Pence visits Ohio to unveil electric pickup truck, 'open up America'

Vice President Mike Pence visited Lordstown, Ohio, on Thursday afternoon to help unveil a battery-powered pickup truck and "open up America" after shutdowns caused by the coronavirus pandemic. The former General Motors automaking plant in Lordstown — shut by GM last year at a cost of 1,500 jobs — is being repurposed to make the Endurance electric pickup truck by new owner Lordstown Motors. Lordstown Motors unveiled its Endurance truck during Pence’s visit. The truck utilizes technology developed…