Honda is committed to electric vehicles with major investments in Canada
Honda Motor said Thursday and several suppliers will invest $11 billion to build battery and electric cars in Ontario, a significant commitment from a company that has been slow to embrace the technology.Like Toyota and other Japanese automakers, Honda has emphasized hybrid vehicles, in which gasoline engines are boosted by electric motors, rather than cars powered solely by batteries. The Honda Prologue, an SUV made in Mexico, is the company's only all-electric vehicle on sale in the United States.But the investment adjacent to the company's plant in Alliston, Ontario, near Toronto, represents a change in direction, raising the possibility that Honda and other Japanese automakers could use their manufacturing expertise to lower the cost of electric vehicles and make them accessib...