America's growing EV graveyard: See the electric cars axed this year

Hyundai confirmed to Business Insider that it will extremity trading the Korean-built, modular Ioniq 6 successful the US.

The retro-styled sedan ne'er matched the occurrence of its crossover sibling, the Ioniq 5 (which has been connected a income tear this year; successful May, the institution reported delivering 5,002 units, up 16% from past year).

Hyundai said it sold conscionable 229 Ioniq 6 units successful February.

"Sedan income person declined a batch complete the past decade, and the Ioniq 6 is nary exception," Sam Abuelsamid, the vice president of marketplace investigation astatine Telemetry, told Business Insider. "Without capable income to warrant US production, the numbers conscionable don't adhd up for Hyundai."

Hyundai said it plans to import a constricted number of high-performance Ioniq 6 N models to the US — a pricier version pinch much oomph successful the electrical centrifugal and track-focused upgrades.

"In the meantime, 2025 Ioniq 6 sedans proceed to beryllium disposable astatine dealers alongside our award-winning, US-assembled Ioniq 5 and Ioniq 9 SUVs," the automaker said.

The Ioniq 6 will still vessel to Canadian dealerships.

In 2019, Hyundai electrified its celebrated Kona crossover, swapping the state motor for a battery-powered drivetrain.

It became 1 of the automaker's first mass-market EVs.

That tally is now connected pause. Hyundai said successful February that it would not vessel the 2026 Kona Electric from its Korean plants to US dealerships. Like the Ioniq 6, the Kona Electric remains disposable successful constricted numbers arsenic a 2025 model.

The exemplary could return for the 2027 exemplary year.

With a starting value astir $33,000, it was 1 of the cheapest EVs connected the US marketplace successful 2025.

The Kia Niro EV has been discontinued successful the US, InsideEVs reports.

First introduced successful the US for the 2018 exemplary year, the Niro EV was developed from Kia's mini Niro crossover, which was besides offered successful hybrid and plug-in hybrid variants.

The exemplary received a facelift for the 2026 exemplary year, and the plug-in hybrid type was discontinued arsenic portion of the lineup adjustment.

The Niro EV was imported from Kia's Hwaseong works successful South Korea, leaving it exposed to ongoing US automotive tariffs.

Those added costs, mixed pinch slowing income successful the EV segment, reportedly made the exemplary progressively difficult to warrant astatine American dealerships, according to InsideEVs.

Kia has not responded to a petition for remark from Business Insider.

The Model S was captious to Tesla's historical ascent.

When the sedan debuted successful 2012, it was the company's first ground-up conveyance — and a crisp break from the slow, quirky EVs that came earlier it.

With hypercar-like acceleration, sleek assemblage lines, and a tech-forward cabin, the sedan made going electrical consciousness aspirational alternatively than a bequest automaker's compliance exercise.

That displacement helped propel Tesla into America's ascendant EV automaker.

Now, contempt its historical role, CEO Elon Musk says the $94,990 sedan is headed for an "honorable discharge" aft years of sliding sales.

The Model X is besides going the measurement of the dodo.

Tesla's 2nd built-from-scratch conveyance will extremity accumulation successful the 2nd 4th of 2026 amid soft demand. The SUV starts astatine $99,990.

Launched successful 2015, the Model X was ambitious. And complicated.

Its signature second-row falcon-wing doors — which opened by pivoting upward via electronically connected hinges mounted to the tile — became a accumulation headache.

Musk erstwhile called the car a "Fabergé egg."

The accumulation lines that made the 2 vehicles will now build the company's Optimus robots.

"We're really moving into a early that is based connected autonomy," Musk said while announcing their last days, adding that the determination was "slightly sad."

Kia's flagship EV portfolio is besides getting tweaked — but much narrowly.

The Korean automaker is delaying the GT trims of 2 models, the EV6 and EV9. Those versions are the highest-performance variants successful each lineup.

Kia confirmed to Business Insider that the GT trims are delayed "until further notice" owed to "changing marketplace conditions."

Other trims — which are made astatine Kia's works successful West Point, Georgia — stay connected waste successful the US.

"This hold does not effect the readiness of different trims successful the EV6 and EV9 lineups," the institution said.

Volvo has confirmed to Business Insider that it's discontinuing the EX30 successful the US.

The mini SUV was meant to beryllium a breakthrough successful America's electrical car market: a ground-up EV pinch a starting value nether $35,000.

Tariffs — spanning some the Biden and Trump administrations — upended those plans. Volvo first intended to build the EX30 successful China, past shifted accumulation to Belgium, driving up costs and US prices.

Now, the automaker is turning its attraction to the EX60, a midsize two-row SUV expected to connection up to 400 miles of range, pinch a US motorboat group for summer. The three-row EX90 remains astatine dealerships, too.

"Volvo Cars' committedness to electrification and our customers remains unchanged," the institution said successful an emailed statement.

In March, Honda said it was canceling accumulation of its coming 0 Series Saloon and SUV.

Both vehicles — the wedge-shaped Saloon (shown above) and the SUV — were slated to beryllium Honda's first internally developed EVs. The automaker's earlier electrical models were built done a associated task pinch GM.

Honda had planned to nutrient the cars astatine its Marysville, Ohio, works pinch a starting value of astir $50,000.

Instead, the institution is pivoting toward hybrids aft booking a $15.7 cardinal nonaccomplishment successful its EV division.

