Lordstown Assembly

Early years GM representatives purchased farmland for the plant in 1955, citing its location along the Ohio Turnpike as advantageous. GM publicly announced plans on March 19, 1956; construction began in 1964, and the first vehicle, a Chevrolet Impala, rolled off the line on April 28, 1966. The plant's initial products were Chevrolet's full-size lineup (Caprice, Impala, Bel Air, Biscayne) and the first-generation Pontiac Firebird. Both model lines moved to other plants by 1971, when Lordstown added conversion van production and began building the Chevrolet Vega. Lordstown Strike of 1972 The plant was the site of the Lordstown Strike of 1972, a 22-day work stoppage against GM management that cost the company US$150 million. The strike resulted in vehicles coming off the line with torn upholstery and other defects, and drew national attention to labor conditions on high-speed assembly lines. Later workers who similarly disrupted production at other facilities were described as exhibiting "Lordstown Syndrome". Peter Drucker attributed the walkout to workers believing they could design their jobs more effectively than GM's industrial engineers. The strike affected the quality of the Vega, which was later named one of the worst cars of all time. Quality control subsequently improved, and GM awarded Lordstown the J-body compact lineup for 1982. Later years Following the collapse of the regional steel industry in the late 1970s and early 1980s, Lordstown Assembly became the largest industrial employer in the Mahoning Valley. Conversion van production ended in 1994 when the Chevrolet Express moved to Wentzville Assembly, and the plant focused exclusively on compact cars, later building the Chevrolet Cavalier, Chevrolet Cobalt, and Chevrolet Cruze. In 2014, GM installed a 2.2 MW solar array covering six and a half acres with 8,500 panels. Closure In November 2018, GM announced that the plant would be unallocated in 2019 amid declining demand for compact cars. Production ended March 6, 2019, with the final vehicle being a white 2019 Chevrolet Cruze LS. GM idled the plant that day. ==Post-GM ownership==

Lordstown Motors era On November 7, 2019, GM sold the plant to Lordstown Motors, an electric vehicle startup 10% owned by Workhorse Group, for approximately $20 million. In December 2019, GM agreed to loan Lordstown Motors up to $40 million to support the Endurance truck launch. In May 2022, Lordstown Motors completed the sale of the facility to Foxconn for $230 million as part of a broader manufacturing partnership. Commercial production of the Lordstown Endurance began September 29, 2022. The company reported producing 31 trucks before pausing production in February 2023 and issuing a recall affecting 19 vehicles for an electrical connection issue; six trucks were delivered to customers. Lordstown Motors filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on June 27, 2023 (Case No. 23-10831, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of Delaware). In September 2023, LAS Capital LLC, formed by founder Steve Burns and former CFO Julio Rodriguez, purchased the Endurance intellectual property and related assets for $10 million, the only qualifying bid in the bankruptcy auction. Foxconn era After acquiring the facility, Foxconn announced plans to manufacture the Fisker PEAR electric vehicle at the plant in a proposed agreement with Fisker Inc. The agreement was not finalized; Fisker filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in June 2024 (Case No. 24-11390, District of Delaware), and no PEAR vehicles were produced at Lordstown. In August 2022, Foxconn signed a contract manufacturing agreement with Zimeno Inc. (dba Monarch Tractor) to produce the MK-V all-electric agricultural tractor at the plant. The first MK-V tractors came off the line in April 2023. SoftBank and Stargate In August 2025, Foxconn announced the sale of the Lordstown property and equipment to Crescent Dune LLC for $375 million while continuing to operate at the site under a long-term lease. Reuters and other outlets reported that Foxconn and SoftBank planned to manufacture data center equipment at the facility for Project Stargate, a U.S. AI infrastructure initiative involving SoftBank, OpenAI, and Oracle. TechCrunch reported that Monarch Tractor production at the site would end following the sale. ==Vehicles produced==