Latest industry research report on Global EV Charging Equipment Market 2016:Industry Size, Shares, Insights, Demand and Analysis to 2022. An electric vehicle charging station, also called EV charging station, electric recharging point, charging point and EVSE (Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment), is an element in an infrastructure that supplies electric energy for the recharging of electric vehicles, such as plug-in electric vehicles, including electric cars, neighborhood electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids.