Mercedes-Benz said Thursday that it would install a network of 2,500 high-powered chargers in the United States by 2027, a sign the German carmaker is expanding its commitment to electric vehicles by borrowing a page from Tesla’s playbook.

The fast chargers, distributed among 400 stations, will operate under the Mercedes brand. Owners of the company’s cars will have preferential access, although the network will be open to cars from other manufacturers.

Tesla started building charging stations years ago, and the network has been essential to the automaker’s success by allaying the fears of car buyers that they won’t have enough places to plug their vehicles in and could be stranded on the side of the road. Those U.S. fast chargers work only with Tesla cars, although the company has said it will open the network to other brands.

Mercedes’s planned charging network is the latest sign that the company, which has lost customers to Tesla, is serious about electric vehicles. Last year, the company opened a battery factory in Alabama and began building an electric sport utility vehicle, the EQS, at its plant near Tuscaloosa, Ala.