An Electric Pickup Truck Brings New Energy To Lordstown, Ohio

When the General Motors plant in Lordstown, Ohio, went dark last year, it was a familiar story for the region. Yet another manufacturing powerhouse — a pillar of the local economy and a rare source of good jobs — was shutting down.
But the closure of the plant was not the end of the story. The factory was sold to Lordstown Motors, a startup building an electric pickup truck that's scheduled to be unveiled on Thursday.
And now Lordstown is a symbol of the industrywide shift toward electric vehicles — and northeast Ohio's hopes for a battery-powered economic revival.