Lordstown claims to have received more than 100,000 orders for its electric pickup truck before production begins later this year.
Lordstown Endurance electric pickup
Lordstown, an electric vehicle startup that emerged from Workhorse and GM’s sale of the Lordstown plant, unveiled the Endurance electric truck at an event at the Lordstown plant last year.
Lordstown Endurance starts at $ 52,500 with a range of “more than 250 miles”, but one of the most interesting things about Endurance is the fact that Lordstown decided to use four hub motors to move it.
They are currently building production capacity at the Ohio plant to start production in September 2021.
Here are the specifications the company released on the Endurance electric pickup earlier this year:
- Base Price: $ 52,500
- Safety rating (front, side, rollover): 5/5/4
- ADAS-LDW, AEB, Rear Cross Traffic Alert
- Software – OTA (Over the Air Updates)
- Failure monitoring – OTA in real time
- EV range (EPA cycle): 250+ miles
- Charging time (95% SOC, Level 2-7kW AC / Level 3 DC): 10 hours / 0.5 to 1.5 hours
- External power for tools and accessories (stationary) 120 V, 30 amps
- Seating capacity: 5
- Towing capacity: 7,500 lbs
- Transmission system layout: 4 electric hub motors
- Front / rear brakes: customized on hub motor brakes
- Wheels: 20 in.
- Peak power: 600 hp
- Electric steering assistant
- Maximum speed (governed by software): 80 mph (128 km / h)
- GVW gradability: 30%
- Warranty: 3 years bumper-to-bumper; 8 year battery warranty
Over 100,000 pre-orders for Pickup Electric
Just a few months ago, in November, Lordstown announced that it had received 50,000 pre-orders for its electric truck.
Now Lordstown says it has exceeded 100,000 endurance reserves.
Steve Burns, CEO of Lordstown Motors, commented on the announcement:
Receiving 100,000 advance orders from commercial fleets of a truck like Endurance is unprecedented in automotive history. Adding to that the interest we have in the federal, state, municipal and military fleets, I think you can see why we feel that we are about to revolutionize the truck industry.
As Burns points out, Lordstown is focusing on fleet orders rather than individual consumers.
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