Volkswagen’s spectacular ID.7 all-electric sedan — a automobile kind that’s more and more unusual within the US — gained’t be displaying up on our shores anytime quickly, the automaker introduced on Wednesday. It cites adjustments in “market dynamics” as a motive in addition to robust SUV gross sales within the US.
The ID.7, which launched in Europe in 2023, was imagined to be VW’s first electrical non-SUV slated for the US market. The automaker claims that after introducing the ID.7 Tourer, which is the station wagon model of the sedan, buyer demand for the fashions is “larger than anticipated, particularly in Germany.”
The US continues to be getting the ID Buzz retro-inspired microbus EV this 12 months in addition to an up to date 2024 ID.4 SUV with improved EPA vary and efficiency. The shortage of a brand new four-door household automotive within the lineup is a disgrace however checks out within the US, the place many automakers are dropping sedans for extra SUVs and vans.
The ID.7 sedan can be a powerful challenger to Tesla’s Mannequin 3, which was not too long ago redesigned, and Hyundai’s Ioniq 6. There’s a dearth of reasonably priced all-electric sedans within the US, relegating the class to the higher luxurious market, together with the Lucid Air and Mercedes-Benz EQS and EQE, which all value greater than $70,000.