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Lordstown Nears Deal to Sell Ohio Plant to Taiwan’s Foxconn
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Lordstown headquarters in Ohio.
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Lordstown Motors Corp., the electric-truck maker running low on cash, is near an agreement to sell its highly politicized Ohio factory to Taiwan’s Foxconn Technology Group, people familiar with the matter said.
The companies are set to announce the pact as soon as later Thursday, said the people, who asked not to be named as the plan isn’t yet public. They didn’t disclose the value of the transaction. Lordstown Motors struck a deal with General Motors Co. in late 2019 to buy the plant the automaker opened in 1966.