Knowing what a fast charge will cost before plugging in is still, in France, a matter of opening the right app. On 15 October 2026 the government presented the second phase of its electrification plan, 17 measures spanning heat pumps, rail and hydrogen, and measure 7 is about charging prices: fast chargers will have to show the price in euros per kilowatt-hour and the power they are actually delivering, and every charger will have to hand over an itemised receipt.
What becomes mandatory
| Obligation | Applies to | From |
|---|---|---|
| Price displayed in €/kWh | Public chargers of 50 kW and above, new and existing | April 2027 for new stations, November 2027 for stations already in service |
| Instantaneous power delivered shown on the charger | Public chargers of 50 kW and above | Same schedule |
| Itemised payment receipt, on paper or electronic, listing the per-kWh price and any time or occupancy charges | All public chargers, including those below 50 kW | April 2027 |
The legal vehicle is an arrêté, which the government says it will put out to consultation by 1 November 2026. The schedule above is the one published in the plan's measure table and in Automobile Propre's account; the text itself is not yet published, so the exact wording of "displayed on the charger" is still to come.
The power figure is the novel part. A 150 kW label on a charger says nothing about the 40 kW a car may be drawing on a shared cabinet or a cold battery, and the obligation makes the live number visible on the hardware rather than only on the dashboard. The receipt rule addresses the other recurring complaint: fees charged by the minute after the session or for occupying the bay, which ANWB's summer data identified as the new trap for drivers abroad, will have to appear as separate lines.
What EU law already asks for
The EU's AFIR regulation, applicable since April 2024, already requires that the ad hoc price per kWh be made known to the driver before a session starts, on the terminal for the larger chargers and at least through an app or QR code for the smaller ones, and that card payment be possible at new fast chargers. Paris is going one step further on its own territory: a fuel-pump-style display on the station, the delivered power alongside it, and a receipt whose components are prescribed. France has been pushing in this direction all year; its April motorway plan already asked for the per-kWh price to be visible from the road at service areas.
The rest of the plan for drivers
| Measure | What it does | From |
|---|---|---|
| 3. Electric vans for small firms | An extra purchase premium for European-built electric light commercial vehicles, taking support to as much as €11,000 | 1 January 2027 |
| 4. The €10,000 European small car | Purchase aid for L6 and L7 electric quadricycles assembled in the EEA, raised to €2,000 for L7 | 1 January 2027 |
| 5. Heavier electric vans on a B licence | Transposition of the EU directive allowing up to 4.25 t | 1 January 2027 |
| 6. Controllable home charger | €500 towards a smart charger in a detached house, inside the CEE premium for electric cars; the government estimates smart charging cuts an average annual charging budget from about €420 to €270 | 1 January 2027 |
What it means for a Tesla owner in France
On Tesla's own network the change is mostly invisible. Superchargers have no screen; the price per kWh, which varies by site and by time of day, is shown in the car and in the app before the session, and whether that counts as display "on the charger" is for the arrêté to decide. Where a Tesla owner will notice the rule is on the third-party networks that fill the gaps, such as Ionity, TotalEnergies, Electra and the supermarket chargers, whose AC prices of 17 to 18 cents already undercut most fast charging. From November 2027 the stall itself will say what a kilowatt-hour costs and how many kilowatts the car is really getting, and the receipt will show whether the bill was for energy or for time.