LORDSTOWN, Ohio -  One week before the public unveiling of its electric-powered Endurance pickup truck, Lordstown Motors is giving a preview of the vehicle’s interior and has announced another company committed to buying hundreds of the trucks.

Lordstown Motors announced on Wednesday that fire and water damage restoration company Servpro has signed a letter of intent to purchase 1,200 Endurance pickup trucks.

“The Endurance truck provides our company with added utility, flexibility, and performance across all divisions,” says Jim Standohar, Marketing Manager of Servpro which has 1,800 franchises serving the U.S. and Canada.

Momentum Groups, a Westlake, Ohio fleet management specialist, last month signed a letter of intent to purchase 900 Endurance pickup trucks,

Lordstown Motors has also received commitments from Clean Fuels Ohio to buy 500 trucks and from FirstEnergy to purchase 250 vehicles.

While LMC has scheduled a media event for the public unveiling of the Endurance, the company is offering an idea of what the interior of the truck’s cab will look like.

Sketches released on Wednesday show some of the truck’s amenities including a push-button transmission.

 

LMC has partnered with California-Based Hydra Design Labs to provide a general design of the interior and exterior of the Endurance.

"Our goal with designing the Endurance was to create a rugged platform that could deliver on the demands of fleet-duty pickup,” said Jon Hull, founder, and president of Hydra. “We were able to leverage the layout of the electric drivetrain to explore unique new design solutions."

 

 Designed to serve the commercial pickup truck market, the Endurance will be the first production vehicle that utilizes a 4-wheel-drive hub-motor system. The design reduces the number of moving parts, meaning fewer breakdowns, lower maintenance, and lower operational costs according to LMC.

 

 LMC designed the Endurance with features desirable for fleets, like an onboard power export, allowing workers to run power tools at the job site without the need for a portable generator or leaving the truck running.

 The Endurance will be manufactured and assembled inside the former General Motors Assembly plant in Youngstown.

LMC’s current timeline calls for hiring 400 people initially, with 1500 jobs projected.

The company hopes to begin delivering the Endurance early next year.