Honda Is The Latest Car Maker To Plan A Big U.S. Battery Plant—Just In Time For New EV Tax Credit

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Honda Is The Latest Car Maker To Plan A Big U.S. Battery Plant—Just In Time For New EV Tax Credit
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The carmaker and LG plan to build a $4.4 billion U.S. factory to supply lithium-ion batteries starting in 2025.

, home to Honda’s main North American production and engineering operations, citing people familiar with the matter. Honda spokesman Marcos Frommer declined to confirm that., which includes a new $7,500 federal tax credit for consumers to buy EVs. But unlike a previous version of the credit, qualified vehicles must be built in North America and 50% of key battery components, such as cathodes and anodes, also need to be made in North America.

The U.S. is seeing the creation of an entirely new production base to support electric vehicles. In the past year, General Motors, which Honda also has a battery partnership with, Ford, Volkswagen, Hyundai, Toyota, Panasonic, Redwood Materials and Sila have announced tens of billions of dollars worth of plans to build battery factories and battery component facilities, few of which currently exist in the region.

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