D in a hexagon: Type 3-A socket-outlet

AC charging from a Type 3-A plug and socket-outlet, up to 480 V RMS.

What to do

D marks the socket-outlet on the charging station side. You need a cable whose plug fits that socket; the letter at your car's end of the cable is a different identifier.

What it looks like: A capital D inside a horizontal hexagon, black on a white or silver background.
Where you find it: On a charging station, next to a Type 3-A socket-outlet; on the plug of a cable made for it.
Kind: electric-vehicle charging identifier
Set by: EN 17186:2019, identifiers for the electrical interface (a hexagon), required by Directive 2014/94/EU Article 7; letter as given in the annex table of the ACEA/ChargeUp Europe/CharIN/Eurelectric guides

Can my car charge from it?

“Consumers will only need to match the label of their vehicle with the corresponding label on the charging station.”
— ACEA, ACEM, ChargeUp Europe, CharIN and Eurelectric, Labelling for Electrically Rechargeable Road Vehicles and Charging Infrastructure: information for consumers (PDF)

“The European legislation requires the labels only for the new vehicles placed on the market for the first time or registered as of 20 March 2021.”
— ACEA, ACEM, ChargeUp Europe, CharIN and Eurelectric, Labelling for Electrically Rechargeable Road Vehicles and Charging Infrastructure: information for consumers (PDF)

Check your vehicle's manual or the label inside the filler flap (on an electric car, the label by the charging inlet). We do not say which makes or models take this connector.

Official guidance:

In detail

In the annex table: configuration Type 3-A, plug and socket-outlet, up to 480 V RMS, identifier D.
Plug and socket-outlet labels use the black-on-white colour scheme.

What it does not mean

D is not a vehicle inlet label, and it does not say anything about charging speed.

Labels that go with it

E in a hexagon: Type 3-C socket-outletAC charging from a Type 3-C plug and socket-outlet, up to 480 V RMS.C in a hexagon: Type 2 AC chargingAC charging through the Type 2 configuration, up to 480 V RMS:…

Sources

Each document was fetched and read on the date shown; the clause or section is the one that sets or explains this label.

ACEA, ACEM, ChargeUp Europe, CharIN and Eurelectric: Labelling for Electrically Rechargeable Road Vehicles and Charging Infrastructure: information for consumers (PDF) — Annex, Identifiers for AC charging: Type 3-A, plug and socket-outlet, up to 480 V RMS: identifier D Checked 2026-09-29.
ACEA, ACEM, ChargeUp Europe, CharIN and Eurelectric: Labelling for Electrically Rechargeable Road Vehicles and Charging Infrastructure: information for charge point operators (PDF) — Annex: Type 3-A plug and socket-outlet up to 480 V RMS is D Checked 2026-09-29.