Honda assures Canada no jobs will be lost
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Canadian governments have offered carmakers billions of dollars to help them build EV plants in the past few years. Some are still on track, but others are in serious trouble. Here are the facts on where they stand.
Electric vehicle sales in Canada plummeted in March by 44 per cent compared to a year ago, even though the overall number of new vehicles sold ticked up, according to Statistics Canada. The agency on Wednesday said 189,259 new vehicles were sold in March, up 9.4 per cent year over year.
Japanese auto giant Honda has pumped the brakes on its $15 billion plan to build an electric vehicle supply chain in Canada, blaming "changing market conditions” for a decision that
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.
The development won’t affect jobs at Honda’s Alliston, Ont., plant, but it comes at a turbulent for the province’s automotive industry