It leaves Honda pinch conscionable 1 electrical car connected US dealership lots: the Mexican-built Prologue.

Honda besides scrapped plans for the RSX EV — a Tesla Model Y-style SUV — arsenic it pulled backmost connected its electrical ambitions.

The cancellation caught immoderate car analysts disconnected guard. Honda had conscionable unveiled a production-ready type of the conveyance successful August.

The car was besides expected to rotation retired of the Marysville plant, leaving Acura without an electrical conveyance successful its lineup.

In March, Honda confirmed it would nary longer build the Afeela.

The sedan — which was expected to deed the marketplace astatine the extremity of the twelvemonth earlier a related SUV reached dealerships — was a associated task merchandise betwixt Honda and PlayStation-maker Sony. It featured a bevy of chaotic tech options: a customizable surface connected the beforehand bumper, lidar sensors, and a spot to clasp a car-connected PlayStation controller.

It was canceled a fewer months earlier its Ohio accumulation was group to start, a "very unusual" move, Adam Bernard, laminitis of AutoPerspectives, told Business Insider.

It's still disposable to title successful Gran Turismo 7.

German luxury automaker BMW is phasing retired the i4, per Car and Driver.

The i4 — a five-seat hatchback pinch a sedan-like floor plan (what BMW calls a "Gran Coupe") — will extremity accumulation by precocious 2026.

The exemplary favored performance, reaching 60 mph from a opinionated commencement successful arsenic small arsenic 3.7 seconds, pinch an estimated scope of 268 to 333 miles.

It will beryllium replaced by a caller procreation of EVs built connected BMW's coming "Neue Klasse" platform, which the institution says will boost capacity while lowering costs.

The closest successor, an electrical i3 sedan, is expected to connection up to 440 miles of range.

BMW is besides phasing retired its iX electrical SUV successful favour of a next-generation exemplary built connected its "Neue Klasse" platform.

The iX — BMW's midsize luxury EV — first deed US dealerships successful 2021 arsenic the company's 2nd all-electric vehicle. The five-seat SUV carried a value tag ranging from astir $70,000 to complete $100,000, pinch an estimated scope of 290 to 360 miles depending connected the trim.

The German luxury automaker is discontinuing the iX successful the US, though it will proceed trading the exemplary successful Europe. American dealerships are alternatively preparing for the presence of the caller iX3 midsize electrical SUV, which is expected to scope showrooms this summer.

"We stay afloat committed to electrification successful the US," a BMW spokesperson told BMW Blog. "This marks the opening of the Neue Klasse era and the preamble of these technologies crossed our early portfolio."

Porsche's Taycan lineup is getting a refresh for the 2027 exemplary year. Its Cross Turismo and Sport Turismo wagons are not portion of those plans, the institution confirmed to Business Insider.

The Taycan was Porsche's first afloat electrical nameplate successful the US, debuting successful 2020 arsenic a sedan. The low-slung Cross Turismo and Sport Turismo options pinch an extended roofline and a lift-up hatch reached American dealerships successful 2021.

Still, position wagons are a dying breed successful America, and Porsche says income for some options ne'er took off.

In a statement, the institution said the wagon variants played a "minor role" successful Porsche's sales.

The Taycan sedan is backmost for 2027 pinch a larger battery, much exterior overgarment options, and a NACS charging port.

Polestar is pulling retired of the US aft the Commerce Department denied the EV shaper authorization to waste caller vehicles opening pinch the 2027 exemplary year.

The Swedish automaker, which is majority-owned by China's Geely, was denied an exemption nether the national Connected Vehicle Rule, which restricts the waste of cars pinch package tied to China aliases Russia complete nationalist information concerns. The determination intends Polestar won't beryllium capable to waste caller 2027-model vehicles successful the US, though it tin proceed trading existing inventory and servicing existent customers.

The determination stands successful opposition to sister marque Volvo, which received authorization successful May pursuing discussions pinch US officials.

"The automotive manufacture is entering a caller phase, based connected location dynamics," Polestar CEO Michael Lohscheller said successful comments emailed to Business Insider.

Polestar besides told Business Insider it was "too early" to opportunity what the determination intends for its South Carolina operations, wherever it builds the Polestar 3.

Honda's only EV is stepping the plank.

"Honda confirmed accumulation of the Prologue will extremity astatine the completion of the 2026 exemplary year," a institution spokesperson told Business Insider. "Sales will proceed done early 2027 based connected expected inventory."

The Prologue was built connected General Motors' Ultium EV level arsenic portion of a business betwixt the 2 automakers. The business besides built the Acura ZDX, Chevy Equinox EV, Chevy Blazer EV, Cadillac Lyriq, and Cadillac Optiq. The companies ended their associated EV efforts successful 2023, citing higher-than-expected building costs and slumping user demand.

Honda has since shifted its attraction toward hybrids.

The Prologue's departure will time off Honda without an EV successful its US lineup for the 2027 exemplary year.

Volvo confirmed to Business Insider that it's discontinuing the EX40 successful the US, while it will proceed aft "significant updates" successful different world markets.

The EX40, which debuted successful 2019 arsenic the XC40 Recharge, was an electrical version of Volvo's gas-powered subcompact SUV, the XC40.

Like respective different EVs discontinued this year, the EX40's demise comes arsenic Volvo launches a caller lineup of much efficient, upgraded EVs. The Swedish automaker is astir to launch the midsize EX60 for income successful the US, and executives antecedently told Business Insider that it's readying a smaller electrical SUV.