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Honda Civic Hybrid returns in 2024 with production in Canada and Indiana

2025 Civic hybrid production will start with the sedan in Canada, followed by the hatchback in Indiana; two-motor hybrid electric system made in Ohio Civic hybrid expected to represent over 40% of model sales in North America Over 11 million Civics have been built in North America since 1988

Honda will introduce the new Civic hybrid in the US and Canada in 2024 in both sedan and hatchback variations, advancing its electrification strategy through products and a hybrid-electric system made in North America.

Production of the new Civic hybrid sedan will begin in spring 2024 at Honda of Canada Mfg. (HCM) in Alliston, Ontario. This will be followed shortly by the hatchback, which will be manufactured at the Indiana Auto Plant (IAP) in Greensburg, Indiana, with the two-motor hybrid-electric power unit to be built by the Honda Transmission Plant in Ohio and the 2.0-liter Atkinson-cycle four-cylinder engine made at the Anna Engine Plant in Ohio. Both HCM and IAP already support production of the Honda CR-V hybrid.

The new Civic hybrid is another key step in Honda’s electrification strategy, which includes equipping its core models with hybrid-electric systems. Currently, more than 56% of US sales of the Honda CR-V and Accord are hybrid-electric trims. More than one-quarter of Honda’s total US sales are electrified models, marking the most hybrids ever sold by the brand. Honda expects Civic hybrid sales to represent more than 40% of Civic sales.

Toward its global goal to achieve carbon neutrality for all products and corporate activities by 2050, Honda has a vision to make battery-electric and fuel cell electric vehicles represent 100% of its new vehicle sales by 2040.

Sales of EVs will begin in 2024, with the 2024 Honda Prologue, Honda’s first all-electric SUV. In 2025, a mid- to large-size EV model based on Honda’s dedicated e:Architecture will go on sale.

Honda announced key next steps in the establishment of its EV Hub in Ohio that will lead the company’s journey to production of EVs in North America. In October 2022, Honda announced it would invest $700 million to retool several of its existing auto and powertrain plants to establish the new EV Hub in Ohio to prepare for the production of battery electric vehicles in 2025. The Marysville Auto Plant (MAP), where Honda began auto production in America in 1982, will be the first Honda auto plant in the US to transition to EV manufacturing.

The new EV Hub includes a new joint venture EV battery plant being established by Honda and LG Energy Solution in Fayette County, near Jeffersonville, Ohio. The new JV facility is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2024 with an annual production capacity of approximately 40 GWh.

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