Honda will invest $3 billion to build a new auto plant in central Ohio, between its existing East Liberty and Marysville plants, creating more than 2,000 jobs and adding capacity for 240,000 vehicles a year. Production is expected to begin in 2029, pending final government approvals. It will be Honda’s fourth auto plant in Ohio and its ninth auto related production facility in the United States.
The plant is one part of a wider set of investments across Ohio, Alabama and Georgia that Honda says will form an integrated manufacturing network for hybrid and gasoline powered vehicles. Together with projects already under way, the investments lift Honda’s United States production capacity to approximately 1.3 million vehicles a year and its North American capacity to approximately 1.9 million. Hybrid powertrain system production capacity in Ohio will increase by 250 percent.
The supporting projects are detailed in Honda’s own release. In Alabama, the company is retooling its auto plant and engine facility for a new V6 hybrid engine and to build the Passport on both production lines. In Ohio, the Anna engine plant is retooling for a next generation four cylinder Atkinson cycle engine, and the transmission plant is converting a line to build two next generation hybrid systems, with a plant in Georgia to follow for the larger system. Honda of Canada Manufacturing in Alliston, Ontario will also be retooled for next generation hybrid and gasoline models, including the return of engine manufacturing, within a broader C$867 million Canadian commitment reported by Construction Dive, of which C$166 million, about $118 million, is the current investment.
The strategy behind the capital is explicit. Honda announced in May 2026 that it plans 15 new Honda and Acura hybrid models globally by 2030, with North America the primary market for many of them, after cutting its electric vehicle investment plans in 2025 as electric demand growth slowed. The new plant is designed for flexible production across hybrid, gasoline and battery electric vehicles, so the $3 billion buys capacity that can shift with demand rather than a single powertrain bet.