Toyota’s new EVs are catching on as registrations jump 225% in April
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- Toyota EV registrations jumped 225% in April to 3,524 units, per S&P Global Mobility data via Automotive News, outpacing BMW, Kia, Honda, Nissan, Lucid, Mercedes-Benz, Volkswagen, and Volvo.
- Toyota now sells three fully electric SUVs in the US — the updated bZ, C-HR, and bZ Woodland — and the bZ alone outsold the Hyundai IONIQ 5, Chevy Equinox EV, and Ford Mustang Mach-E in Q1 to rank third among US EVs behind Tesla's Model Y and Model 3.
- Lexus EV registrations rose 107% in April to 1,341, with the refreshed RX and rZ gaining from longer driving range, updated interiors, and a built-in NACS charge port.
- Toyota and Lexus plan to launch their first three-row electric SUVs later this year, a product expansion the article flags as a potential further sales catalyst.
- Competitors posted mixed April results: Chevy EV registrations fell 36%, Ford dropped 27% to 4,033 and was overtaken by Hyundai (up 3% to 4,936), while Cadillac rose 5.1% to 4,020 and Rivian climbed 5.5% to 3,537.
- Total US EV registrations fell 9.8% year-over-year to 89,147 in April — the smallest year-over-year drop of 2026 so far — with Subaru (+99%) and the Hyundai IONIQ 5 (+15%) also gaining amid soaring gas and oil prices.
Why it matters: Toyota went from just over 1,000 US EV registrations in April 2025 to 3,524 this April, vaulting past Ford, BMW, Honda, and Nissan in a single month. With Lexus up 107% and three-row EVs arriving later in 2026, Toyota is repositioning from EV laggard to credible top-five US EV brand — even as the overall US EV market remains down 9.8% year-over-year.
