IONNA, a joint venture with major automotive manufacturers such as BMW, General Motors, Honda, Hyundai, Kia, Mercedes-Benz, Stellantis, and Toyota, has announced its transition from public beta to a full-scale national release.

The charging network backed by eight global automakers to rival Tesla already has more than 100 EV charging sites in the works.

If you haven’t heard of it, Ionna is a joint venture charging network founded by a pantheon of global automakers including BMW, General Motors, Honda, Hyundai, Kia, Mercedes-Ben

Ionna, an electric vehicle (EV) charging joint venture formed by eight global automakers, including Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp., said Wednesday it has officially transitioned from its public beta phase to a national rollout in the United States.

The new charging network is a joint venture between automakers such as GM and Hyundai, and it's moving from the public beta phase to a national release.

The Ionna network was born just before nearly every automaker announced that they were going to jump on board with the Tesla Supercharger network and the plug now called NACS that