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Honda to Build $3 Billion Plant Between East Liberty and Marysville, Adding 2,000 Jobs
Honda announced a $3 billion assembly plant on land between its East Liberty and Marysville facilities, promising more than 2,000 jobs and production starting in 2029. The plant will build hybrids, gasoline vehicles and EVs, lifting Honda's U.S. capacity to 1.3 million vehicles a year.
Honda will build a $3 billion automobile plant on land between its existing East Liberty and Marysville facilities, the company announced Monday, a project expected to add more than 2,000 jobs and begin production in 2029.
The plant is designed to build up to 240,000 vehicles a year and will be flexible enough to produce multiple vehicle types, including hybrids, gasoline-powered models and battery-electric vehicles. Honda said the facility will raise its U.S. auto production capacity to 1.3 million vehicles annually.
"As Honda approaches 50 years of building products close to our customers in America, we are making one of the most significant commitments in our history to position Honda for the next 50 years," said Bob Nelson, executive vice president of American Honda Motor Co., Inc., in a news release.
Company leaders said Ohio won the project because of its established, highly skilled workforce, its proximity to a large concentration of Honda's U.S. supply base and nearby vehicle development operations.
"Honda's leadership could have chosen to build this plant anywhere in the world, but they chose Ohio because there are so many advantages to being here," Gov. Mike DeWine said. "For almost half a century, Honda and Ohio have grown together, and generations of families have built their careers on Honda's manufacturing lines. Today's announcement isn't just an investment in a new facilityâit's an investment in Ohio's people and Ohio's future."
The announcement deepens a relationship that has shaped central Ohio's economy for decades. Honda's Marysville plant, its first U.S. auto factory, opened in 1982, and the company's Ohio operations have long anchored the region's manufacturing base and supplier network.
The new plant also arrives at a pivotal moment for the auto industry, as manufacturers navigate the transition toward electric vehicles while continuing to produce gasoline and hybrid models. Honda's decision to equip the facility for all three powertrain types gives the company room to adjust to shifting consumer demand and federal emissions rules.
For central Ohio, the project promises thousands of construction and manufacturing jobs and a likely expansion of the local supplier chain, but it also adds pressure to the region's housing, roads and schools, which have strained under rapid growth. Local officials have not yet released details on incentives, infrastructure commitments or a construction timeline.