Honda introduced a number of essential steps to ascertain an EV Hub in Ohio, the place the corporate intends to supply its next-generation all-electric vehicles.
The Japanese producer intends to speculate some $700 million to re-tool a number of of its current auto and powertrain crops within the state, to help the introduction of EVs based mostly on the brand new Honda e:Structure, which is scheduled for 2026.
The primary level of the plan is that the Marysville Auto Plant (MAP), the place Honda started auto manufacturing in America in 1982, shall be Honda’s first auto plant in the USA to transition to creating EVs.
The transformation will concern additionally the East Liberty Auto Plant (ELP) and Anna Engine Plant (AEP), in addition to crops exterior Ohio. Let’s get into the small print.
The Marysville Auto Plant (MAP) will consolidate two meeting traces (ICE and HEV autos) into one line, and retool them for the manufacturing of EVs and EV elements.
Preparations will begin in 2024 so the manufacturing facility shall be prepared for all-electric automotive manufacturing in 2026.
Manufacturing of the Honda Accord at MAP, shall be transferred to the Indiana Auto Plant (IAP) in 2025, so the manufacturing quantity of this mannequin shall be maintained.
The East Liberty Auto Plant (ELP) in Ohio may also produce all-electric vehicles, however there aren’t any particulars but.
The Anna Engine Plant (AEP) in Ohio, will shift manufacturing of some engine elements to the Honda engine plant in Alabama. In impact, the plant will be capable of put together for the manufacturing of battery instances for all-electric vehicles.
“AEP will switch part manufacturing for 2 totally different generations of engines to the engine plant on the Alabama Auto Plant (AAP). Machining of the engine head, which ended at AEP in February, for the present V6 engine that powers many Honda mild vans shall be added to current AAP operations starting in March 2023. Engine block casting for the all-new V6 engine simply launched within the all-new 2023 Honda Pilot, will start at AAP in August 2023. These two strikes will enable AEP to re-allocate area for future IPU Case manufacturing.”
Let’s recall that lithium-ion battery modules for the next-generation Honda and Acura fashions shall be produced in Fayette County, close to Jeffersonville, Ohio, by a three way partnership between Honda and LG Power Resolution. The plant can have an annual output of 40 gigawatt-hours (kWh) yearly, whereas the manufacturing is anticipated to start in 2025.
The TMP-G plant in Georgia, as a part of a partnership between Honda and a provider, will set up a brand new line to construct e-axles (electrical motor, gearing elements, and energy electronics) for all-electric vehicles.
In accordance with the press launch, the undisclosed provider will set up, personal, and function the brand new e-axle line in thespace presently occupied by a transmission manufacturing line that’s not in operation.
Total, Honda intends to keep up manufacturing of the inner combustion engine (ICE) and hybrid (HEV) autos within the US, “to fulfill anticipated sturdy buyer demand by means of 2030 and past” and keep steady employment throughout the transformation to EVs.