The Mercedes EQE was introduced at the 2021 Munich Motor Show and followed by the EQE SUV roughly one year later. While both models are still relatively new, they’ll reportedly be killed off next year.

According to Autocar, the move follows an internal reassessment of Mercedes electric vehicle plans and a desire to eliminate overlap. It also goes without saying, sales haven’t been great. In the United States, combined EQE sales plummeted 39% last year to 11,660 units.

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The move probably shouldn’t be too surprising as previous reports had suggested the automaker would stop producing some US-spec EQ models. Regardless of what happens, the EQE starts at $64,950 and climbs to $96,600 for the AMG variant, which offers a dreadful 220 miles (354 km) of range.

The EQE SUV also starts at $64,950, but its AMG variant is more costly at $97,400. On the bright side, the latter crossover offers 230 miles (370 km) of range.

The report says both models will be “indirectly replaced” by the upcoming C-Class and GLC EVs. However, Mercedes previously confirmed plans for an E-Class EV and this would be a direct successor to the EQE – assuming the program hasn’t been cut. When that model was teased earlier this year, the company said it would ditch its soapy shape and adopt a classic “3-box limousine design” as well as a “very status-oriented wheelbase.”

A year or two ago, Mercedes seemed confident that American luxury buyers were ready to embrace its new line of electric vehicles. That confidence hasn’t translated into sales. Mercedes’ luxury electric vehicle experiment has proved a flop in the US, and now the company has lopped thousands of dollars off the prices of its EQ EVs to get stock moving.

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The discounts range from just over $4,000 to more than $15,000 on the EQE and EQS sedans and SUVs, which sales figures show American buyers haven’t taken to. Mercedes is offering a $9,950 saving on the EQE sedan, whose price falls from $76,050 including destination to $66,100, and a big $12,950 off its utility brother. The EQE SUV originally cost $79,050, but you can now bag one for $66,100.

Some of the Biggest Price Cuts Yet

The smallest savings to be had are on the EQS sedan, whose $105,550 price has dropped by $4,150 to $101,400. But the EQS SUV, which previously cost more than the sedan ($106,400), is now just $91,100, saving interested parties a massive $15,300, according to a story from CarBuzz containing prices since verified by Mercedes.

At the same time as it’s cutting prices to clear existing stock, Mercedes says it has stopped taking orders for all four EQE and EQS cars and SUVs, and that its Alabama plant, where the SUVs are built will stop producing US-market versions of the vehicles from September 1. It will, however, continue to build them for other markets.

Closing the order book and shutting production was the result of Mercedes wanting to “align with customer and market demand,” a spokesperson for the automaker told Car and Driver. “We are unable to share a timeline for when U.S. order banks for these models will reopen for competitive reasons,” they added.

What’s Next for Mercedes EVs in the US?

This isn’t the end of the EQ story in the US, though. The company’s all-new CLA electric sedan comes to America later in 2025 and will be followed within the next couple of years by a pair of SUVs built around the same MMA platform.

The electric GLC SUV, due to make its debut in Munich this September, and confirmed for production in Alabama, will also land in US showrooms in 2026, and the electric G-class remains on sale, though sales for that have also proved disappointing.