Faraday Future
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Just weeks out from the debut of its first model at the 2017 Consumer Electronics Show, electric car startup Faraday Future has released a video that shows the car taking on the Bentley Bentayga, Ferrari [NYSE:RACE] 488 GTB and Tesla [NSDQ:TSLA] Model X P100D in a series of drag races. FF is holding back on how quick its car actually is but the video reveals that the car, a minivan-like model similar in size to the Model X, accelerates quicker than all of the rival models mentioned. The Model X P100D is the quickest of the rivals, requiring just 2.9 seconds to reach 60 mph, so we can assume...
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Faraday Future electric car teased ahead of 2017 CES debutFaraday Future has given us our best look yet at its first production model, an electric car confirmed for a debut at the 2017 Consumer Electronics Show. The car looks to feature a hatch-like design with a form factor similar to the Toyota Prius. It will ride on the now standard...
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Faraday Future electric car likely delayed
There are serious doubts concerning Faraday Future’s plan to bring a volume electric car to production in the coming years after the company’s Chinese backer LeEco in November admitted to a cash crunch and work on its plant in Nevada in October came to a stop allegedly for unpaid bills...
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Faraday Future’s Chinese backer admits to cash crunch
Chinese tech giant LeEco, the backer of American electric car startup Faraday Future, is running low on cash, its CEO and founder Jia Yueting has revealed. In a letter to employees, obtained by Bloomberg, Yueting said the company’s recent expansion, in particular into auto manufacturing, has...
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Faraday Future to unveil production model at 2017 CES
Chinese tech giant LeEco on Wednesday organized its first major press conference in the United States, mainly to talk about new smartphone and television products. The event took place in San Francisco and was hosted by LeEco CEO, Chairman and founder Jia Yueting. LeEco made its name in online...
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Faraday Future and LG claim world’s highest energy density automotive batteries
California-based, Chinese-backed electric car startup Faraday Future has formed a partnership with LG Chem for the supply of lithium-ion batteries to power its cars. LG Chem has already forged ties with 20 automakers including Audi and General Motors Company [NYSE:GM]. But Faraday’s...
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After wowing audiences in April with the unveiling of its LeSee concept car at the 2016 Beijing auto show, Chinese tech giant LeEco appears to be moving ahead with plans to start car production. The company, famous for its smartphones and online streaming services, announced on Wednesday that it would spend 12 billion yuan (approximately $1.8 billion) in establishing an electric car plant in Hangzhou, in China’s Zhejiang province. LeEco said the plant would have an annual capacity of 400,000 cars but didn’t mention when it would be online. ALSO SEE: Report: Mercedes preps EQ...
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Faraday Future partners with Dragon Racing for Formula E team
Secretive California-based, Chinese-backed automaker Faraday Future has announced that it is partnering with Dragon Racing for what it calls a "long term alliance" in Formula E electric car racing. Dragon Racing will become Faraday's chief technical partner and will be the team's title sponsor...
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Faraday Future hires ex-Ferrari exec, plans to test cars in Michigan
Mysterious Chinese-backed electric car startup Faraday Future has hired an experienced executive away from Ferrari [NYSE:RACE], one of the best signs yet the company is serious about entering the auto industry. The company has brought onboard Marco Mattiacci, reports Business Insider. Mattiacci is...
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LeSee concept heralds new electric car from China's LeEco
While the world debates whether American tech giants Apple and Alphabet (Google’s parent company) are actually developing cars, Chinese rivals have been upfront with their intentions and have already started parading concepts previewing their future plans. One of these is LeEco (formerly...
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Faraday Future’s Chinese backer unveils Tesla Model S-rivaling electric sedan concept
Chinese tech giant LeEco has unveiled a striking concept previewing a new electric car that could potentially rival the Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA] Model S or its successor. The concept is called the LeSee, short for Le Super Electric Ecosystem, and it was unveiled this week during a press conference...
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Electric Aston Martin Rapide Edges Closer To Production With Signing Of MoU
Aston Martin took a major step today towards realizing production of its first electric car. The British automaker signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) towards the creation of a partnership that will develop an electric Rapide based on the RapidE concept car unveiled last year. The...
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Faraday Future—the Southern California electric automaker that's backed by billions of dollars of Chinese money and has been working in stealth mode for the past 18 months—has just unveiled the FFZERO1 Concept at the 2016 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Yes, the earlier leak was correct. It is indeed an electric race car with over 1,000 (theoretical) horsepower, a top speed of (theoretically) over 200 mph, and a zero to 60 mph time of under three seconds. Of course, this is all conjecture since this concept car doesn't move and those numbers represent what a car like this...
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1,000-Horsepower Self-Driving Electric Faraday Future Concept Leaked?
Here's what we know: In just about 12 hours a mysterious automotive startup out of Silicon Valley is going to unveil the future of transportation at the 2016 Consumer Electronics show. Technically, the company is unveiling a concept car, but frankly there's so much mystery surrounding Faraday...
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Faraday Future Electric Car Concept Coming To 2016 CES
A Chinese-backed electric car startup by the name of Faraday Future will make its first public showing at the 2016 Consumer Electronics Show next January. The company, which operates from a facility located to the south of Los Angeles, will roll out a concept car said to be inspired by its...
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Chinese-Backed Electric Car Startup Faraday Future Plans $1 Billion U.S. Plant
In August, we first learned of the plans of Chinese billionaire Jia Yueting for a new electric car company rivaling Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA]. It turns out Yueting’s electric car startup is the same Faraday Future that we reported on one month prior. Faraday Future is a company based in...
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Chinese Firm With Links To Lotus, Aston Martin Plans Electric Supercar
Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA] has confirmed plans to launch a new Roadster in 2019, and one of the car’s potential rivals may be from a new electric car company being put together in China. This new company is no fly-by-night startup, though. It’s the brainchild of Chinese billionaire Jia...
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California's Faraday Future Promises New Electric Car By 2017
Calling new Californian electric car company Faraday Future's plans ambitious might be a bit of an understatement. Details come from Motor Trend, though at this point, we have more questions than answers about the freestanding automotive skunkworks. Currently, there's no prototype and no factory...
John Coyle
