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Honda’s New Ohio Plant Will Reportedly Build Next-Gen Acura MDX And Two Flagship SUVs

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Honda’s New Ohio Plant Will Reportedly Build Next-Gen Acura MDX And Two Flagship SUVs

Honda is putting $3 billion into a new assembly plant in Ohio, and the company's fourth factory in the state carries more than a construction budget. It is a bet on hybrids, and on the Acura MDX staying built in America.

The plant will sit between Honda's existing East Liberty and Marysville operations, adding more than 2,000 jobs to a workforce already building Hondas and Acuras across the state. Production is expected to start in 2029, pending final government approvals.

Honda's new Ohio auto plant location in relation to current Honda facilities

Honda confirmed the investment on November 9. Governor DeWine's office, JobsOhio, One Columbus and Union County jointly announced the project a day later.

Ohio officials put the full commitment at $3.38 billion, folding in upgrades to Honda's existing Anna Engine Plant and Honda Transmission Plant-Ohio alongside the new assembly site, for a combined 2,390 jobs statewide.

The new factory alone is planned for 240,000 vehicles a year once it is running at capacity. That addition pushes Honda's total US auto-production capacity to roughly 1.3 million vehicles annually, a scale the company has not approached before in its domestic footprint.

Honda says it is already retooling its Ohio transmission plant to support two next-generation hybrid systems meant for compact, midsize and larger North American models. The company expects hybrid-system production capacity there to climb 250 percent in the coming years, lining up with Honda's plan to launch 15 new Honda and Acura hybrids globally by 2030.


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