The slick, electric sedan first introduced in 2023 was supposed to make its North American debut last year, after selling well in Europe and China, but was delayed indefinitely. Now VW is cancelling the ID.7 for the US and Canada, citing a “challenging environment for EVs.”

Volkswagen has scrapped its plans to launch the ID.7 sedan in the U.S. and Canada, marking another setback in the automaker’s EV strategy amid shifting market conditions and policy uncertainty.

The ID.7 was originally slated to go on sale in the U.S. at some point in 2024, but VW announced an indefinite delay in May of last year. There was no targeted on-sale date provided last year, which makes its complete cancellation less surprising now.

Fast forward to today and it appears the ID.7 will become forbidden fruit. We’ve reached out for comment, but Volkswagen told Automotive News they no longer plan to offer the electric liftback in North America. A spokesperson blamed this on the “challenging EV climate,” which has seen slower adoption than many automakers anticipated.

Volkswagen pointed to a ‘challenging EV climate’ as the reason why its electric sedan will no longer come to the U.S. and Canada. Two years ago, Volkswagen debuted a prototype of its ID.7, the sixth model in its lineup of electric vehicles,

Due to the ongoing challenging EV climate, Volkswagen has decided to no longer offer the ID.7 to the North American market,” VW’s statement reads. The ID.7 was originally s

Volkswagen was supposed to launch the ID.7 EV sometime in 2024, but the automaker initially delayed it before canceling the electric sedan altogether.

The Volkswagen ID.7 EV was supposed to launch late last year, but recent reports suggest that the delay has now turned into a cancellation for the U.S. and Canada. VW, blaming changing market conditions,

The electric family sedan's tumultuous launch process ultimately ends with VW deciding not to sell it on this side of the pond.

Volkswagen has dropped plans to sell the ID.7 in North America VW's MEB-based electric liftback was originally due to start sales in the U.S. as a 2025 model VW cited a challenging EV climate as the reason for the cancellation The Volkswagen ID.