A charging method includes: obtaining a first voltage of a charging port of a vehicle; determining a target buck value based on the first voltage, adjusting a voltage on a buck side of a buck-boost converter of the vehicle based on the target buck value, and sending the target buck value to a charging pile to enable the charging pile to determine an output voltage of the charging pile based on the target buck value; increasing a charging demand current of the vehicle to a maximum allowable charging current of the vehicle; and charging the vehicle according to the maximum allowable charging current.