The Honda Prologue, you’ll have heard, is formally lifeless — a choice the corporate confirmed to TechCrunch, eradicating the final all-electric car from the automaker’s U.S. portfolio. The Prologue’s departure indicators greater than Honda’s EV backpedaling. It additionally illustrates a broader EV trade retreat from the U.S. market (in stark distinction to the remainder of the world).
The demise of the Honda Prologue bought us pondering: What different EVs have left the U.S., and why?
The top of the $7,500 federal tax credit score had an outsized impact on EV gross sales in the USA. However there are different causes behind the winnowing selections, together with tariffs, altering client tastes, prices, firm priorities, and regulatory motion. Based on knowledge revealed in July by Kelley Blue Ebook and Cox Automotive, 247,226 EVs had been offered within the second quarter or about 5.8% of the whole market. Whereas EV gross sales grew between the primary and second quarters of 2026, they’re nonetheless down from the identical interval final yr (and earlier than that tax credit score resulted in fall 2025).
Nonetheless Individuals are nonetheless shopping for EVs, and there are new EVs coming into the U.S. market — the Rivian R2 is one instance. And there are indicators of a gradual restoration. Fourth quarter 2025 gross sales had been 36% decrease than the identical interval in 2024. This yr that hole has narrowed, albeit nonetheless under gross sales figures from the earlier yr. For instance, EV gross sales in Q2 had been 20.5% decrease than the identical interval in 2025.
Even with a restoration underway, automakers are pulling the plug on many EV modes. Listed here are these ones which have left or are leaving. TechCrunch will periodically replace this checklist of EVs which have left, or are leaving, the U.S. market in 2026.
Afeela
Ah, Afeela we by no means even knew ya.
The Afeela bought its begin because the Imaginative and prescient S, a prototype introduced by Sony in 2020 on the Shopper Electronics and that ended up being one of many huge, stunning reveals of the annual tech commerce present. Honda entered the image in 2022 when the 2 Japanese conglomerates introduced a three way partnership; they confirmed off an Afeela-branded prototype the next yr.
Within the months and years that adopted, there was fixed barrage of updates concerning the Afeela, which gave the impression to be in all places, and but nowhere. It was even displayed at TechCrunch Disrupt one yr.
The Afeela, regardless of the advertising blitz, by no means made it into manufacturing. In March 2026, the three way partnership gave up on the two Afeela-branded EVs. The transfer adopted Honda’s choice, introduced only a two weeks earlier than, to cancel three EVs deliberate for the U.S. market.
Honda (and Acura!)
It was simply a few years in the past that Honda declared its EV ambitions with its O Sequence, together with a mid-sized SUV prototype that debuted on the CES 2025 tech commerce present and its futuristic Saloon and Area-Hub ideas the yr earlier than. The SUV, which was slated for manufacturing at Honda’s “EV Hub” manufacturing unit in Ohio, was alleged to debut in North America within the first half of 2026.
Honda stopped improvement of the Acura RDX, Honda O sedan and SUV in March 2026 as a part of a serious overhaul of the corporate’s EV plans. The corporate blamed U.S. tariffs and Chinese language competitors for the choice.
There was additionally chatter on the time that Honda was planning to cease manufacturing of the Prologue, however there was no official announcement till July 16 when CarBuzz was the primary to report that the Prologue program was ending. TechCrunch confirmed with Honda that the Prologue was going out of manufacturing.
The dying of the Sequence 0 is tough to measure because it by no means went into manufacturing. The Prologue represented extra grounded objectives than the O Sequence, and one that truly went into manufacturing and offered to U.S. customers. The Prologue was a product of a partnership with Normal Motors — it’s constructed at GM’s Ramos Meeting Plant in Mexico — and carefully associated to the Chevrolet Blazer EV. And it did OK for awhile, promoting roughly 33,000 models in 2024 and 39,000 in 2025, earlier than the tax credit score ended and gross sales went right into a free fall.
Hyundai
The Korean automaker has truly finished fairly effectively promoting EVs to Individuals. Nevertheless it has made a couple of adjustments primarily based on altering economics. In March, the corporate mentioned it could now not promote the Hyundai Ioniq 6 within the U.S., a choice that was possible tied to tariffs. The Ioniq 6 is made in South Korean and imported to the U.S., whereas its Ioniq 5 and Ioniq 9 fashions are assembled at its Georgia manufacturing unit.
The corporate has mentioned it would proceed to import its dearer, decrease quantity N-model of the Ioniq 6.
Nissan
Nissan determined final yr it could not produce a 2026 mannequin yr of its all-electric Ariya SUV for the U.S. market. And it doesn’t seem like returning. Nissan first unveiled the Ariya in 2020 and deliberate to begin promoting it in Japan the next yr.
The Ariya was the primary all-electric to return out of Nissan for the reason that early EV pioneer launched the Leaf hatchback a decade in the past.
Polestar
Swedish EV maker Polestar, owned by Chinese language automotive big Geely, has been pressured to go away U.S. over the nation’s ban on Chinese language-connected car know-how. Polestar wanted particular authorization from the U.S. Division of Commerce to proceed importing and promoting its automobiles in the USA.
With out it, Polestar has been successfully banned from the USA. The corporate mentioned it could proceed promoting its current inventory of Polestar 3 and Polestar 4 automobiles within the U.S., and that it’ll “proceed to help prospects, together with offering entry to its service community.” The Polestar 3 was assembled at a manufacturing unit in South Carolina and in Chengdu, China.
Volvo Automobiles, Polestar’s sibling firm that can also be owned by Geely, did obtain the authorization.
Tesla Mannequin S and Tesla Mannequin X
Tesla introduced in January that it could finish manufacturing of the Mannequin S sedan and Mannequin X SUV to make means for what the corporate views is the long run. And it’s not a conventional electrical sedan or SUV. In Tesla’s view, the long run is AI, autonomy, and robots. It’s value noting that gross sales of the S and X have fallen steadily over time as customers turned to its excessive quantity and cheaper automobiles, the Mannequin 3 and Mannequin Y.
The final Mannequin S and X automobiles rolled off the meeting line this spring. The corporate lately eliminated the meeting traces for the S and X at its Fremont, California manufacturing unit to make room for manufacturing of its Optimus robots.
Volkswagen
Volkswagen has pulled again on the ID. 4 electrical SUV and the ID Buzz.
In April, Volkswagen mentioned it could now not produce the ID.4 at its U.S. manufacturing unit in Chattanooga, Tennessee in a shift to high-volume automobiles like its upcoming gas-powered Atlas SUV. The corporate mentioned, on the time, U.S. prospects will have the ability to purchase the ID.4 till the present stock runs out. VW mentioned it expects U.S. stock to final into 2027.
To be clear, Volkswagen has mentioned the ID Buzz is merely on a hiatus and can return in 2027. However there isn’t any 2026 mannequin.
There are, nonetheless self-driving variations of the ID buzz presently being examined in the USA. Volkswagen subsidiary MOIA America and Uber began testing autonomous microbuses in Los Angeles in April in preparation for a robotaxi service that’s alleged to launch in late 2026. When the service initially launches there the automobiles may have himan security operators.
Volvo
Volvo determined in March that it could pull its subcompact EX30 and EX30 Cross Nation variant from the U.S. market. The corporate mentioned on the time that manufacturing for the U.S. would finish sfter the summer season. The EX30 had a promising begin. It recieved quite a lot of consideration previous to it official entry into the U.S. in 2025, and it was the corporate’s extra reasonably priced EV possibility.
Volvo does plan to proceed promoting the bigger, all-electric EX60 and EX90 SUVs in the USA.
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