Lordstown Assembly

Lordstown Assembly
Entrance to Lordstown Assembly from Ohio State Route 45
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Built1964–1966 (1964–1966)
LocationLordstown, Ohio
IndustryAutomotive industry
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The Lordstown Complex is a factory building and automotive manufacturing plant in Lordstown, Ohio, U.S. Lordstown is an industrial suburb of Youngstown, Ohio.

It was a General Motors automobile factory from 1966 to 2019, comprising three facilities: Vehicle Assembly, Metal Center, and Paint Shop. Lordstown was opened to build compact cars for Chevrolet, the Vega/Monza, Cavalier, Cobalt, Cruze, and their rebadged variants, mostly for Pontiac. The plant also built the Chevrolet van and its GMC variant (Handi-Bus/Handi-Van, Rally Van and Vandura) until 1995.[1]

In November 2019, the plant was sold to Lordstown Motors[2] which produced to manufacture the Lordstown Endurance electric pickup truck there from 2022 to 2023.[3]

In 2022, Foxconn purchased the plant. It plans to manufacture the Fisker Pear there.[4]

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  4. ^ Jonathan Lopez (May 16, 2022). "Foxconn Completes Acquisition Of Former GM Lordstown Plant". GM Authority .com.