This Is Where Honda Will Build Its American EV Hub

• Honda revealed plans for new joint venture with LG Energy Solution that will produce battery modules in Ohio.

• The automaker plans to retool several of its plants in Ohio to produce EVs based on the e:Architecture platform set to arrive after 2025.

• The upcoming Honda Prologue and its Acura sibling will be built on GM's Ultium platform, before Honda sets up EV production stateside.

With the Honda Prologue on the way, the Japanese automaker is finally serious about getting into the EV game. But the recently revealed electric crossover is just the start—Honda will need a plant for EVs and batteries here in the US soon, as it sketches out the rest of its lineup set to arrive after 2025.

This week the automaker revealed just where its EV center will be based, with several sites in Ohio slated to become Honda's electric hub.

Honda indicated that it will spend $700 million to re-tool its Marysville Auto Plant (MAP), East Liberty Auto Plant (ELP), and Anna Engine Plant (AEP) for EV production, slated to start in 2026. The automaker also plans to invest $3.5 billion in a joint venture with LG Energy Solution (LGES) to build a plant for battery module production in Ohio as well.

The announcement was timed to coincide with the anniversary of the Marysville plant's launch announcement from 45 years ago, on October 11, 1977. The vehicles that will be produced in Ohio will sit on Honda's own e:Architecture, rather than GM's Ultium platform that will underpin the upcoming Prologue.

"Honda is proud of our history in Ohio, where our US manufacturing operations began more than four decades ago. Now, as we expand Honda's partnership with Ohio, we are investing in a workforce that will create the power source for our future Honda and Acura electric vehicles," said Bob Nelson, executive vice president of American Honda Motor Co., Inc.