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☆ MLB roundup: Marlins rally to beat Josh Hader, Padres
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-01 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +10 min

With the Marlins trailing 1-0 entering the ninth, Yuli Gurriel worked a walk against Hader (0-1), who has 13 saves this season. Starter Dane Dunning (4-1) gave up three runs and seven hits in five-plus innings with six strikeouts and one walk. Dodgers right-hander Noah Syndergaard gave up five runs on seven hits in five innings, including three home runs. Diamondbacks 6, Rockies 0Tommy Henry tossed seven innings of two-hit ball, Christian Walker homered and Arizona beat Colorado in Phoenix. Atlanta had seven hits in the series finale, with Orlando Arcia getting three and scoring twice.

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☆ Kia, Hyundai Thefts Continue Three Months After Carmakers Deployed Fix
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-30 | by ( Sean Mclain | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ MLB roundup: Rays win shootout, take series from Dodgers
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-29 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +12 min

Rays starter Josh Fleming allowed 10 runs (eight earned) on 12 hits, including five home runs, in six innings. Dylan Covey (0-1) retired only two batters in his first start since 2019 and was tagged for seven runs (five earned) on six hits. Darvish (3-4) allowed a season-high seven runs and seven hits in 2 2/3 innings. Gerrit Cole (6-0) allowed a homer to Jake Cronenworth two batters into the game and a two-run homer to Rougned Odor in the seventh. Alex Cobb (4-2) gave up a season-high seven runs on seven hits in four innings.

☆ MLB roundup: Overturned DP helps Marlins beat Angels
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-28 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +11 min

Phillies 2, Braves 1Right-hander Zack Wheeler continued his dominance over Atlanta, throwing eight scoreless innings to lead visiting Philadelphia to a win. Four Atlanta relievers combined for four scoreless innings, allowing two hits and fanning six. Mariners 5, Pirates 0Luis Castillo allowed one hit over six scoreless innings as Seattle defeated visiting Pittsburgh. Mason Thompson (3-2), the first of four Nationals relievers, earned the win with two scoreless innings. Ryan Helsley (3-3) was credited with the victory after pitching 1 1/3 scoreless innings, while Sandlin (2-2) took the loss.

☆ MLB roundup: Brewers endure blowout loss, scary injury
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-27 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +10 min

Brewers starter Freddy Peralta (5-4) gave up 10 runs (five earned) on eight hits in 2 1/3 innings. Mets 5, Rockies 2Francisco Lindor homered and drove in four runs, Max Scherzer tossed a season-best seven innings and New York beat Colorado in Denver. The Cardinals' Matthew Liberatore (1-1) allowed four runs on five hits in five innings with two walks and two strikeouts. Joe Musgrove (2-2) allowed one run on six hits in 6 1/3 innings and avoided a third straight loss. Twins starter Louie Varland (2-1) gave up three runs and seven hits in six innings.

☆ MLB roundup: Jorge Soler's walk-off HR pushes Marlins past Nats
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-17 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +12 min

Washington's Josiah Gray threw 104 pitches in seven innings, allowing two runs (one earned) and striking out five. Miami's Jesus Luzardo, who threw 93 pitches in six innings, allowed one run and struck out seven. Blue Jays right-hander Kevin Gausman allowed three runs (two earned), five hits and two walks while striking out 10 in seven innings. Pirates starter Luis Ortiz (0-2) allowed four runs (three earned) and seven hits in three-plus innings. White Sox right-hander Lance Lynn (2-5) allowed three runs (one earned) and seven hits in seven-plus innings.

☆ Growing Pains Intensify for EV Startups Lucid and Fisker
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-09 | by ( Sean Mclain | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Rivian is under pressure to prove it can build its electric trucks at scale without having ramped up production before, as competition heats up from legacy automakers. WSJ toured Rivian’s and Ford’s EV factories to see how they are pushing to meet demand. Illustration: Adam FalkElectric-vehicle startups Lucid and Fisker are confronting dwindling cash piles as the two companies strain to get more vehicles into the hands of customers, first-quarter results show. Lucid, Fisker and electric-truck maker Rivian were among a host of EV startups to go public over the last two years, as investors placed bets on finding the next Tesla . Now, their share prices continue to get hammered as cash reserves dwindle and larger legacy automakers join the EV race.

