Honda, LG to build $3.5B battery plant, hire 2,200 in Ohio

FILE - A Honda logo is shown at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Monday, Jan. 14, 2019. Honda says, Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022, it will build a $3.5 billion joint-venture battery factory in rural southern Ohio and hire 2,200 people to staff it as it starts to turn the state into its North American electric vehicle hub. The company also plans to invest $700 million and add 300 jobs at three of its own Ohio factories to prepare them to start making EVs and components. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)