{"id":80008,"date":"2025-01-28T20:00:58","date_gmt":"2025-01-29T01:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=80008"},"modified":"2025-01-28T20:00:58","modified_gmt":"2025-01-29T01:00:58","slug":"after-delays-the-vw-id-7-now-wont-be-coming-to-the-us-at-all","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=80008","title":{"rendered":"After delays, the VW ID.7 now won’t be coming to the US at all"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Volkswagen has officially cancelled the long-delayed ID.7 electric sedan in America, instead focusing on selling it in Europe and China.<\/p>\n

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The ID.7 is VW\u2019s electric mid-size sedan offering, currently available (and selling well) in Europe and also in China.<\/p>\n

Previously the ID.7 had been intended to launch in 2024 in North America, after launching in Europe in 2023. But when launch time came close, VW delayed the North American debut of the model indefinitely<\/a> last May.<\/p>\n

As recently as October, VW America\u2019s boss Pablo Di Si (who has since moved on) said that the ID.7 could still come in 2025<\/a>.<\/p>\n

But now we know that that indefinite delay is now fully definite: the model has been canceled in the US and Canada.<\/p>\n

The news was broken yesterday by The Car Guide<\/a>, speaking with a VW Canada representative. We\u2019ve since reached out to VW, who confirmed the news to us.<\/p>\n

Automotive News quoted a VW spokesperson saying the decision was made due to \u201cthe ongoing challenging EV climate.\u201d Last year in North America, EV sales grew by 9%, faster than the overall auto market which grew at 2.5%, suggesting that the market is in fact more challenging for non-EVs than EVs at the moment. Further, gas car sales have been in long term decline since 2017, whereas EV sales have risen drastically in that time period.<\/p>\n

That growth was achieved with very few available sedan models as well, with almost every EV available in America being an SUV-type. Adding additional model availability could open up the market to more buyers who want a right-sized vehicle instead of a land yacht.<\/p>\n

But VW has been having a challenging time itself in the US. Until recently, it only offered a single SUV model, the ID.4, in the US. While <\/a>the ID.4 has brought a lot of upgrades recently<\/a>, it\u2019s also one of the few vehicles whose sales were down in a growing market<\/a> (which was true even before the stop sale which has now been lifted<\/a> after fixing a door handle problem). Perhaps VW could have benefitted from offering a vehicle in a different format.<\/p>\n

VW had previously blamed its delay<\/a> of the ID.7 on \u201cmarket conditions.\u201d It didn\u2019t specify which market conditions it was referring to, but we have some suspicions.<\/p>\n

Manufacturers have a belief that Americans only want SUVs<\/a> (or so they say \u2013\u00a0really, this is at least\u00a0partially driven by emissions rules<\/a>), and the ID.7 is not one. Although VW at one point did try to portray it as one \u2013 when we first saw the ID.7 it was in the guise of the\u00a0\u201cSpace Vizzion\u201d concept<\/a>, and VW said it \u201ccombines the aerodynamic qualities of a Gran Turismo with the generous interior space of an SUV,\u201d\u00a0trying to leverage Americans\u2019 supposed desire only for land yachts<\/a> by portraying a somewhat more sensible wagon as something it\u2019s not.<\/p>\n

That said, the car likely would have been higher-priced than the ID.4, as it is in Europe. The best-selling electric sedan in the US is the Tesla Model 3, with few other options outside of the luxury market. The ID.7 could have offered an alternative for buyers who are looking for something that isn\u2019t associated with Tesla CEO Elon Musk<\/a>, but its likely high starting price might have limited that appeal.<\/p>\n

But while this is a disappointment for those of us waiting for more right-sized electric vehicles<\/a>, it doesn\u2019t mean the end for new VW EVs in the US. Automotive News<\/em> quoted a VW spokesman as saying that \u201celectric vehicles continue to be a core part of Volkswagen\u2019s long-term product strategy, and new electric models will continue to be introduced for this market.\u201d So, stay tuned for more.<\/p>\n

Well, if you still want an electric VW, there\u2019s always the ID.4. To contact a local dealer and see if they have any\u00a0VW ID.4s<\/a>\u00a0ready to sell, feel free to\u00a0use our link<\/a><\/em>.\u00a0You can also\u00a0reach out about the ID.Buzz<\/a>, if a quirky electric minivan is more your speed.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Volkswagen ID.7 (Source: Volkswagen) Volkswagen has officially cancelled the long-delayed ID.7 electric sedan in America, instead focusing on selling it in Europe and China. The ID.7 is VW\u2019s electric mid-size sedan offering, currently available (and selling well) in Europe and also in China. Previously the ID.7 had been intended to launch in 2024 in North […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8313,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-80008","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-e-cars"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80008","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=80008"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80008\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=80008"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=80008"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=80008"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}