Road Town ships first batch of Endurance electric trucks

Road Town announced this week that the first Endurance pickup trucks have shipped to customers.

The Endurance is a full-size electric pickup powered by an in-wheel hub motor, first unveiled in 2020 and finally ready for customer delivery following the recent completion of the homologation process, which includes both EPA and CARB certifications.

The EPA has not yet released a range, but estimates the Roadster at 193 miles. The battery is rated at 109 kwh, with a peak output of 550 hp, a 0-60 mph acceleration time of 6.3 seconds, and a top speed of 118 mph. It also has a maximum payload capacity of 1,050 pounds and a maximum towing capacity of 8,000 pounds.

Most of these figures are beaten by the rival Ford F-150 Lightning. Pricing for the Endurance starts at $65,000, and Roadster offers an 8-year/100,000-mile warranty on the battery and in-wheel motor. The truck has a 3-year/36,000-mile warranty.

The Endurance is manufactured at a plant in Road Town, Ohio, owned and operated by Foxconn, a Taiwanese contract manufacturer best known for making iPhones for Apple. Foxconn acquired the former GM plant from Lordstown late last year after Lordstown ran out of money. Road Town originally acquired the plant from GM in 2019.

The initial lot of 500 Endurance trucks will be built for delivery to fleet customers. Road Town said it will gradually expand production in cooperation with Foxconn as supply chain constraints are resolved.

The Endurance is not the only vehicle Foxconn plans to build at its Ohio plant. The company, which has its own EV brand Foxtron, will also build vehicles for EV startups Fisker and Indi at the plant.

Road Town and Foxconn also plan to move forward with a joint venture agreement to jointly develop future commercial vehicles on a modular EV platform developed by Foxconn.