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Lordstown Motors Announces IPO

WCBE 90.5FM | By Jim Letizia

Published October 27, 2020 at 7:16 AM EDT

The electric truck-making startup Lordstown Motors is now trading on the Nasdaq stock exchange under the ticker symbol RIDE.

The IPO announced Monday is the culmination of its merger with DiamondPeak Holdings. The pickup is still in the prototype phase and full production is expected by next September.

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Jim Letizia

Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.

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