Marysville, Ohio: Honda to Build $3 Billion Plant Between Marysville and East Liberty, Adding More Than 2,000 Jobs

Honda will invest $3 billion to build a new auto plant in central Ohio, the company announced on Monday, November 9. The plant will stand on land between the Marysville Auto Plant and the East Liberty Auto Plant. Honda said the plant will create more than 2,000 jobs and will be able to build 240,000 vehicles a year.

Production is expected to begin in 2029, pending final government approvals. Honda said the plant will be its fourth auto plant in Ohio and its ninth auto related production facility in the United States. The Columbus Dispatch reported that the Ohio Tax Credit Authority approved the project for a tax credit on Monday morning. In the joint announcement with Governor Mike DeWine, JobsOhio, One Columbus and Union County, Honda's total new commitment in Ohio was put at 2,390 jobs and $3.38 billion.

Built for hybrids, with room to change

Honda said the new plant will have the flexibility to build several vehicle types and powertrains, including hybrid, gasoline powered and battery electric vehicles. The company said the added capacity will lift its United States auto production capacity to about 1.3 million vehicles a year and its North American capacity to about 1.9 million. In May 2026, Honda announced plans to introduce 15 new Honda and Acura hybrid models globally by 2030, with North America expected to be the primary market for many of those vehicles.

"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. Governor DeWine said in a statement: "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."

New work at the Ohio plants already running

Honda said its Transmission Plant Ohio in Russells Point is retooling to build two next generation hybrid systems, raising Ohio hybrid system production capacity by 250 percent in the coming years. The Anna Engine Plant is retooling a line for a next generation four cylinder Atkinson cycle engine and expanding a parts consolidation center expected to begin operation next year.

The Dispatch reported that more than 14,000 Honda workers are in Ohio, most in Logan and Union counties, with engine workers at Anna in Shelby County. It also reported that an Environmental Protection Agency filing for the project, code named Project Sunrise in the application submitted on October 7, listed about 3,000 workers if built and construction from January 2027 to December 2029. Honda has not yet named the models the new plant will build or set a hiring schedule.

Work is also planned outside Ohio. Honda said its Alabama plant will retool for a new V6 hybrid engine, and its Georgia transmission plant will install a new line for next generation hybrid systems for larger vehicles. Honda said North American auto production began in 1982 at Marysville and that its cumulative North American manufacturing investment now tops $28 billion.