autoevolution 19 Apr 2021, 5:21 UTC ·
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The much-anticipated and highly mediated debt of the Lordstown Endurance electric pickup truck turned out to be more of a flash in the pan-type of thing. But it’s not all bad news.
The Endurance skateboard, dressed up in the finest off-road racing body and gear by Brenthel Industries, was only able to complete 40 miles (64.3 km) of the race before retiring. Lordstown Motors announced the result in a post on social media and, without offering an explanation for the shortened race, declared themselves satisfied with the result.
The announcement regarding participation in the race was made in February this year. Lordstown said it would be testing the in-wheel motors and battery technology at the SCORE San Felipe 250 race in Baja California, Mexico, arguably one of the toughest challenges on earth. The goal was never to make it to the finish line in time but to complete the single-loop 290-mile (467-km) race and collect data that wou