All the EVs that were discontinued or killed off in the U.S. this year

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The Honda Prologue, you whitethorn person heard, is officially dormant — a determination the institution confirmed to TechCrunch, removing the past all-electric conveyance from the automaker’s U.S. portfolio. The Prologue’s departure signals much than Honda’s EV backpedaling. It besides illustrates a broader EV manufacture retreat from the U.S. marketplace (in stark opposition to the remainder of the world).

The demise of the Honda Prologue got america thinking: What different EVs person near the U.S., and why?

The extremity of the $7,500 national taxation credit had an outsized effect connected EV income successful the United States. But determination are different reasons down the winnowing choices, including tariffs, changing user tastes, costs, institution priorities, and regulatory action. According to information published successful July by Kelley Blue Book and Cox Automotive, 247,226 EVs were sold successful the 2nd 4th oregon astir 5.8% of the full market. While EV income grew betwixt the archetypal and 2nd quarters of 2026, they are inactive down from the aforesaid play past twelvemonth (and earlier that taxation recognition ended successful autumn 2025).

Still Americans are inactive buying EVs, and determination are caller EVs entering the U.S. marketplace — the Rivian R2 is 1 example. And determination are signs of a dilatory recovery. Fourth 4th 2025 income were 36% little than the aforesaid play successful 2024. This twelvemonth that spread has narrowed, albeit inactive beneath income figures from the erstwhile year. For example, EV income successful Q2 were 20.5% little than the aforesaid play successful 2025.

Even with a betterment underway, automakers are pulling the plug connected galore EV modes. Here are those ones that person near oregon are leaving. TechCrunch volition periodically update this database of EVs that person left, oregon are leaving, the U.S. marketplace successful 2026.

Afeela

Ah, Afeela we ne'er adjacent knew ya.

The Afeela got its commencement arsenic the Vision S, a prototype announced by Sony successful 2020 astatine the Consumer Electronics and that ended up being 1 of the big, astonishing reveals of the yearly tech commercialized show. Honda entered the representation successful 2022 erstwhile the 2 Japanese conglomerates announced a associated venture; they showed disconnected an Afeela-branded prototype the pursuing year.

In the months and years that followed, determination was changeless barrage of updates astir the Afeela, which seemed to beryllium everywhere, and yet nowhere. It was adjacent displayed astatine TechCrunch Disrupt 1 year.

The Afeela, contempt the selling blitz, ne'er made it into production. In March 2026, the associated task gave up connected the two Afeela-branded EVs. The determination followed Honda’s decision, announced conscionable a 2 weeks before, to cancel 3 EVs planned for the U.S. market.

Honda (and Acura!)

It was conscionable a mates of years agone that Honda declared its EV ambitions with its O Series, including a mid-sized SUV prototype that debuted astatine the CES 2025 tech commercialized amusement and its futuristic Saloon and Space-Hub concepts the twelvemonth before. The SUV, which was slated for accumulation astatine Honda’s “EV Hub” mill successful Ohio, was expected to debut successful North America successful the archetypal fractional of 2026.

Honda stopped development of the Acura RDX, Honda O sedan and SUV successful March 2026 arsenic portion of a large overhaul of the company’s EV plans. The institution blamed U.S. tariffs and Chinese contention for the decision.

There was besides chatter astatine the clip that Honda was readying to halt accumulation of the Prologue, but determination was nary authoritative announcement until July 16 erstwhile CarBuzz was the archetypal to study that the Prologue programme was ending. TechCrunch confirmed with Honda that the Prologue was going retired of production.

The decease of the Series 0 is hard to measurement since it ne'er went into production. The Prologue represented much grounded goals than the O Series, and 1 that really went into accumulation and sold to U.S. consumers. The Prologue was a merchandise of a concern with General Motors — it is built astatine GM’s Ramos Assembly Plant successful Mexico — and intimately related to the Chevrolet Blazer EV. And it did OK for awhile, selling astir 33,000 units successful 2024 and 39,000 successful 2025, earlier the taxation recognition ended and income went into a escaped fall.

