LG Energy Solution, Honda break ground on EV Battery Plant

LG Energy Solution, Honda break ground on EV Battery Plant

The companies have committed $3.5 billion in the facility, with their overall investment projected to reach $4.4 billion.

In late February, Honda and LG Energy Solution held the official groundbreaking ceremony for a new joint venture EV battery plant over 2 million square feet in size, to be located in Fayette County, near Jeffersonville, Ohio.

The two companies have committed to invest $3.5 billion in the new joint venture (JV) facility, with their overall investment projected to reach $4.4 billion. The facility is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2024, with plans to create 2,200 jobs, and the aim for approximately 40GWh of annual production capacity, the companies say. The JV company will deliver lithium-ion batteries to support Honda’s plan to build battery-electric vehicles (BEVs) in North America.

At the ceremony, the leaders of the new JV company, CEO Robert H. Lee and COO Rick Riggle, revealed a rendering of the new facility which will be located about 40 miles southwest of Columbus.

The plant aims to start mass production of pouch-type lithium-ion batteries by the end of 2025, to be provided exclusively to Honda auto plants to produce EVs to be sold in North America.

Honda has also announced plans to invest $700 million to re-tool several of its existing auto and powertrain plants in Ohio for production of EVs that will utilize the batteries made at the new JV facility. Honda plans to begin production and sales of Honda EVs in North America in 2026, based on its new Honda e:Architecture. As part of its goal to achieve carbon neutrality for all products and corporate activities by 2050, Honda says it has a vision to make battery-electric and fuel cell electric vehicles represent 100% of its vehicle sales by 2040.

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