/12 \u00b7 Type C)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Indicates that this location has three types of energy: conventional fuel<\/strong> (petrol\/diesel, black or standard pump), liquefied petroleum gas<\/strong> (LPG, blue pump) and an electric charging point<\/strong> (green pump). This is the most complete sign and marks a multi-energy service station.<\/p>\n

This sign is less common but increasingly found at large motorway service areas and service stations with significant infrastructure investment. The three-colour reference \u2014 black for fuel, blue for LPG and green for electric \u2014 is a code being standardised across Europe, so drivers used to travelling around the continent can recognise it regardless of which country they\u2019re in.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Electric vehicle pictogram \u2014 The reference icon\u00a0<\/h3>\n

Electric vehicle pictogram (MOV 2022\/12 \u00b7 Supplementary)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Shows a car in profile surrounded by or connected to a cable, in green. This isn\u2019t a standalone traffic sign but a supplementary pictogram added to other signs to indicate that particular signage or restriction applies specifically to electric or plug-in vehicles.<\/p>\n

This pictogram is the most versatile in the system. You\u2019ll see it combined with parking signs, access restrictions, reserved zones and road markings. Wherever it appears, the message is the same: \u201cthis applies specifically to plug-in electric vehicles.\u201d For example, a parking sign with this pictogram means the bay is reserved for electric vehicles; a restriction sign with this pictogram means the rule only applies to that type of vehicle.<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/article>\n\n\n

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