According to foreign media reports, due to issues such as electric vehicle design adjustments, supply chain interruptions and corporate governance, coupled with slowing electric vehicle sales, Japanese automaker Toyota Motor has delayed the commissioning of its North American electric vehicle plant by 6 months to about June 2026.
Reports said that Toyota Motor has recently told its auto parts suppliers that the production of its first pure electric model (a three-row SUV, or Toyota bZ5X) at its Kentucky plant in the United States will be delayed by several months.
Toyota Motor initially plans to start production of the model in the second half of 2025 and deliver it to dealers in 2025 or early 2026.
Toyota spokesman Scott Vazin said that currently, the model may start production at the Kentucky plant in early 2026, rather than at the end of next year.
Scott Vazin said: “We have always said it might be by the end of 2025, but it may be delayed until 2026.
Now it seems that it will be delayed until 2026.
“, At the same time, Scott Vazin said that Toyota plans to launch 5 to 7 pure electric vehicles in the United States in the next two years.
In February, Toyota Motor invested $1.
3 billion in its Kentucky plant for electrification projects.
However, reports say that Toyota now plans to cut the number of electric vehicles produced in North America and will export some models from Japan.
It is reported that Toyota Motor originally aimed to produce electric SUVs from its luxury brand Lexus in North America by 2030, but has now cancelled the plan and instead chose to ship the entire vehicle from Japan to the United States.
Lexus RZ 300e.
Photo source: Lexus, currently in the United States, Toyota Motor only sells two electric vehicles, namely the Toyota bZ4X and the Lexus RZ Crossover.
In the first nine months of this year, sales of Toyota’s bZ4X surged 109% year-on-year to 13,577 units, and deliveries of Lexus RZ crossovers also more than tripled year-on-year to 8,381 units.
Sales growth for both models was due to incentives introduced by Toyota Motor.
It is reported that in September this year, the average incentive amount of bZ4X surged from US$6,486 last year to US$13,577, while the average incentive amount of RZ was US$13,404, a significant increase from the previous US$2,774.
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