An upstart electric vehicle maker said that it
now has more than 100,000 orders for its new
pickup truck.
Lordstown Motors Corp plans to begin
production of the Endurance All-Electric Pickup
Truck in September at a former General Motors
assembly plant near Youngstown.
The company took over the plant after GM in 2019
ended its more than 50 years of car manufacturing
at the plant. The automaker employed 4,500
workers there just a few years ago.
Lordstown Motors acquired the plant with the
help of a $40 million loan from GM. The startup
said it will hire hundreds of people to build to
the first line of Endurance trucks, but its long-
term plan is to add thousands of jobs.Image: Shealah Craighead