Honda Motor will invest $3B to build a new vehicle assembly plant in Marysville, Ohio, the automaker said Monday.
The plant will begin production in 2029, carry capacity for 240K vehicles a year, and create more than 2K jobs.
It's Honda's first new mass production US assembly plant since the company opened an Indiana facility in 2008.
The site sits on land between Honda's existing Marysville and East Liberty plants, and it can build gas, hybrid, and fully electric models on the same lines.
Once running, it lifts Honda's US light-duty capacity to about 1.3M vehicles a year across its 12 US manufacturing plants.
Counting retooling at the Anna Engine Plant and Honda Transmission Plant-Ohio, the total Ohio commitment is $3.38B and 2.39K new jobs.
The transmission plant in Russells Point will build two next-generation hybrid systems, raising Ohio's hybrid system capacity by 250%.
Honda has poured more than $15B into Ohio since announcing its first plant there in 1977, and employs over 15K associates in the state.
Honda Adds a $3B Plant to Nearly Five Decades of Ohio Spending
Honda investment in Ohio, USD billions, as of Nov. 9, 2026
Bar chart. Investment ($B). Investment to date: Investment ($B) $15. New assembly plant: Investment ($B) $3.
Hybrids replaced the EV plan
Honda is leaning on hybrids after retreating from battery-only cars.
The company scrapped its North American EV lineup in March and indefinitely suspended an $11B electric vehicle and battery project in Canada in May.
Its Ohio battery plant was originally built for those EVs, and Honda plans 15 new hybrid models worldwide by 2030.
Hybrid demand has been climbing in the US, and the new plant is expected to focus there while keeping flexibility for other powertrains.
Honda is also expanding hybrid engine and transmission work in Alabama and Georgia, including a new V-6 hybrid powertrain at its Lincoln, Alabama factory.
Tariffs are redrawing the map
Automakers are localizing production as President Donald Trump's tariffs and higher logistics costs squeeze margins.
Audi has said it would spend more than $4B on its first US plant, in Georgia, while General Motors, Ford Motor, and Toyota Motor have each committed billions to new or upgraded US sites.
Honda says nearly all vehicles it sells in the US, including Acura, are built in North America, with more than 60% made domestically.
American Honda Motor's senior vice president of corporate affairs, Jennifer Thomas, flagged the capacity squeeze in Detroit on Oct. 27.
Thomas has called it catastrophic if the US and Canada fail to reach a trade deal before Trump's threatened jump in tariffs on Canadian vehicles and parts, from 25% to 50%, on Jan. 1.
Honda has built more than 33M vehicles and more than 39M engines in the US since production started in 1982, and employs over 30K people nationwide.
Construction still waits on final government approvals, with an Ohio tax credit already cleared and a JobsOhio package to be disclosed after a final agreement.
