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Pence Hails Lordstown Motors as Savior. It Just Needs Cash.
- Startup unveils Endurance all-electric commercial pickup truck
- Factory’s saga is a fixture of long-running Trump tiff with GM
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Taking the stage at the former General Motors Co. plant in Lordstown, Ohio, where electric-truck startup Lordstown Motors Corp. is working to get production going, Vice President Mike Pence hailed the company as an economic lifeline for the region.
“It’s a great new beginning for Lordstown and a great new beginning for electric vehicles in the U.S.,” Pence said after riding onstage in the Endurance pickup being introduced by the company. Name-checking his boss, Donald Trump, Pence called the event “one more example of a president who is committed to making manufacturing great again.”