The Endurance is rolling off the production line once again and Lordstown has a new service and warranty partner. Deliveries of the all-electric pickup are back online as well. Here are all the details as the brand faces an uphill battle.
Lordstown doesn’t say exactly when production resumed but that it was sometime this month. It paused both building and delivering the truck in February due to performance and quality issues with unspecified components. It also recalled 19 trucks in that month citing an electrical connection issue before recalling 5 trucks for a separate rollaway concern earlier this month.
As part of the restarting of production and deliveries, the brand says that it partnered with Amerit to provide additional service and warranty repair work for fleet vehicle customers across the country. That should provide a modicum of comfort for customers who might be concerned about future service in a world where not all EV automakers survive.
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“Amerit is a perfect fit with Lordstown because it is a well-established service provider to the fleet and commercial industry with experience in the service and maintenance of EVs,” said Edward Hightower, CEO & President of Lordstown Motors Corporation.
“Our vehicles and connectivity features, combined with Amerit’s mobile service network and innovative maintenance solutions, provide Lordstown with the ability to offer a comprehensive and customized EV experience for our fleet customers,” he added.
Amerit works with some 1,800 trained and certified techs across the USA. To that end, it’s in a good position to aid Lordstown while the automaker works hard to improve its production and delivery procedures. Of course, for now, Amerit won’t have much to do as Lordstown still hasn’t produced anywhere near its initial goal of 500 trucks.
Even if it manages to build all of those trucks, it’s already said that it expects to lose money on each and every one of them. With a revenue of less than $200,000 in Q4 of 2022, that’s not a great omen for the future. Only time will tell if Lordstown can stand the test of time.
