Vehicle charging system comprising - a plurality of charging stations for electrically charging vehicles, - a control system (S, 10, 11), - a communication network for communication between the control system (S, 10, 11) and further components of the vehicle charging system, - radio elements for establishing wireless communication between the vehicles and the control system (S, 10, 11), wherein the vehicle charging system has an access point with a WLAN interface via which multiple vehicles are able to communicate in parallel with the vehicle charging system, and - identification and detection units (ID-D), arranged on at least some of the charging stations, for identifying vehicles to be charged by way of identification objects (ID-O) assigned to the vehicles, wherein the identification and detection unit (ID-D) has a range or orientation restricted exclusively to the charging station and its entry region or stopping region, - an association system (ID-D, ID-O) that comprises identification objects (ID-O) in addition to the identification and detection units (ID-D), wherein each identification object (ID-O) provides an individual identifier that is able to be detected by the identification and detection units (ID-D) and is designed to be applied to a vehicle, and wherein the association system (ID-D, ID-O) unambiguously assigns each of the vehicles in the vehicle charging system to the charging station that is being driven to and at which charging is currently intended to be performed, - wherein at least one of the charging stations has a charging mast, wherein the charging mast is equipped with a pivoting arm and/or an articulated arm and the identification and detection unit (ID-D) is mounted on the pivoting arm and/or articulated arm and/or wherein the charging mast is equipped with an inverted pantograph and the identification and detection unit (ID-D) is located above the inverted pantograph. - a plurality of charging stations for electrically charging vehicles, - a control system (S, 10, 11), - a communication network for communication between the control system (S, 10, 11) and further components of the vehicle charging system, - radio elements for establishing wireless communication between the vehicles and the control system (S, 10, 11), wherein the vehicle charging system has an access point with a WLAN interface via which multiple vehicles are able to communicate in parallel with the vehicle charging system, and - identification and detection units (ID-D), arranged on at least some of the charging stations, for identifying vehicles to be charged by way of identification objects (ID-O) assigned to the vehicles, wherein the identification and detection unit (ID-D) has a range or orientation restricted exclusively to the charging station and its entry region or stopping region, - an association system (ID-D, ID-O) that comprises identification objects (ID-O) in addition to the identification and detection units (ID-D), wherein each identification object (ID-O) provides an individual identifier that is able to be detected by the identification and detection units (ID-D) and is designed to be applied to a vehicle, and wherein the association system (ID-D, ID-O) unambiguously assigns each of the vehicles in the vehicle charging system to the charging station that is being driven to and at which charging is currently intended to be performed, - wherein at least one of the charging stations has a charging mast, wherein the charging mast is equipped with a pivoting arm and/or an articulated arm and the identification and detection unit (ID-D) is mounted on the pivoting arm and/or articulated arm and/or wherein the charging mast is equipped with an inverted pantograph and the identification and detection unit (ID-D) is located above the inverted pantograph.