Honda, Canada and EV
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The development won’t affect jobs at Honda’s Alliston, Ont., plant, but it comes at a turbulent for the province’s automotive industry
Honda Canada is postponing a $15-billion electric vehicle investment project in Ontario, including a proposed EV battery plant and retooled vehicle assembly facility.
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Honda delays $15-billion EV project citing demand, shifts some CR-V output to U.S.Honda has postponed a $15-billion electric vehicle project in Ontario, citing market demand, and is shifting some production of its popular CR-V model intended for the U.S. market to its Ohio plant because of tariffs.
Ontario Premier Ford is vowing to hold auto companies that pull out from Ontario "accountable" after news that Honda announced it is putting a major electric vehicle supply chain planned for the province on hold.
Honda announced the postponement on Tuesday after forecasting a 59 per cent profit decline in the current fiscal year.
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Honda said on Tuesday it would postpone by at least two years its large-scale investments to establish an electric vehicle supply chain in Canada. Originally announced in April of last year , the project is valued at $15 billion,