Honda is making significant investments in its Ohio facilities, including the installation of six massive 'giga presses' to produce battery packs for its upcoming electric vehicles. This marks a shift in Honda's manufacturing strategy, with the Ohio plant becoming a global benchmark for EV production. The company is also implementing a new 'cell' manufacturing system for parallel assembly, aiming to increase efficiency and reduce potential disruptions.
The automaker plans to install six" giga presses ," made known by Tesla, and a new"cell" manufacturing system for its upcoming electric vehicle battery cases.
Once completed, Honda will be able to produce roughly 220,000 vehicles annually at its Marysville plant, located in central Ohio outside of Columbus. The 4 million-square-foot facility currently produces several Honda and Acura vehicles, which are expected to be joined later this year by an all-electric Acura RSX crossover — the first EV produced by Honda.Honda 0 SUV and Honda 0 Saloon EV
To produce the battery packs and other EV components, as well as potentially engines in the future, the company is installing six massive, 6,000-ton high-pressure die cast machines that will"megacast," or"gigacast" materials, as Tesla has referred to it. The massive machines are the size of a small house and use an enormous amount of pressure to form parts. Current Honda presses go up to 3,500 tons in Ohio.
To combine the battery cells and packs in Marysville, Honda is installing nearly 60 flexible manufacturing"cells," or zones, for the battery assembly. Instead of a traditional assembly line, where parts are installed as a vehicle moves, the new production process occurs parallel to the main line in zones that make it so any potential slowdowns or problems don't impact the main line.
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