Kia is quietly winding down sales of the EV6 in Canada, with the electric crossover set to disappear from the lineup after the 2025 model year. The decision, confirmed through information shared at recent Canadian dealer board meetings, effectively ends the EV6’s Canadian run just four years after it first arrived as one of Kia’s most advanced and performance-oriented electric vehicles.
While the EV6 will soon disappear from the Canadian market, it will live on in the U.S., where it will continue to be available for the 2026 model year.
As is often the case with discontinued Kia models in Canada, there has been no formal public announcement from Kia Canada. We even reached out to Kia Canada for confirmation over a week ago, but the automaker has been strangely silent.
Similar to what happened with the Kia Soul EV last year, the EV6 is simply expected to fade out of availability. No 2026 EV6 details have been released, and the model is already absent from Kia Canada’s online builder.
Earlier in 2025, the high-performance EV6 GT was quietly removed from the lineup, signaling that broader changes were coming.
According to the information shared with dealers and provided to Drive Tesla, a key factor behind the decision appears to be Kia’s shifting production and product strategy for the Canadian market. The 2025 EV6 refresh moved production from South Korea to the United States. With Canada’s tariffs on U.S.-built electric vehicles, allocation for Canada became extremely limited, leaving Kia little incentive to continue pushing the model north of the border.
At the same time, Kia Canada is placing its future EV bets on the new EV5. Built in South Korea specifically for Canada and not offered in the United States, the EV5 is positioned to become Kia’s primary midsize electric SUV here.
However, the move has not gone over well with all EV6 owners and enthusiasts. The EV6 stood out as one of Kia’s few vehicles built on an 800-volt architecture, enabling significantly faster DC fast-charging compared to newer 400-volt models like the EV4 and EV5. For performance-minded buyers, especially those drawn to trims like the now-discontinued EV6 GT with its 576 horsepower and dual-motor setup, the EV5 is not viewed as a true replacement.
While the EV6 will continue in the United States—where the EV5 will not be sold—its future in Canada appears sealed. Kia has not indicated whether a next-generation EV6 could eventually return, leaving the EV9 as the brand’s only remaining 800-volt EV option in the Canadian market.
