OTTAWA, April 25 (Xinhua) -- Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Thursday announced Japanese car maker Honda's largest investment in North America to create Canada's first comprehensive electric vehicle (EV) supply chain.

According to a news release from the prime minister's office, Honda, with an investment of approximately 15 billion Canadian dollars (11 billion U.S. dollars), will build an EV assembly plant as well as a new stand-alone battery manufacturing plant at Honda's facilities in Alliston, Ontario.