Vehicle charging system comprising - a plurality of charging stations (L) for electrically charging vehicles (F), - 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 (F) and the control system (S, 10, 11), wherein the vehicle charging system has an access point (AP) with a WLAN interface via which multiple vehicles (F) 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 (L), for identifying vehicles (F) to be charged by way of identification objects (ID-O) assigned to the vehicles (F), wherein the identification and detection unit (ID-D) has a range or orientation restricted exclusively to the charging station (L) 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 (F), and wherein the association system (ID-D, ID-O) unambiguously assigns each of the vehicles (F) in the vehicle charging system to the charging station (L) that is being driven to and at which charging is currently intended to be performed, - wherein at least one of the charging stations (L) 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 (L) for electrically charging vehicles (F), - 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 (F) and the control system (S, 10, 11), wherein the vehicle charging system has an access point (AP) with a WLAN interface via which multiple vehicles (F) 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 (L), for identifying vehicles (F) to be charged by way of identification objects (ID-O) assigned to the vehicles (F), wherein the identification and detection unit (ID-D) has a range or orientation restricted exclusively to the charging station (L) 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 (F), and wherein the association system (ID-D, ID-O) unambiguously assigns each of the vehicles (F) in the vehicle charging system to the charging station (L) that is being driven to and at which charging is currently intended to be performed, - wherein at least one of the charging stations (L) 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 . <EOS>