First batch of Lordstown Endurance EV pickups leaving Ohio Foxconn plant for delivery
It’s an exciting day for electric truck enthusiasts, with Lordstown Motors (RIDE) announcing its Endurance EV pickup has achieved full homologation. The first batch of 500 EV pickup trucks is leaving its Ohio Foxconn facility en route for customer delivery.
Expand Expanding CloseFoxconn is investing another $70 million in Ohio’s Lordstown Motors to pursue revamped ‘EV program’
Global tech company Foxconn has announced it will invest at least another $70 million and up to $170 million total in EV startup Lordstown Motors. Foxconn’s $70M investment in Common Stock shares of Lordstown will help the company with its corporate strategy, while the two parties are shifting their previously announced $100 million joint venture into a Preferred Stock investment that will fund a “new EV program” run within Lordstown Motors instead.
Expand Expanding CloseLordstown Motors kicks off Endurance electric pickup production ahead of sales in Q4
After a tumultuous four-year journey to this point, Lordstown Motors has announced it has finally reached that pivotal moment in any flagship EV lifecycle, the start of commercial production. The American EV automaker shared that it has already completed two production-ready Endurance pickups as part of a slow ramp up in Lordstown, Ohio toward 500 units that will begin sales next quarter.
Expand Expanding CloseLordstown Q2 2022 earnings highlights, Endurance EV update
Electric vehicle maker Lordstown Motors released its Q2 2022 earnings report today, and despite not delivering an EV yet, the company posted its first operating profit.
Expand Expanding CloseFoxconn wastes no time announcing Fisker PEAR will be built at newly acquired Lordstown plant
Less than twenty-four hours after announcing the closing of its purchase of an Ohio assembly plant from Lordstown Motors, Foxconn and its partner Fisker Inc. announced the facility will soon be home to production of the latter’s upcoming PEAR EV.
Expand Expanding CloseLordstown Motors closes sale of plant to Foxconn for $230M in much needed cash
Back in an unassuming corner near the exit of the ACT Expo at the Long Beach convention center sits a black Lordstown Motors Endurance pickup. As at least two ACT attendees asked questions about the prototype, its manufacturers were publicly announcing the official sale of its assembly plant. Lordstown Motors has officially closed its deal with Foxconn, who will now build the former’s Endurance pickup under a new joint venture (JV) and manufacturing contract.
Expand Expanding CloseFoxconn chairman: Lordstown pickups will begin shipping this year
Famous as a major iPhone assembler and would-be electric carmaker, Foxconn chairman Young Liu said on Sunday that electric pickup trucks will begin rolling out of the Lordstown, Ohio plant in the second half of this year.
Expand Expanding CloseLordstown sells its Ohio factory to Foxconn in hope that it will help build its electric pickup truck
Lordstown announced that it has agreed to sell its Ohio factory to Chinese manufacturing giant Foxconn in the hope that it can help the startup build its electric pickup truck.
Expand Expanding CloseLordstown’s electric pickup plans hit another snag as CEO and CFO resign
Lordstown Motors is again finding itself in hot water on the road to try to bring to market its ambitious electric pickup as both the CEO and CFO are leaving.
Expand Expanding CloseRivian, Volvo, and 56 others urge Michigan governor to support electric trucks and buses
The Electrification Coalition delivered a letter to Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer Wednesday, backed by 58 businesses, including Rivian, Volvo, EVgo, and Arrival, to name a few. The letter urges the governor to join the Multi-State Medium- and Heavy-Duty Zero Emission Vehicle Memorandum of Understanding, which would expedite the electrification of trucks and buses throughout the state.
Expand Expanding CloseLordstown Motors exits San Felipe 250 early, underestimates energy usage
Lordstown Motors recently entered its electric Endurance pickup truck in the SCORE San Felipe 250 race, only to have to drop out after stage one. Although the Endurance truck and its components withstood the elements, the Lordstown team admitted its pre-race estimates for energy consumption were wrong, and the EV prototype would likely not make it through stage two.
Expand Expanding CloseLordstown Motors reveals its first two Endurance Betas
Today, Lordstown Motors rolled the first two Beta versions of its Endurance electric pickup truck off its manufacturing line. These two Betas are the first of 57 planned in total for Lordstown, as it gears up for mass production of the Endurance this fall.
Expand Expanding CloseLordstown hype train slows down after prototype catches on fire, orders put into question
Lordstown Motor, an electric pickup truck startup that became a billion-dollar company after going public, is seeing its hype train slow down after a prototype caught on fire and its vast order book is called into question.
Expand Expanding CloseLordstown Motors reveals Endurance race truck rendering for San Felipe 250
After declaring entry into the San Felipe 250 race, Lordstown Motors revealed images of its Endurance truck. The beta race version of the automaker’s first electric pickup truck will hit the 290-mile loop this April. Full-fledged production of the consumer Endurance truck begins in fall.
Expand Expanding CloseLordstown claims more than 100,000 pre-orders for its electric pickup truck
Lordstown claims to now have received more than 100,000 pre-orders for its electric pickup truck ahead of the start of production later this year.
Expand Expanding Close4 electric car brand alternatives that aren’t Tesla
If you’re reading this article, you know Tesla. You may even be reading this from inside your Model 3 as it’s docked at a Supercharger. As we desperately scramble away from the ceaseless test of will that was 2020, we look toward to the new year with newfound hope and optimism. 2021 is a big year for everyone and everything, including electric vehicles. To help keep you in the know for the future, here are several of the best Tesla alternatives and where they currently lie on their journey up the EV ladder.
Expand Expanding CloseLordstown will partner with Camping World for an electric RV, service locations
Lordstown Motors and Camping World will work together to build an electric motorhome, announced in an event at Lordstown’s Ohio plant with Lordstown CEO Steve Burns and Camping World CEO Marcus Lemonis.
Lordstown also plans to use Camping World for nationwide service locations for the Endurance electric pickup truck.
Expand Expanding CloseMore drama in EV land: now Karma is suing Lordstown over theft of technology
Karma Automotive decided to sue Lordstown Motors over what they allege is theft of technology.
It’s the latest drama in the electric vehicle industry, which has seen a spike in these kinds of lawsuits.
Expand Expanding CloseLordstown (RIDE) claims 50,000 pre-orders for its electric pickup truck
Lordstown (RIDE) says that it received 50,000 pre-orders for its “Endurance” electric pickup truck.
The company has released a corporate update with a few interesting pieces of news.
Expand Expanding CloseWatch Lordstown Endurance electric truck in a tug of war against a gas F-150
Lordstown Motors has released a video of its Endurance electric pickup truck in a tug of war battle against a 2019 Ford F-150 Lariat EcoBoost.
Expand Expanding CloseLordstown (RIDE) goes public as people bet on them delivering electric pickup with in-wheel motors
Lordstown Motors (RIDE) has officially gone public through a reverse merger and now people are betting on the startup delivering an electric pickup truck with in-wheel hub motors.
It’s a technology that has never been implemented in a passenger electric vehicle for consumers before.
Expand Expanding CloseLordstown reveals the interior of the Endurance electric pickup truck
Lordstown has revealed the interior of its upcoming Endurance electric pickup truck set for deliveries next year.
Expand Expanding CloseElectric pickup truck maker Lordstown Motors announces deal to go public at $1.6 billion
Electric pickup truck maker Lordstown Motors announced today a new deal to go public through a reverse merger at a $1.6 billion valuation.
Expand Expanding CloseLordstown releases video of working prototype of its electric pickup truck for the ‘working man’
Lordstown Motors has released a video of a working prototype of its electric pickup truck marketed as a vehicle for the “working man.”
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