Foxconn Buys Lordstown Factory In Ohio For $230 Million To Build Endurance EV

Foxconn, which is the world's largest contract manufacturer known for building the iPhone for Apple, has made a huge push in the realm of electric mobility. Now, it has acquired the Lordstown Motors Ohio factory for $230 million in a bid to manufacture the beleaguer automaker's Endurance electric pickup truck. The deal is expected to close by April 2022.

As a part of the deal, Foxconn has bought $50 million in common stock directly from Lordstown at $6.89 a share. Foxconn will now give a $100 million down payment in November after which another $50 million will be paid in February before the final installment will be paid in April for the closing of the deal.

Foxconn has also unveiled an EV prototype 

The two parties will co-design the electric truck and develop a commercial fleet vehicle program for the North American and international markets. Foxconn will also get 1.7 million warrants to buy Lordstown common stock at $10.50 per share for the next three years. Lordstown will keep the electric motor production line, battery module, and pack assembly lines.

Foxconn has also closed a deal with Fisker Automotive for the manufacturing of the Ocean under the PEAR program in North America. Foxconn has indicated that even Fisker's vehicles will be made at the Ohio facility which Lordstown had originally acquired from GM in 2019.

Lordstown is in hot water because it has been accused of faking EV truck pre-orders and is combating financial woes. It has lost many executives including its president Rich Schmidt which resigned only yesterday. It is also under investigation by the SEC and DOJ in the US. This deal could help it navigate the situation.