"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 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 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.

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.