Honda announced the postponement on Tuesday after forecasting a 59 per cent profit decline in the current fiscal year.

Japanese multinational Asahi Kasei Corporation and Honda Canada formed a joint venture to make battery separators in Niagara. Despite Honda pausing $15 billion in EV investments, Asahi Kasei says the project should continue with 'minimal' impact.

Slowing demand for EVs and US tariffs on Canada’s auto sector force the Japanese automaker to postpone plans for an EV supply chain in Ontario, dealing a severe blow to Canada’s EV ambitions.

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,

Research from Canada's parliamentary budget watchdog indicates that manufacturers, between 2020 and 2024, unveiled plans to invest roughly $33 billion in EV and related supply-chain production. The Canadian government pledged $22 billion in financing and tax breaks to lure those companies.