I met a guy who worked at Lordstown, about 40 or so years ago and I seem to remember Lordstown (GM) has a history of employee purchase to keep jobs.
I vaguely remember Lordstown was (at the time) into electric harnesses.
This is a memory many years old so I could be 100% MISTAKEN.
The electric harnesses were “Packard Electric” owned by GM then under Delphi brand. Lordstown has ALWAYS had union “issues.”
Something ironic, Lordstown was the ONLY plant that produced the Chevy Cruze. Quietly, GM started moving production to Mexico. THEN to spit in the eyes of the union, Mecican produced Cruzes could be found on a car dealer’s lot very close to the Lordstown plant. The Union didn’t see this coming until it was too late. I remember taking a plant tour not long after it first opened. They made the Vega back then. Damn, I’m getting old!!
Lordstown was a mammoth GM plant which produced cars. Lordstown Motors took over the plant which GM had idled due to the fact that they only produced crap which nobody wanted to buy.