Hyundai

The Korean automaker has really done rather good selling EVs to Americans. But it has made a fewer changes based connected changing economics. In March, the institution said it would nary longer merchantability the Hyundai Ioniq 6 in the U.S., a determination that was apt tied to tariffs. The Ioniq 6 is made successful South Korean and imported to the U.S., portion its Ioniq 5 and Ioniq 9 models are assembled astatine its Georgia factory.

The institution has said it volition proceed to import its much expensive, little measurement N-model of the Ioniq 6.

Nissan

Nissan decided past twelvemonth it would not nutrient a 2026 exemplary twelvemonth of its all-electric Ariya SUV for the U.S. market. And it doesn’t look to beryllium returning. Nissan archetypal unveiled the Ariya successful 2020 and planned to commencement selling it successful Japan the pursuing year.

The Ariya was the archetypal all-electric to travel retired of Nissan since the aboriginal EV pioneer introduced the Leaf hatchback a decennary ago.

Polestar

Swedish EV shaper Polestar, owned by Chinese automotive elephantine Geely, has been forced to permission U.S. implicit the country’s prohibition connected Chinese-connected conveyance technology. Polestar needed circumstantial authorization from the U.S. Department of Commerce to proceed importing and selling its vehicles successful the United States.

Without it, Polestar has been efficaciously banned from the United States. The institution said it would proceed selling its existing banal of Polestar 3 and Polestar 4 vehicles successful the U.S., and that it volition “continue to enactment customers, including providing entree to its work network.” The Polestar 3 was assembled astatine a mill successful South Carolina and successful Chengdu, China.

Volvo Cars, Polestar’s sibling institution that is besides owned by Geely, did receive the authorization.

Tesla Model S and Tesla Model X

Tesla announced successful January that it would end production of the Model S sedan and Model X SUV to marque mode for what the institution views is the future. And it’s not a accepted electrical sedan oregon SUV. In Tesla’s view, the aboriginal is AI, autonomy, and robots. It’s worthy noting that income of the S and X person fallen steadily implicit the years arsenic consumers turned to its precocious measurement and cheaper vehicles, the Model 3 and Model Y.

The past Model S and X vehicles rolled disconnected the assembly enactment this spring. The institution precocious removed the assembly lines for the S and X astatine its Fremont, California mill to marque country for accumulation of its Optimus robots.

Volkswagen

Volkswagen has pulled backmost connected the ID. 4 electrical SUV and the ID Buzz.

In April, Volkswagen said it would no longer produce the ID.4 astatine its U.S. mill successful Chattanooga, Tennessee successful a displacement to high-volume vehicles similar its upcoming gas-powered Atlas SUV. The institution said, astatine the time, U.S. customers volition beryllium capable to bargain the ID.4 until the existent inventory runs out. VW said it expects U.S. inventory to past into 2027.

To beryllium clear, Volkswagen has said the ID Buzz is simply connected a hiatus and volition instrumentality successful 2027. But determination is nary 2026 model.

There are, nevertheless self-driving versions of the ID buzz presently being tested successful the United States. Volkswagen subsidiary MOIA America and Uber started investigating autonomous microbuses successful Los Angeles successful April successful mentation for a robotaxi work that is expected to motorboat successful precocious 2026. When the work initially launches determination the vehicles volition person himan information operators.

Volvo

Volvo decided successful March that it would propulsion its subcompact EX30 and EX30 Cross Country variant from the U.S. market. The institution said astatine the clip that accumulation for the U.S. would extremity sfter the summer. The EX30 had a promising start. It recieved a batch of attraction anterior to it authoritative introduction into the U.S. successful 2025, and it was the company’s much affordable EV option.

Volvo does program to proceed selling the larger, all-electric EX60 and EX90 SUVs successful the United States.

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