Could regulators have stopped the electric car start-up’s implosion? : By Andrew Ross Sorkin, Jason Karaian, Sarah Kessler, Michael J. de la Merced, Lauren Hirsch and Ephrat Livni Lordstown Motors’ founder and C.E.O., Steve Burns, as well its C.F.O., Julio Rodriguez, abruptly resigned yesterday. The departures came as the electric vehicle manufacturer, which went public via a SPAC last year, said a board investigation had found “issues with the accuracy” of claims about orders for its yet-to-be-released electric truck. Shares of Lordstown fell sharply.