Americans bought 216,399 new electric vehicles in the first quarter of 2026, a 27% drop from Q1 2025 and the sharpest year-over-year decline in U.S. EV sales since the pandemic-era collapse of early 2020. The numbers, published this week by Cox Automotive and Kelley Blue Book, cover the first full quarter after the federal $7,500 EV tax credit expired on September 30, 2025. They do not show a market in freefall — EV share of total new-vehicle sales held near 5.8%, roughly fla

Published: April 14, 2026 · Source: Carscoops / TechCrunch / InsideEVs / CleanTechnica / Edmunds · Category: EV News VW Kills the ID.4 in the US: What It Means for EV Buyers in 2026 Volkswagen has officially pulled the plug on US production of its ID.4 electric SUV. As of mid-April 2026, the assembly line at VW's Chattanooga, Tennessee plant — the same facility that once positioned the ID.4 as America's mainstream EV answer to the Tesla Model Y — has gone quiet. In its place,

Published: April 14, 2026 · Source: Cox Automotive / Digital Dealer / Cars.com · Category: EV Policy & Market Trump's 25% Auto Tariffs and EV Prices in 2026: What Every Buyer Needs to Know If you're shopping for an electric vehicle in 2026, the landscape looks very different from just two years ago. A 25% tariff on imported vehicles is now fully baked into the market. The federal $7,500 EV tax credit that millions of buyers depended on has been eliminated. Vehicle prices — ev