☆ Rivian’s Quarterly Loss Narrows as EV Startups Face Cash Crunch
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-09 | by ( Sean Mclain | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Rivian is under pressure to prove it can build its electric trucks at scale without having ramped up production before, as competition heats up from legacy automakers. WSJ toured Rivian’s and Ford’s EV factories to see how they are pushing to meet demand. Illustration: Adam FalkElectric-vehicle startup Rivian reported narrower losses in the first quarter as it slashed spending to conserve cash and stood by its vehicle production target for the year. At the same time, its cash burn accelerated, underlining a key challenge facing young auto companies like Rivian. Absent new funding, they face a limited timeline in which to turn a profit before running out of money.

☆ Opinion | How Should We Teach Kids to Read?
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-30 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Those letter patterns were words I already knew but had never read. From that day to this I read everything, from the label on the back of a ketchup bottle to Seamus Heaney’s poetry. Patricia McLainOlympia, Wash.To the Editor:Understanding the history of the English language is essential to understanding how to teach reading. We, the teachers, must recognize the history of our spelling system in order to teach reading. There is no one way to teach an American child that “seen” and “scene” are pronounced the same, but “seen” and “been” are not.

☆ Want a Tax Break on an EV? You’ll Have to Buy an American Brand.
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-17 | by ( Sean Mclain | Andrew Duehren | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Nearly all of General Motors’ new electric vehicle models are eligible for the full $7,500 tax credit. Car buyers looking to get a tax break on a new electric vehicle will now confront an even narrower set of options and have to buy from an American brand. The U.S. Treasury Department released its latest list Monday, detailing which plug-in models qualify for a federal tax credit that has been popular with consumers under new and much stricter requirements adopted by the Inflation Reduction Act.

☆ To Get the EV Tax Credit, You Will Now Have to Buy an American Brand
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-17 | by ( Sean Mclain | Andrew Duehren | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ EV Startup Lucid Cuts 18% of Workforce, Including Some Executives
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-28 | by ( Sean Mclain | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Startup Lucid sells luxury electric sedans priced at $87,000 and above. Lucid Group Inc. plans to lay off approximately 1,300 employees, or 18% of its workforce, as the electric-vehicle startup looks to cut operating expenses and preserve cash ahead of releasing a second model next year. The California-based company, which sells luxury electric sedans priced at $87,000 and above, expects to complete the head-count reductions by the end of the second quarter.

☆ EV Startup Lucid Slashes 18% of Its Workforce
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-28 | by ( Sean Mclain | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Electric-vehicle startup Lucid sells luxury electric sedans priced at $87,000 and above. Lucid Group Inc. plans to lay off approximately 1,300 employees, or 18% of its workforce, as the electric-vehicle startup looks to cut operating expenses and preserve cash ahead of releasing a second model next year. The California-based company, which sells luxury electric sedans priced at $87,000 and above, expects to complete the head count reductions by the end of the second quarter.

☆ Rivian Moves More Engineers Near Illinois EV Factory to Speed Up Output
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-24 | by ( Sean Mclain | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Electric-vehicle maker Rivian Automotive Inc. is relocating parts of its manufacturing engineering team to its Illinois factory as part of a reorganization aimed at speeding up production, according to a person familiar with the plan. The reorganization is expected to be announced soon and will result in a significant portion of the engineering team that works on manufacturing-related tasks being asked to relocate from around the country to central Illinois or the company’s headquarters in Irvine, Calif., the person said.

The Amazon electric delivery van is one of the three vehicles Rivian builds at its Normal, Ill., factory. Amazon .com Inc. and Rivian Automotive Inc. are in talks to scrap the exclusivity part of their electric-van deal, allowing the auto maker to sell to others, after the technology giant’s order for 2023, according to people familiar with the matter. Under terms of a 2019 agreement, Rivian is required to sell all of the vans it makes to Amazon. In recent months, Amazon notified Rivian that it wanted to buy about 10,000 vans this year, which was at the low end of a range it previously provided the auto maker, the people said.

☆ EV Startups Brace for Another Tough Year as Cash Dwindles
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-06 | by ( Sean Mclain | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

For many of the electric-vehicle startups, last year was rife with supply-chain constraints and manufacturing troubles that hindered their efforts to get off to a fast start. Now, young companies such as Rivian Automotive Inc. and Lucid Group Inc. are facing a more pressing challenge this year: They need to right their factory operations before running through their cash reserves.

☆ Rivian Issues Another Recall for Electric Trucks, SUVs
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-28 | by ( Sean Mclain | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Rivian said it aimed to produce 50,000 vehicles this year as it works to deliver vehicles to tens of thousands of waiting customers. Electric-vehicle maker Rivian Automotive Inc. said Tuesday it was recalling 12,716 vehicles to fix a faulty sensor in the front passenger seat, as production challenges continue to weigh on the young company. The recall covers nearly 89% of the vehicles it produced through September, after which it fixed the problem on subsequently built sport-utility vehicles and trucks.

