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Lordstown Motors, in another leadership shuffle, taps industry veteran Hightower as CEO

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Edward Hightower, president of the company since November, takes the reins from Daniel Ninivaggi who will become executive chairman and focus on partnerships and capital raising.
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July 12, 2022 01:26 PM

EV startup Lordstown Motors Corp. replaced its CEO with insider and automotive industry veteran Edward Hightower on Tuesday in a management shake-up aimed at ramping up efforts to start production of its pickup truck.

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