Not long after Lordstown Endurance was pushed back to 2021, the electric vehicle startup has released a video showcasing its factory.
Located in Lordstown, Ohio, the facility was once responsible for building the Chevrolet Cruze but the EV manufacturer purchased it late last year. Whereas fellow EV startup Lucid is building a huge factory from scratch, Lordstown’s 6.2 million-square-foot facility is already fully-equipped and is just as General Motors left it.
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Lordstown is re-tooling and re-configuring the factory so it’s able to build the Endurance pickup truck. However, many of the important stamping machines and robots will remain albeit be reprogrammed.
“If we were to build this [factory] from scratch, it just wouldn’t be possible,” chief executive Steve Burns describes in the video. “They aren’t going to make buildings like this again. We’re taking it, we’re reconfiguring it for our purposes, and we’ve been really pleased with the equipment here and the resources we’ve been able to find. To produce a vehicle is not trivial…it takes a lot of automation and a lot of people, and this plant has been perfect for us.”
Lordstown had planned on unveiling the Endurance at the North American International Auto Show in June and while that event has since been cancelled, the company still intends on debuting the pickup this summer, likely through a virtual online reveal.
Powering the Endurance will be four in-wheel electric motors combining to produce 600 hp. The truck should have a range exceeding 250 miles (402 km) with prices starting at $52,500.