Automaker Honda Motor Co. and battery producer LG Energy Solution have selected a team of Turner Construction Co., Yates Construction and Westerville, Ohio-based Kokosing Industrial to build a $3.5-billion, 40-GWh electric vehicle battery plant in Ohio.
Early site work is underway, with construction scheduled to start in early 2023 at the site in Fayette County, between Columbus and Cincinnati, a Turner spokesperson says. Substantial completion is planned by the end of 2024, with production in 2025.