VW's promising, mid-size electric sedan won't make it stateside as VW focuses its EV strategy efforts elsewhere.

Plans to bring the Volkswagen ID.7 midsize sedan to the North American market, including the U.S. and Canada, have just been permanently canceled by Wolfsburg.

The ID.7, which shares its MEB platform with the ID.4 compact crossover and the recently launched ID.Buzz minivan, was originally scheduled to go on sale in the U.S. in 2024. VW announced a delay for the vehicle last May.

Volkswagen has officially announced the cancellation of its plans to launch the ID.7 electric sedan in North America

The ID.7 was originally slated to go on sale in the U.S. at some point in 2024, but VW announced an indefinite delay in May of last year. There was no targeted on-sale date provided last year, which makes its complete cancellation less surprising now.

Volkswagen pointed to a ‘challenging EV climate’ as the reason why its electric sedan will no longer come to the U.S. and Canada. Two years ago, Volkswagen debuted a prototype of its ID.7, the sixth model in its lineup of electric vehicles,

Volkswagen was supposed to launch the ID.7 EV sometime in 2024, but the automaker initially delayed it before canceling the electric sedan altogether.

The electric family sedan's tumultuous launch process ultimately ends with VW deciding not to sell it on this side of the pond.