Honda Marysville Plant Celebrates 40th Anniversary
Honda is a pretty big deal in central Ohio, where its Marysville and East Liberty manufacturing plants are located. Currently, Honda employs more than 15,000 workers in Ohio alone, and more than 25,000 nationwide. When it comes to U.S. manufacturing for Honda, Marysville is where it all began. In 1979, Honda opened its first U.S. […]
Honda Opens CNG Fueling Station at Marysville, Ohio Campus
Honda announced today the opening of its very first public Compressed Natural Gas fueling station in North America. The CNG station is located on the automaker’s campus in Marysville, Ohio. The fully automated station has been designed, constructed, and will be operated by Trillium CNG, and is intended to service those who already use CNG […]
Honda is Asking Office Staff to Work on Assembly Line
Are you currently waiting on the delivery of a Honda you ordered? When it arrives, it may have been assembled by one of Honda’s accountants. According to a report from local radio station WOSU, white-collar employees at Honda’s plant in Marysville have been asked to fill in for a rapidly dwindling blue-collar workforce. Honda is […]
Honda and GM Team Up to Make Hand Sanitizer
Honda has announced it is producing nearly 12,000 gallons of hand sanitizer through its Fuel Cell System Manufacturing partnership with General Motors. The two global automakers say they are making hand sanitizer as part of an “industry-wide effort to help alleviate the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.” The sanitizer will be used at facilities owned […]
Honda Begins Making Ventilator Parts for COVID-19 Patients
Honda has begun producing vital ventilator parts for COVID-19 patients at its technical development center in Marysville, Ohio. The automaker teamed up with Dynaflo, a manufacturer of valves, pumps, and compressors, to help it increase its production of diaphragm compressors. These are a key component of portal ventilators that hospitals and first responders use when […]
Honda Celebrates 20 Millionth Vehicle Produced in Ohio
Honda is celebrating the production of the company’s 20 millionth vehicle in Ohio, a state that is home to three Honda manufacturing plants, including the automaker’s first in America. The Marysville Auto Plant initially represented a $35 million investment in 1979 to build motorcycles. Three years later it began producing cars, and since then has […]
2020 Honda Accord Hybrid Goes On Sale With 48 MPG
The 2020 Honda Accord Hybrid has today began arriving in dealership showrooms around the United States — and with an EPA-estimated combined fuel economy rating of 48 mpg and a starting price of $25,470, it’s firmly the most affordable midsize hybrid sedan in America. Built exclusively in Ohio, the Accord Hybrid is getting a number […]
Honda to Debut All-New 2019 Passport in LA
The rumors were true. Honda has confirmed that it is reviving the Passport with an all-new model that will debut at the 2018 Los Angeles Auto Show on November 27. The original Passport, a five-seater sold from 1994 to 2002, was Honda’s first SUV. The new 2019 model will be positioned somewhere between the five-seater […]
Honda’s ‘Smart Intersection’ Tech Can See Around Buildings
A lot of new safety technologies depend on the car’s ability see things you can’t. After all, you have just two eyes, which you can only point in one direction (presumably, anyway) and whose vision may be obstructed by the car itself, whereas the car can have a number of cameras and sensors. But what […]
Honda Sets All-Time Monthly Sales Record for CPO Vehicles
Honda has announced that its Certified Pre-Owned (CPO) vehicles set an all-time monthly sales record in May with 26,192 units sold, up from the previous record of 25,139 that had been set in August 2013. CPO programs offer customers a chance to get behind the wheel of a used car without taking the risks usually […]
2019 Honda Insight Production Begins in Indiana
Honda has begun mass-producing the all-new 2019 Honda Insight at its Indiana and Ohio manufacturing plants, representing the company’s commitment to American industry as well as its increased investment in electrified mobility. Honda Manufacturing of Indiana (HMIN) will produce all Insight models for the North American market, for which Honda has prepared with a $32.5 […]
Honda Halts 2018 Accord Production for Two Weeks
Honda plans to temporarily halt production of the 2018 Accord at its plant in Marysville, Ohio, in response to bloated inventory and sales that have not lived up to the expectations set by the car’s critical success. The 2018 Honda Accord is, without a doubt, brilliant. It has earned countless awards from dozens of publications, […]
2019 Honda Insight Launches in New York with 55 MPG City
The all-new, production version of the 2019 Honda Insight is making its official world debut tomorrow at the 2018 New York International Auto Show, where it will join the Clarity series and the 2018 Accord Hybrid as the fifth electrified vehicle in the Honda lineup. The Honda Insight is a premium, hybrid compact sedan positioned […]
All-New 2018 Honda Accord Hybrids Hits Showrooms at $25,100
It’s finally here: the hybrid version of possibly the most awarded car of 2018. Arriving at dealerships on March 23, the all-new 2018 Honda Accord Hybrid will deliver all of the things that have earned its ICU-powered counterpart so much recognition in the industry but while achieving an impressive 47/47/47 mpg city/highway/combined, according to the […]
Honda Celebrates 25 Million Vehicles Built in the US
Honda is celebrating the production of its 25th million vehicle in the United States—fittingly, a 2018 Honda Accord, which was named the North American Car of the Year at the 2018 Detroit Auto Show earlier this year. It was painted in obsidian blue pearl. The Accord was produced at the Marysville Auto Plant, which was […]
Honda Says Humans, Not Robots, Still Build the Best Cars
Automakers are divided over the topic of whether people or robots are best used in the process of assembling cars. Tesla, for instance, is trying to automate as much as it can. “You really can’t have people in the production line itself,” said Elon Musk in 2016. “Otherwise you’ll automatically drop to people-speed. There’s still […]
Honda Celebrates Building 25 Million Engines at Ohio Plant
Honda associates at the company’s engine plant in Anna, Ohio, are celebrating the construction of its 25 millionth engine since the facility first opened in 1985. The engine plant is Honda’s largest in the world and was opened in 1985. It recently received a $47 million investment to help prepare for the all-new 2018 Honda […]
Honda Invests $267M, Creates 300 New Jobs in Ohio for 2018 Honda Accord Launch
Though the perception of an American automaker is typically limited to a company that was founded in the United States, Honda’s dedication to employing men and women across the country is enough to at least earn it honorary American automaker status. Earlier this month, in conjunction with the launch of production for the 2018 Honda […]