Stephen S. Burns is an American entrepreneur who founded Workhorse Group and is currently running Lordstown Motors Corporation . But when I started Workhorse and we went into vehicles like UPS, those large vehicles are [by regulation] very light. It only takes a few seconds.You must have JavaScript enabled to experience the new Autoblog. This page is for personal, non-commercial use.

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Now, are we smarter than Ford? No. | Lordstown Motors Corporation was founded with the purpose of transforming Ohio’s Mahoning Valley, and Lordstown, Ohio, into the epicenter of electric-vehicle manufacturing throughout the State of Ohio and the Midwest.

And it gave us a great jump-start, and we’re off running. newsletter Sign up for the But by no means is our success contingent on it.Somewhat traditionally, you know, raising money through sales of equity. On one hand, it gives a new life to the Burns, who is scheduled to introduce a production-bound prototype version of the Endurance on Thurday, is no newbie to the segment. Since the plant stopped production in March, more than 1,300 of the more than 1,400 hourly employees who worked there have accepted transfers to other plants throughout the U.S.Burns wouldn't comment on how many people Lordstown Motors would employ if he is able to finalize the plant's purchase, adding: "I tell folks, listen we aren’t buying a facility that large just to make a few vehicles. I mean, who would buy any other pickup truck? The W-15 did not use hub motors and this one uses hub motors. I understand that I can unsubscribe at any time.

So it isn’t our call, but in case they do, we will embrace it and make sure the union knows what we’re trying to accomplish and see how we can work together to hit it out of the park. But I really think Tesla’s here because of the Department of Energy loan that they got. But a) we already have the multibillion-dollar factory, so we don’t have some big [capital expenditure] coming. Thanks for that.

I think the OEMs weren’t used to it because there were no small car companies to partner with. And it’s finally happening. So that’s where the pickup truck was born. We’re building for the commercial market. And again, I’m not trying to make an all-aluminum lightweight sports sedan.If Ford came out with a new F-150 and said it got 75 miles per gallon, they’d somehow changed the laws of physics and done that. The company, he said, is "moving toward that at light speed. View Steve Burns, CPA MBA’S profile on LinkedIn, the world's largest professional community. Jim has 1 job listed on their profile. And we thought, well, if we don’t get the Post Office [contract], I had to be able to justify this risk. But the simplicity of not having... there is not a gear in this vehicle. A: Five years is a long time in this business. In automotive, conventional people are saying that’s not enough. Burns has a background rooted in Technology and Electric Mobility.

View Jim Pope’s profile on LinkedIn, the world's largest professional community. Steve has 4 jobs listed on their profile. Tesla led the way and pioneered a lot of stuff. "The plant itself is very, very capable. That loan’s nice to have, but it certainly isn’t something we would... you know, any loan to begin with, much less a government loan, is unpredictable.

But the subsequent vehicle should come very quickly. But starting with a clean sheet of paper and just putting four hub motors on a rail... and not that it’s trivial, it’s a lot of software [work]. So both those initiatives are happening in parallel—getting the factory ready, getting all the tooling ready, and then getting the vehicle certified. I think it’s because of them, to be honest with you. But I’m very used to, from my Workhorse days, having to build a product, get to market, build it at a price point you can make money on, and assume that that’s the last money you’re ever getting, the initial funding. You know, it’s just the way it should be. A: Not yet. So in some respects, you say a government loan did actually launch a) a company, and then b) a huge transformation in the world. "Lordstown Motors would build vehicles for commercial customers, including municipalities and utility companies in need of fleet vehicles. With the announcement, work would end on the W-15 and around 6,000 orders might potentially be transferred to the Lordstown for the Endurance.

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