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Tesla referral and local incentives in France in 2026: what really applies

Published July 18, 2026 · verified July 13, 2026

Eco bonus, an abolished scrappage grant, regional aid: the honest picture of what really stacks with the Tesla referral in France in 2026.

What “local incentives” actually means

The word “local” causes confusion for a Tesla buyer in France: it can mean the national scheme (the bonus écologique), a regional or city-level grant, or the old scrappage grant. Here's what genuinely exists in 2026, and what has disappeared.

The one national scheme that genuinely stacks with the referral: the eco bonus

This is the only aid you can count on: €5 700 for a reference tax income under €16,301, €4 700 between €16,301 and €26,300, €3 500 above that, plus a €1 200–2 000 European-battery top-up where eligible. Conditions: a new vehicle under €47 000, under 2400 kg, with an ADEME eco-score of at least 60/80. Only the Model Y (RWD / Long Range RWD) meets it; the Model 3 fails the eco-score. Full detail: our eco-bonus pillar page.

The scrappage grant: gone since 1 January 2026

If you've read that scrapping an older vehicle unlocks extra aid, that information is out of date: the scrappage grant (prime à la conversion) was abolished on 1 January 2026. Don't factor it into your budget, however old your current car is.

Regional or local aid: proceed with caution

Some French regions, metro areas, or local energy boards have, in the past, offered their own EV purchase grants on top of the national bonus. These schemes are one-off, vary in name and amount from one authority to another, and aren't always renewed year to year. We don't have a nationally-verifiable figure to publish here for 2026 without risking misleading you — the right move is to check directly with your région, métropole, or local energy syndicate before ordering, in addition to the national eco bonus.

How to find out whether your area has one

"Check with your région" is the right advice and useless without a method, so here is the method. Local schemes are run by three different kinds of body, and knowing which you are dealing with tells you where to look:

• The région — the largest unit, and the one most likely to run a purchase grant when one exists at all.
• The métropole or agglomération — city-level, often narrower in scope and sometimes aimed at scrappage or at professional use rather than at private purchase.
• A local energy body (a syndicat d'énergie or similar) — these more often fund charging equipment than the car itself, which is worth knowing before you conclude nothing exists.

Search the authority's own site rather than an aggregator page. Aggregators are where discontinued schemes live longest, because nobody removes a page that still gets traffic, and a scheme that closed two years ago reads exactly like one that is open.

The three questions to ask before counting on one

If you do find something, the existence of the scheme is the easy part. Three properties decide whether it is money you will actually receive:

• Can it be combined with the national bonus? Some local schemes explicitly cannot, and that clause sits in the scheme's own règlement rather than in any summary of it. This is the question that most often turns a promising find into nothing.
• Is there a budget, and is it still open? Local schemes are usually funded from a fixed envelope rather than being an entitlement, so they close when the money runs out — often mid-year, often without the page being updated.
• Does it require approval before you buy? Some do. A pre-approval requirement is the one condition in this whole area that cannot be satisfied afterwards: a purchase already completed is not eligible for a scheme that needed to approve it first.

Note how differently these behave from the national bonus, which is claimed after registration and asks nothing of you beforehand. That difference is why we won't fold local aid into a single headline total anywhere on this site: two schemes that both pay money can still demand opposite behaviour from you, and only one of them forgives getting the order wrong.

What never stacks with anything else: the referral

Whatever local or national aid you qualify for, the referral benefit (2000 km of Supercharging or €250) adds on top, without ever reducing other aid or being reduced by it: these are two entirely separate paths — one with Tesla at the time of order, the other with the State or your local authority after delivery.

The checklist before you order

• Check whether your exact trim is eco-bonus eligible.
• Don't expect a scrappage grant any more — it's gone.
• Check your région's or métropole's website for any local aid active in 2026.
• Click the referral link before you configure, regardless of the answers above.