Lordstown built an unpopular car... Sadly. The entire vehicle has been cancelled from the Chevy lineup. Lordstown closing, sadly isn’t surprising... it was down to 1 shift if memory serves, and building a car that wasn’t selling.
Retooling an older underutilized plant, when you already have more extra capacity than anyone else in the industry just wasn’t likely to happen. End of the day beancounters win.
I just hope GM doesn’t just sit on the plant for years before they even try to let someone else do something with it, as they have been known to do. No guarantee someone will be chomping at the bit to buy it, but I’d hate to see it just sit empty for years and not even be attempted to be moved.
The govt should buy it a and lease it to Toyota or VW for 1 dollar a year provided they build cars there.
Granted it was a long time ago, but workers in that plant were hostile and they had a lot of labor strife. That cooled down over the years, but a strong union mentality still exists.