From 1 January 2026, Milence — the Daimler/Traton/Volvo charging alliance — moved its European network from a single pan-European tariff (€0.399/kWh) to market-based, country-level pricing. First published rates: Belgium €0.379/kWh, France €0.339/kWh (both excl. VAT), with other markets aligned to local energy costs and operating conditions.

Why a tariff change is fleet news. Public fast-charging price is one of the three numbers that decides whether an electric truck’s TCO closes — our calculator’s default €0.75/kWh public rate versus depot €0.15–0.25 is exactly the gap that makes duty-cycle choice decisive. Milence’s new rates sit far below the ad-hoc public fast-charging prices many fleets model against, and they are aimed precisely at corridor duty: predictable, brand-agnostic, per-kWh pricing a fleet can contract around. For TCO modelling, the practical consequence is that corridor charging on alliance hubs now computes meaningfully better than generic public charging — re-run your numbers with the country tariff rather than a blanket assumption.

The strategic read. Market-based pricing is what infrastructure does when it moves from showcase to business: tariffs track local energy reality, undercut diesel’s per-km cost where policy allows, and prepare the ground for MCS-class power at volume. It also sharpens the competitive contrast with battery swap’s per-km service model (Swaptopus will have to publish against numbers like these in the UK). Fleets negotiating energy contracts should treat the Milence rate card as the corridor benchmark of 2026 — and ask their own CPO why they should pay more.