The EQE sedan arrived in the US for the 2023 model year as Mercedes' mid-size electric answer to the E-Class. According to what a Mercedes spokesperson said in an interview with Car and Driver, it's being dropped from the 2027 model year lineup alongside the Mercedes-AMG S63 E Performance plug-in hybrid and the Maybach EQS 680 SUV, with the EQE SUV, EQS sedan, and EQS SUV sticking around for now.MercedesThe Sales Numbers Tell The StoryThe broader luxury EV landscape has all but collapsed, apparently, with dealer discounts, discontinuations, and strategy pivots visible across the board. Combined EQE sedan and SUV sales in the US fell 39 percent in 2024 to 11,660 units, down from 19,104 the year before, and first-half 2025 sedan sales alone reportedly cratered 74.5 percent year-over-year to just 2,300 cars. That's a rough outcome for a car that cost Mercedes a dedicated platform and a showroom slot next to its best-selling sedan. Autoblog reported on the EQE's troubles taking shape over a year ago, when slowing EV demand and buyer pushback on the EQE's polarizing, jellybean-shaped styling were already dragging down sales.What Replaces ItMercedesMercedes is leaning instead on electrified versions of nameplates people already want, like the electric C-Class, which starts around $80,000 and can top $110,000 fully loaded, plus electric CLA and GLC models built on the same new 800-volt MB.EA-M platform. A true E-Class-based EV isn't entirely dead. Earlier this year, we saw spy shots that show Mercedes testing a more conventionally styled E-Class-inspired electric sedan for a later return, this time without the design choices that sank the original, and without the overt emphasis on the fact that EVs are meant to look futuristic. EVs are economical, it is difficult to say for certain that anything "economical" fits the luxury segment simply by definition of luxury – excess. The EQE struggled because it prioritized ultra-slippery aero efficiency over the traditional visual presence and prestige buyers expect at this price point.