- Nissan and Toyota have delayed planned electric SUVs
- Honda has reportedly canceled one
Three major automakers have delayed or canceled planned electric vehicles (EVs) this week as the end of the clean vehicle tax credit approaches.
Industry publication Automotive News reports, “Nissan has informed suppliers that it will postpone the start of production of two electric crossovers at its plant in Canton, Mississippi, by nearly a year.”
The two models, teased when the company revealed its all-new Leaf earlier this year, will be compact SUVs, one for Nissan and one for its Infiniti luxury brand.
In a statement, the company says it still plans to build the vehicles, but has “made the strategic decision to slightly adjust the production timeline for our EVs at the Canton plant.”
Bloomberg reports that Toyota has delayed plans for a 3-row electric SUV. The company will build the car in Kentucky instead of Indiana, freeing up the Indiana plant to build more Grand Highlander SUVs.
Honda, meanwhile, has reportedly canceled a planned EV. Japan’s Nikkei news service says the company “has halted development of a large electric SUV, a major part of its EV strategy.”
InsideEVs notes, “The model was expected to debut in 2027 as a rival to the Kia EV9, and it was one of the seven new fully electric models that Honda said it would launch by the end of the decade.”