Toyota is delaying the production of its first U.S.-made electric vehicle until 2026 at the earliest. Still, it says it’s going to sell as many as seven all-electric vehicles here within the next two years.

Toyota reportedly had plans for a three-row all-electric SUV model to be built in Georgetown, Kentucky by the end of 2025, but those intentions have now been pushed back a few months to a planned early 2026 production start.

Toyota believes it's nearing the point where sales of hybrids, plug-in hybrids, electric vehicles, and hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles will overtake pure internal-combustion cars in the U.S.—and is weighing whether to end sales of non-hybrid combustion models entirely.

"We’re still focused on our global [battery electric vehicle] target of 1.5M vehicles by 2026," said Toyota spokesperson Scott Vazin, adding that in the next two years it plans

Toyota is postponing the start of production of its first electric model made in the US until 2026. The Japanese carmaker had originally planned to start production of its three-row electric SUV in Kentucky at the end of 2025.

Subaru Corporation (OTCPK:FUJHY) (OTCPK:FUJHF) plan to launch a jointly developed electric vehicle in Japan, the U.S., and Europe in 2026, according to Nikkei. The goal of the partnership between the two Japanese automakers is to improve production efficiency and cut costs throughout the electric vehicle

While Tesla has been canceling its cheap electric models, Japanese automaker Toyota has been pushing back some of its electric ambitions. The Corolla maker announced today that it will delay its plans for U.

The Japanese automaker plans to sell multiple EVs here, but now none of them will be assembled in the U.S. for years.

Toyota is against exclusively selling EVs, but it may soon abandon sales of vehicles powered purely by a gas engine.