Faraday Future

[pgiralt]

Wow - that was so disappointing. With all the lead up to redefining mobility, I thought they would actually introduce something innovative. Instead they gave us... a Model S platform? Yawn. Big Yawn.

 

[green1]

All that given, they may still have a good team and a good product.

Well, if they have any product at all (good or bad) they sure haven't been willing to show it to anyone... because I can't even be generous enough to call what they showed today a product.

 

[TexasEV]

Well, it started on time, but went downhill from there. I'll take one of Elon's late starting presentations (and cars) any day.

 

[msnow]

It's a "concept car" period.

 

[dsm363]

Faraday Future - Tesla Competitive Thoughts?

Very slick presentation with lighting and graphics but not much more. Will see what they deliver. Disappointed they didn't talk more about what they actually planned to produce. Not show a slick concept car. That's very much what traditional car companies do. And how quick and fast is the concept? And the range? And the charging network?

 

[anticitizen13.7]

Bummer. Let's hope that whatever Atieva reveals is better. Seriously, the Chevy Bolt concept was much much better than this, at least where it comes to advancing EVs as transportation for everyday use.

 

[Super_Popular]

I miss Elon already.

 

[green1]

They may have finally made a Roadster competitor, but they didn't show it tonight.

yeah, note the timestamp on my post, up until they pulled the sheet off there was still some hope, the instant that sheet came off the car it was plenty obvious they had nothing at all.

 

[Cosmacelf]

Unfortunately, bozos like Faraday Future will rub off negatively on Tesla. It's what happened with Fiskar. "Oh yeah, Tesla, isn't that the company that had solar panels on the roof and went bankrupt?"

 

[Canuck]

Actually, it's really sad. I really hoped that we'd actually see another company serious about producing a real EV without having to wait for the big auto manufacturers which are continuing to disappoint.

My thoughts exactly. What a let down. It would be funny if it wasn't so sad.

 

[ecarfan]

That was painful to experience. What a bunch of pathetic ********.
Very disappointing.

 

[Stretch2727]

Tesla had the advantage of relatively scarce resources (for automotive) so they need to focus on the important stuff and strategy to grow step wise.

This company has too much $$ and will blow it all very quickly.

Would you rather invest in the rich kid that was given everything or someone that learned step by step how to be successful.

 

[JQ11]

Here's a pure concept car - we'll produce cars with different sized batteries and drive trains (sounds familiar) in a few years - anything else I missed?

 

[Quietninja22]

Faraday's Car

Hope my picture works... Anyway, I know they want the model 3 to be aerodynamic, but if it looks anything like this, I am out.

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[ecarfan]

It's a "concept car" period.

Oh no, it's far more than that, it's a "car of concepts".
It's a bunch of meaningless noise. What a waste of time watching that stream of nonsense.

 

[AudubonB]

Sadness all around in this household - and I'm sorry to bring this thread up and see that almost every single one of you feel the same way. I liked....something...of their battery strings - unfortunately, you can't throw onto the road the dead weight of the unneeded ones. The through-vehicle airflow? Perhaps some good material to work with there - certainly computer tech nowadays can show that working well. But none of that translates into a car that can make it past concept stage.
Audience, too, seemed really, really lackluster in their enthusiasm.

 

[Trev Page]

That was horrible. Why show a concept when you have the world's attention and can show a real product to get people excited? Talk about a disappointing coming out party. For all the Apple talk they sure don't have a clue how to do presentations.
Guess what, now we get to see a crappy GM presentation for the Bolt. Man, I can't wait until March so see Elon again and see what they're going to drop onto this planet for Model 3

 

[mklcolvin]

Wow, that's bad. Whelp, I can't get back those minutes wasted watching the FF reveal - my bad... That was one of the worst reveals I've ever seen.

 

[green1]

Don't worry, even Faraday Future won't try to actually produce that. They don't have a single working prototype (otherwise why the CG for the driving video) there's not a single bit of it that would meet FMVSS, CMVSS, ECE, or any other standard.

 

[msnow]

In between the lines I heard a couple of "knocks" on Tesla's quality, anyone else hear that? Also, what did that former Jag, Lotus, Tesla guy do at Tesla?