GUANGZHOU -- Honda Motor officially opened its first-ever dedicated new energy vehicle plant in Wuhan, Hubei province in China on Friday, bolstering EV production amid plans to make all new vehicles sold in the country electric by 2035.
The plant will be operated by Dongfeng Honda, a joint venture between the Japanese automaker and China's state-owned Dongfeng Motor. Roughly 4 billion yuan ($566 million) was invested in the facility, which is expected to have an annual production capacity of about 120,000 vehicles and employ around 800 people. It will begin production with the Lingxi L electric vehicle, which was released in late September.
