The coronavirus pandemic is impacting a number of upcoming vehicles and the latest is Lordstown’s Endurance pickup truck.
In a post, CEO Steve Burns said the company originally planned to introduce the Endurance at the North American International Auto Show in June. However, the event has been cancelled as its venue was transformed into a temporary field hospital for treating COVID-19 patients.
While there will be no North American Intentional Auto Show this year, Lordstown is still planning to introduce the truck early this summer. The company hasn’t finalized their plans at this point, but Burns said the Endurance will likely be given a virtual reveal from their headquarters in Ohio.
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Despite sticking to the unveiling schedule, Lordstown revealed there will be a slight production delay. While the company intended to start building the Endurance by the end of the year, Burns revealed they are now aiming on “handing the keys to fleets across the country in January 2021.”
That’s a relatively minor setback and Lordstown isn’t the only automaker who has had to delay vehicles due to the pandemic. However, work continues on the truck as the company noted engineers continue “testing and fine-tuning” the technology that will power the pickup.
As we have previously reported, the Endurance is an electric pickup truck which uses four hub motors that produce a combined output of 600 hp (447 kW / 608 PS). It’s designed for commercial use and will have a range in excess of 250 miles (402 km) on a single charge.
Pricing starts at $52,500 and the company has already received multiple letters of intent promising to purchase hundreds of electric pickups.