Faraday Future is a US-based, Chinese-backed[2] global company focused on the development

of intelligent electric vehicles and mobility solutions. Faraday Future was established in 2014 and
is currently based in Gardena, California. Since its inception in 2014, the company has grown to
750 employees globally.[1] Their financial partners are LeEco, a Chinese tech giant, led by Jia
Yueting.
Faraday Future is named for one of the founding principles of electric motor technology known
as Faraday's Law.[3] Faraday's Law is in turn named after English scientist Michael Faraday who
discovered electromagnetic induction.
The company debuted its first concept vehicle, the single-seat FFZERO1, at the January 2016
Consumer Electronics Show and plans to manufacture other vehicle designs in the near future,
although representatives from the company are unable to confirm a timeline.[4]
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1Planned location
2Planned products
3Commercial and marketing plans
4Motorsport
5Leadership and staff
6References
7External links

Planned location[edit]
Faraday Future announced in November 2015 that it would invest up to $1 billion into its first
manufacturing facility. The states of California, Georgia, Louisiana, and Nevada were all being
considered as locations for the facility.[5]
In December 2015, Faraday Future has settled on a location in North Las Vegas for a $1 billion
investment in a new manufacturing site.[6] Construction began in April 2016 but needed
infrastructure which Nevada has agreed to build remains unbuilt pending a showing that Faraday
Future is able to raise enough money to finance its project.[7]
On May 24, 2016, The City of Vallejo, California announced there will be a May 31, 2016 Special
City Council vote on an exclusive negotiating agreement. This represents the first formal step to
bringing Faraday Future to Mare Island. The project would be the first new automobile
manufacturing facility to be built from the ground up in California in decades. It would bring
hundreds of millions of dollars in new investment to the local economy.[8] On May 31, 2016, the
City Council unanimously agreed on entering the 6-month agreement.[9][10]

Planned products[edit]
Faraday Future expects to launch its first fully electric vehicle in 2017, with the possibility of
producing a larger range of vehicles over time.[11][12] The company has implied plans to explore

other aspects of the automotive and technology industries, such as experiential ownership and
usage models, in-vehicle content, and autonomous driving.[13][14][15]
In July 2015, Motor Trend ran an article that provided a few specifications for Faraday Futures
proposed electric vehicle: it will have 15 percent higher specific energy than aTesla Model S, it
utilizes a multi cell solution where both individual cells and groups of cells can be replaced, and it
will have a modular design for improved mass-production methods.[16]
At the November 2015 LA Auto Show, Head of Design Richard Kim discussed his interest in
creating a vehicle that featured internet access, in-car entertainment, aromatherapy technology,
and ergonomic interior design.[17]
On January 4, 2016 at the US Consumer Electronics Show, they revealed their 1,000 hp
(750 kW), 200 mph (320 km/h), single seat race-car concept.[18] It has a style similar to the
1960s Batmobile. They showed a video demonstrating how their basic design would allow for
many body styles and battery configurations. No specific details were given for these potential
car designs other than the race-car concept. Following the reveal, their social media pages were
hit with mostly negative comments. Many stated that they were expecting details on an
affordable production car that would compete with the Tesla Model 3 or Nissan Leaf. They
expressed disappointment that the only design shown was of a high end concept race-car that
would never actually be produced, instead of a production car for the everyday driver.
Faraday Future plans to begin testing self-driving vehicles on California roads after winning
approval from California on June 17,