Honda’s CA$15 billion commitment was touted by former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as the “largest auto investment in Canada’s history.” It was to include a battery plant with an annual capacity of 36 GWh while an EV assembly plant would have been able to build as many as 240,000 vehicles per year from 2028.

Honda Canada is postponing its $15 billion electric vehicle project in Ontario for approximately two years, pointing to weak EV demand and market uncertainty caused by US tariffs. The project, announced in April 2024,

Japanese automaker Honda Motor Co. (HMC) is postponing a $15-billion electric vehicle (EV) project in Ontario as it shifts more production to the U.S. due to American import tariffs. In announcing the Canadian manufacturing pause,