Lordstown Motors has officially unveiled their Endurance pickup truck. Designed
for commercial users, the crew cab pickup has a fairly conventional design that
stands in stark contrast to Tesla’s wedge-shaped Cybertruck. Starting up front,
there’s a fully enclosed grille which is flanked by air vents and slender
lighting unit. The model also has a bulging hood, recovery hooks and plastic
body cladding.
Moving further back, there’s a unique line
which extends from the headlights to the back of the cab. It’s echoed by a
similar line which starts at the bottom of the doors and continues all the way
to the rear end with meets slender LED taillights. Elsewhere, there’s a
traditional tailgate and a rear bumper with integrated side steps. Rounding out
the highlights are a cab-mounted spoiler and black wheels that appear to
provide a glimpse of the Endurance’s in-wheel motors.
The truck shown off today was the first
pre-production prototype and it appears the coronavirus pandemic put Lordstown
behind schedule as road tests aren’t slated to begin until late summer. That
isn’t the only issue as engineering and development won’t be completed until
2021. That suggests the previously announced launch date of January 2021 will
be pushed back.
Unfortunately, the company didn’t have
much else to say about the truck other than it has been “designed with features
fleets want, like an onboard power export, allowing workers to run power tools
at the job site without the need for a portable generator or leaving the truck
running.” Lordstown also revealed they have received pre-orders and letters of
intent for 20,000 units.
While the unveiling was pretty
anticlimactic, the Endurance will cost US$ 52,500 – before incentives – and
feature four in-wheel motors that produce a combined output of 600 hp. They should enable the truck to accelerate from 0-96 km/h in 5.5 seconds and travel more than 402 km on a single charge.
