WASHINGTON — Nissan said it would help open about 1,000 high-speed charging stations for electric vehicles between now and April 2016.

Days earlier, BMW and Volkswagen announced a joint effort to build 100 high-speed public charging stations along heavily trafficked corridors on the East and West Coasts.

Nissan did not disclose where the chargers would be built, but the company will probably focus its efforts on the nation’s largest metro areas, said Brendan Jones, Nissan’s director of electric vehicle sales and infrastructure deployment.

High-speed chargers can fill up a vehicle’s battery in roughly 20 to 30 minutes.

Mr. Jones also said the new chargers would be compatible with most electric vehicles.