The federal and provincial governments will pump some $260 million into an update of the Ontario Alliston Honda plant to help it pivot to produce hybrid-electric vehicles. Honda Canada will spend around $1.4 billion to upgrade and retool the plant, including a grant of $131.6 million from the provincial government. It’s the second-largest car manufacturer in Canada and it produces the Honda Civic and the CR-V, with the capacity to complete more than 400,000 vehicles per year and 190,000 engines. The Alliston plant employs some 4,200 people. There are no German cars manufactured in Ontario, incidentally.
Canada, Ontario commit millions for Honda plant upgrades to manufacture hybrid cars in Alliston.https://t.co/vk9biFIyw4
— Barrie 360 (@Barrie360) March 16, 2022
Here are more details on the announcement at the Honda plant in Alliston this morning with Ford + Trudeau. https://t.co/VLlvyxeeej
— Meagan Fitzpatrick (@fitz_meagan) March 16, 2022
