If the listing is correct, this is the only Endurance out there with a title
- Lordstown only produced 31 trucks before going bankrupt and shutting down operations.
- One unit recently sold at auction for just $22,750 with only 1,600 miles on the odometer.
- Unlike others, this specific truck comes with an official title making it legally roadworthy.
Plenty of automotive startups launch with big ambitions, but few ever reach the point of delivering an actual vehicle. Lordstown was one of the rare exceptions, albeit briefly. The company did make it to production, but only managed to build 31 units before shutting down.
This Endurance pickup is one of those few and, reportedly, the only one that was ever issued a proper title. It just sold at auction for about the price of a new Nissan Versa.
On paper, the Endurance was an intriguing truck. It features in-hub electric motors at each wheel and offers a combined 440 horsepower and 479 lb-ft of torque. It leveraged a 109 kWh battery pack and had an EPA estimated range of 174 miles. That’s not very far, but this truck is capable of DC fast charging, which seemed like a potential saving grace.
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Despite all that, Lordstown could never get itself together as a company and at one point, it might have accidentally sold itself to Foxconn at a huge discount. Things didn’t go well in the end, but this truck did manage to sneak out. Vitally, this one has a real Michigan title, which is something we’ve never seen before, with other Lordstown trucks being sold with bills of sale.
A Rare Truck You Can Actually Register
Having a title means the guy who just bought this one for a cool $22,500 can actually drive it around wherever he wants. Sure, it doesn’t have stellar range, and sure, he’ll never get any support from the defunct company when something breaks. But he just paid less than what Slate advertises for its hopeful and very bare bones trucklet.
Still, it’s a reasonable price for a functioning slice of electric vehicle history, assuming, of course, that nothing goes wrong or breaks. And that’s a big assumption. Because if it does, well, good luck to everyone involved.
The buyer says that they were a major Lordstown shareholder, so owning the truck, the only one on public roads, is a personal win after being let down so hard by the brand itself. Keep your eyes peeled next time you’re at a Cars and Coffee. If this thing rolls by, you’ll know exactly where it came from.
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