☆ Cactus League roundup: Seth Lugo leads Padres to win
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Lugo hasn't started a major league game in the regular season since 2020 and has just 38 career starts. Trent Grisham went 2-for-3 and Aaron Brooks got the win for the Padres, as they held the White Sox to four hits. Athletics 12, Diamondbacks 7Kevin Smith went 2-for-3 with three RBIs and Jace Peterson drove in two as host Oakland beat Arizona in Mesa. McLain went 2-for-2. Brewers 7, Dodgers 4Garrett Mitchell hit two home runs and had four RBIs to lead host Milwaukee past Los Angeles in Phoenix.

☆ EV Startup Lucid Offers $7,500 Credit on Some Air Sedans
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-09 | by ( Sean Mclain | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Luxury electric-vehicle maker Lucid Group is offering a $7,500 purchase credit on certain configurations of its Air sedan, the latest car manufacturer to slash the cost of buying a battery-powered vehicle. The promotion applies to select versions of its Air Touring and Air Grand Touring sedans, both of which have a starting price tag of over $100,000. Customers have to purchase the vehicle by the end of March and take delivery by the end of April to take advantage of the discount.

☆ Dealers and Buyers Are Both Worried Cars Are Too Expensive
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-04 | by ( Sean Mclain | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

A sharp rise in new-car prices since the pandemic has left many buyers fretting about vehicle affordability. Now, some dealers are fretting along with them. Some dealers say that elevated prices and a lack of affordable models already were keeping some prospective buyers away. Now, higher interest rates and falling used-car prices are making it even more difficult for customers to make the math work on a monthly payment.

☆ Rivian’s Chief Lobbyist Is Leaving the EV Startup
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-23 | by ( Sean Mclain | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Rivian Automotive Inc.’s chief lobbyist, Jim Chen, is departing the company, the latest high-level exit as the electric-vehicle startup works to scale up operations. Mr. Chen, a former Tesla Inc. executive who joined Rivian in 2018, spearheaded the company’s state-by-state fight to allow direct-to-consumer sales, a core business strategy for EV-only makers such as Rivian and Tesla that don’t use traditional dealerships to sell cars. He is expected to leave Rivian at the end of February, the company said.

☆ EV Startup Lucid Beats Production Target, Struggles to Deliver Cars
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-12 | by ( Sean Mclain | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Luxury electric-vehicle maker Lucid Group Inc. said it surpassed its production target for 2022, but only got about 60% of them into the hands of buyers as the company had logistics issues. Lucid last year produced 7,180 of its Air sedans at its factory in Casa Grande, Ariz., and delivered 4,369 of them to customers. The company had said it aimed to produce 6,000 to 7,000 vehicles in 2022. The EV startup had originally planned to produce double that amount but slashed its outlook in February after running into supply-chain and production issues.

☆ Several Top Rivian Executives Depart the Electric-Vehicle Startup
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-10 | by ( Sean Mclain | Nora Eckert | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Several top executives at Rivian Automotive Inc., including the vice president overseeing body engineering and its head of supply chain, have departed the electric-vehicle maker in recent months. The exits, confirmed by a Rivian spokeswoman, are the latest in what has been a challenging period for Rivian, which has been rolling out its first all-electric models but last year missed a critical production target of completing 25,000 vehicles. The company said it fell short of the goal by about 700 vehicles in part because of troubles getting parts.

☆ U.S. Auto Sales in 2022 Worst in Over a Decade
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-05 | by ( Sean Mclain | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The U.S. auto industry posted its worst sales year in more than a decade in 2022 as supply-chain snarls and poorly stocked dealerships dented results for many car companies. With few exceptions, auto makers on Wednesday reported sales declines for the year. General Motors Co. was one of the few to report an increase, after recovering from factory shutdowns that were caused by parts shortages.

☆ U.S. Auto Sales Stumble Toward Worst Annual Results in Over a Decade
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-05 | by ( Sean Mclain | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The U.S. auto industry is poised to post its worst annual sales in more than a decade, as supply-chain snarls and poorly stocked dealerships dented sales for many car companies in 2022. With few exceptions, auto makers on Wednesday reported sales declines for the year. General Motors Co. was one of the few to report an increase, after recovering from factory shutdowns that were caused by parts shortages earlier in the year.

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