Toyota is teaming up with Tesla … again.
The automaker has announced that it’s electrified vehicles will switch to the Tesla-designed North American Charging Standard (NACS) in 2025.
Toyota follows several automakers in making the move, including Ford, General Motors, Honda and BMW, which this week also announced it was adopting NACS for BMW, Mini and Rolls-Royce models.
The NACS plug type has a smaller head and cable that’s easier to use than the Combined Charging System (CCS) that most electric vehicles use today.
Tesla’s charging network is considered the most reliable, and the use of NACS will provide owners of vehicles with other brands a seamless integration with it.
Toyota’s move comes a decade after it teamed up with Tesla to borrow its electric powertrain technology for the 2012-2014 Rav4 EV, which had a range of 103 miles per charge.
Only 2,600 Rav4 EVs were sold before Toyota pulled the plug on it, and it wasn’t until this year that it debuted its own fully electric model, the bZ4X.