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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.
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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.
Japan's Honda Motor Co. said it would postpone a plan to build an electric vehicle (EV) supply chain in Canada, local
Honda Motor Co. is expecting a ¥450 billion ($3 billion) hit to its full-year profit as it braces for the fallout of US President Donald Trump’s auto tariffs, joining rivals reeling from the trade war.
Slowing demand for EVs and US tariffs impact on Canada’s auto sector force the Japanese automaker to postpone plans for an EV supply chain in Ontario, dealing a severe blow to Canadian EV ambitions.
Honda announced the postponement on Tuesday after forecasting a 59 per cent profit decline in the current fiscal year.