GM sells Lordstown plant to EV truck startup

One of the UAW's top priorities in negotiations was gaining product investments for the four U.S. plants GM planned to idle

By:

DAVID WELCH

By:

Bloomberg

November 07, 2019 08:48 PM

Lordstown Motors Corp., the electric-truck startup formed specifically to save a shuttered Ohio car factory, has acquired the highly politicized plant from General Motors.

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