Endurance electric pickup

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Lordstown Motors is close to a deal to sell its production plant to electronics company Foxconn, according to multiple reports.

Lordstown Motors doesn't have enough cash on hand to produce its long-promised electric pickups. And this week it admitted it exaggerated its preorders, and its CEO and CFO stepped down.

Two top executives at Lordstown Motors resigned Monday as problematic news about finances at the Trumbull county electric vehicle startup continues to trickle out.

A financial filing by Lordstown Motors this week citing a lack of cash to start production of its pickup truck may not be the end for the electric startup, but it could make the company a takeover candidate, according to Ohio State University economic development professor Ned Hill.

Startup commercial electric vehicle maker Lordstown Motors says it may not be in business a year from now as it tries to secure funding to start full production of an electric pickup truck.

Lordstown Motors, the startup that bought an old GM factory to build an electric pickup, has been accused of deceiving investors. But the company says it's on track for production.

Mayor Don Walters says the city's fleet is in line with the future of the auto industry.

Electric cars are gaining traction in the marketplace as Tesla builds a devoted following.But is America ready for an all-electric pickup truck?The…

Vice President Mike Pence rode onto the stage Thursday in the newly-unveiled Lordstown Motors electric pickup truck, the Endurance, to deliver a wide-ranging speech to the Northeast Ohio crowd. Among the topics he touched on at the former General Motors plant in Lordstown were the economy, the Trump administration’s negotiations with China and the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement. “We fought for free and fair trade and the values and ideals that have always made this country great,” Pence said. “On every single promise, President Trump delivered for the people of Ohio.”