Toyota and its luxury brand Lexus will adopt Tesla's winning charging plug standard, the North American Charging Standard (NACS), on "certain" models starting in 2025. Toyota will also provide adapters for existing and upcoming electric vehicle owners to access more than 12,000 Tesla Supercharging stations.
A three-row SUV that Toyota plans to launch in 2025 will be one of the first models equipped with NACS connectors and will be assembled at Toyota's plant in Kentucky. Compared to most other automakers, Toyota currently doesn't have many options when it comes to electric vehicles, having only released the middling bZ4X and Lexus RZ450e.
Carmaker Lexus' next electric car will be launched in 2026 after changes to its electric vehicle product plans.
Although Toyota's announcement is a bit late, it joins Ford, GM, Rivian, Volvo, Polestar, Nissan, Mercedes-Benz, Jaguar Land Rover, Fisker, Hyundai and, most recently, BMW to accept NACS. Now, only Stellantis and Volkswagen Group, which owns the Chrysler, Jeep and Dodge brands, are sticking to other plans. Considering Toyota is by and large the most conservative when it comes to making business decisions, it's likely that other companies will soon follow.