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Honda Anna Engine Plant produces 30-millionth engine; retooling to add battery module casings production

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Honda celebrated production of the 30-millionth engine built at the company’s Anna Engine Plant in Ohio with the production of the newly refined 2.0-liter liter Atkinson-cycle four-cylinder engine, which is part of the two-motor hybrid-electric system that powers Honda Accord and CR-V hybrid-electric models. Earlier post.) billion.

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Honda begins production of 2023 Honda CR-V Hybrid in North America

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The CR-V hybrid features a new two-motor hybrid system produced at Honda’s Ohio Transmission Plant (TMP-O), and a newly refined Atkinson-cycle engine unique to hybrid models that is made at the Anna Engine Plant (AEP), also in Ohio.

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Honda may build an EV factory in Canada featuring in-house battery cells

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In June, Honda and LG Energy Solution (LGES) broke ground on a new EV plant in Jeffersonville, Ohio. Honda and General Motors (GM) had also planned a partnership to develop affordable EVs and compete with market leader Tesla, though the automakers said in a joint statement in October that they would be canceling those plans.

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Honda Fans Can Visit the Automaker's New Museum at Its California HQ

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Its headquarters in Torrance, CA, is joined by a manufacturing facility in Ohio, and the company is gearing up to release new American-market EVs in the coming years.& & Of course, Honda makes all manner of motorized vehicles, so the display will also include a variety of motorcycles, power equipment, and race cars.

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Honda formalizes joint venture with LG Energy Solutions

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billion battery production joint venture, which will be built in Ohio over the coming two years. And to produce its upcoming lineup of electric vehicles , Honda has partnered with LG to produce battery cells at a new facility in Jeffersonville, Ohio. Honda and LG have announced a $3.5 billion for the construction of the battery plant.

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Honda introducing new Honda Sensing 360 omni-directional safety and driver-assistive system

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The US application of Honda Sensing 360 is part of a global strategy announced by Honda Motor Co., The company operates two crash-test facilities in Ohio and Japan and is responsible for numerous pioneering efforts in the areas of crashworthiness, collision compatibility and pedestrian safety. that will begin in China in 2022.

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Honda targeting 2/3 of unit sales from PHEVs, HEVs and ZEVs by ~2030; PHEVs the core of electrification

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At a press event in Tokyo to lay out his future vision and direction for the company, Honda Motor President & CEO Takahiro Hachigo said that the company will strive to make two-thirds of its overall unit sales from plug-in hybrid/hybrid vehicles and zero-emissions vehicles such as fuel cell vehicles and battery EVs by around 2030.

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