Lexus will jump into the electric vehicle segment in 2022 with a compact crossover, one of at least three EVs the brand is expected to add to its U.S. lineup through 2025 while it continues to redesign and make over its existing hybridized, internal combustion engine-powered vehicles.
Key to its product plans is a new touch screen-based infotainment system, Lexus Interface, that will debut this year in the NX crossover and spread across most of the lineup over the next three years. It was developed in-house in North America and will eliminate the brand's center console-mounted control pad.
IS: Reengineered instead of redesigned in 2020, in part to save money in the declining compact car segment, the IS wouldn't be due for a freshening until 2024, following the brand's usual product planning calendar.