{"id":34453,"date":"2026-05-06T16:51:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T16:51:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/34453\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T16:51:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T16:51:09","slug":"report-that-honda-might-permanently-suspend-ontario-ev-plant-points-to-industry-upheaval-ottawa-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/34453\/","title":{"rendered":"Report that Honda might permanently suspend Ontario EV plant points to industry upheaval, Ottawa says"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Workers assemble a vehicle at a Honda assembly plant in Alliston, Ont., in 2024.Carlos Osorio\/Reuters<\/p>\n

U.S tariffs and domestic policies continue to upend the automotive sector, a spokeswoman for Industry Minister M\u00e9lanie Joly says, after a report that Honda has shelved its $15-billion plan to build an electric vehicle complex in Ontario.<\/p>\n

The Japanese auto maker announced the project in 2024 and suspended it for two years in 2025 amid slowing demand for EVs, U.S. import taxes and changes to U.S. policies that made purchases of emissions-free cars less affordable. <\/p>\n

Japan\u2019s Nikkei news agency reported on Tuesday that Honda is about to make the suspension indefinite, with the possibility of scrapping it altogether. <\/p>\n

Honda Canada spokesman Ken Chiu did not address questions on the plan\u2019s future. \u201cWe have nothing to report at this time,\u201d he said, repeating a statement issued a year ago when the suspension was announced: \u201cThe company will continue to evaluate the timing and project progression as market conditions change.\u201d<\/p>\n

The project included an EV and battery plant in Alliston, Ont., where Honda has a factory, as well as related projects elsewhere in the province in partnership with POSCO Future M Co. and Asahi Kasei Corp.<\/p>\n

Gabrielle Landry, a spokeswoman for Ms. Joly, said global automakers are facing \u201csignificant change.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cAmerican tariffs and changes to U.S. domestic policies are creating real pressures for automakers, prompting some to delay or scale back investments in electric vehicle and battery projects,\u201d she said. \u201cWe remain in regular contact with Honda and will continue to put Canadians\u2019 interest first.\u201d <\/p>\n

Prime Minister Mark Carney told reporters in Ottawa on Wednesday morning the U.S. tariffs are \u201cunjustified\u201d and that Canada is working to get the best trade deal possible ahead of the review of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada agreement. \u201cWe continue to work with companies in the sector, helping them reposition, reinvest, supporting workers there,\u201d Mr. Carney said, without naming Honda. \u201cWe\u2019ll continue to do what\u2019s necessary.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Open this photo in gallery: Workers assemble a vehicle at a Honda assembly plant in Alliston, Ont., in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":34454,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[164,224,238,214,212,239,17,211,230,231,227,213,210,235,171,234,143,222,249,215,216,229,225,226,219,240,220,244,245,247,242,246,94,61,243,217,142,233,113,232,241,223,236,237,228,221,218,248],"class_list":{"0":"post-34453","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ottawa","8":"tag-alberta","9":"tag-arts-news","10":"tag-bc","11":"tag-breaking-news","12":"tag-breaking-news-video","13":"tag-british-columbia","14":"tag-canada","15":"tag-canada-news","16":"tag-canada-sports","17":"tag-canada-sports-news","18":"tag-canada-trafficcanada-weather","19":"tag-canadian-breaking-news","20":"tag-canadian-news","21":"tag-economy","22":"tag-education","23":"tag-environment","24":"tag-federal-government","25":"tag-foreign-news","26":"tag-globe-and-mail","27":"tag-globe-and-mail-breaking-news","28":"tag-globe-and-mail-canada-news","29":"tag-government","30":"tag-life-news","31":"tag-lifestyle","32":"tag-local-news","33":"tag-manitoba","34":"tag-national-news","35":"tag-new-brunswick","36":"tag-newfoundland-and-labrador","37":"tag-northwest-territories","38":"tag-nova-scotia","39":"tag-nunavut","40":"tag-ontario","41":"tag-ottawa","42":"tag-pei","43":"tag-photos","44":"tag-political-news","45":"tag-political-opinion","46":"tag-politics","47":"tag-politics-news","48":"tag-quebec","49":"tag-sports-news","50":"tag-technology","51":"tag-travel","52":"tag-trudeau","53":"tag-us-news","54":"tag-world-news","55":"tag-yukon"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34453","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34453"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34453\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34454"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34453"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}