ment, and jam a whole lot more stuff under that hood as you would with a turbocharger or supercharger, and you increase the amount of damage it’s going to have when those crashes occur.” Claims have also been impact-
with that little power.” A 1983 Toyota Camry had 92 horsepower; the 2019 model had either 203 or 301 horsepower. A 1983 Jeep Grand Cherokee had 180-220 horsepower; the 2019 model had
The Highway Loss Data Institute projects hybrid, electric and turbo- or super-charged vehicles will continue to grow in relation to vehicles powered by conventional gasoline engines
ed by a steady growth in vehicle horsepower over the past four decades, and increases in speed limits over the past 20 years. “In 1981, most vehicles had less than 100 horsepower,” Moore said. “These days you can’t buy a vehicle
285-360 horsepower. The 1981 Ford F-150 had 115-165 horsepower; the 2019 model has 250-370. “More horsepower at any age nets you higher insurance losses,” Moore said. “The faster a vehicle is, the faster people are going to drive it.”
Lordstown Motors Explains It Has a Lot of Real Orders Too by Mark Kane, Inside EVs
After a small earthquake at Lordstown Motors on June 14, when the CEO and CFO “resigned,” the company’s President Rich Schmidt said a little bit more about the demand for the Lordstown Endurance pickup. He said at an Automotive Press Association event in Detroit there is a lot of “basically binding” orders, enough for production for 2021 and 2022. “Currently, we have enough orders for production for ‘21 and ‘22. Those are firm orders we have for those two years,” Schmidt said. “I don’t know the exact facts of the legal aspect of that, but they are basically binding orders that are committed here in the last two weeks, reconfirmed orders,” he added, according to Automotive News, when asked if they were binding orders. “They’re pretty solid, and I think that’s on the light side or conservative side.” That throws new light on the situation with a high number of pre-orders that were considered doubtful. The production is expected to start in September; the expect-
ed volume in 2021 is probably not too high. We guess it’s maybe up to 1,000. However, judging from the initial manufacturing capacity of up to 15,000 to 20,000 units a year, we can guess there must be at least 15,000 of those “firm orders.” It would be very positive news for Lordstown Motors if there really is 15,000 solid orders for the Endurance. Schmidt said also the company has more than $400 million. According to Bloomberg’s article, it would be enough to build 15,000 trucks.To continue, the company would need to raise additional capital, which is one of its main tasks. The price of the pickup will start at around $55,000, according to the most recent news, $2,500 more than the $52,500 stated initially. The increase is related to “supply chain pressures.” After deducting the federal tax credit of $7,500, it would be $47,500. Increasing the price is a challenging thing as customers can choose to go with the Ford F-150 Lightning, starting at $39,974, or the Tesla Cybertruck, starting at $39,900.
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