Volkswagen Abandons Plans to Sell Electric Sedan in Canada

Volkswagen announced that it is cancelling plans to introduce the ID.7 electric sedan in Canada and the United States.

The automaker initially planned to start selling the ID.7 in North America in the summer of 2024, only to delay its launch to a later, unannounced date. Now, VW says it is scrapping the ID.7’s North American launch altogether due to the overall downturn of global electric vehicle (EV) sales.

The decision was first reported by Guide Auto Web and later confirmed to AutoTrader by Mark Gillies, the director of public relations for Volkswagen Group of America. He added that, despite the ID.7’s cancellation, Volkswagen will continue to focus on electric vehicles as part of its core product strategy and that it will offer more EVs in the North American market in the future.

The ID.7 is currently available in Europe, where it makes 282 hp and has an estimated range of 620 km, according to European testing standards, which are not as stringent as North American standards. In North America, the electric sedan would have entered the market where the Passat, which was discontinued in 2022, left off. It's likely this decision was also spurred by overall declining sedan sales.

With this decision, the ID. Buzz and ID.4 are Volkswagen’s only EV offerings for Canada at this time.