Faraday Future

[woof]

Gotta love Chelsea's tweet:
chelsea sexton on Twitter: evchels
"The UFO line". Because EV drivers love having their cars reference alien vaporware. #FaradayFuture

 

[Kepmad]

Tuned in, even got my wife to watch, and like the first poster said very disappointed. No data.

 

[RichardL]

Weird!
Concept for a race car - yet the driver plugs his phone in first, I doubt that would work well at Le Mans
Very disappointed, would be an understatement

 

[tchaic]

WTF -Speechless. Amateur Hour.

 

[hockeythug]

I wonder if their pitch to the Nevada state house was equally as bad or if Nevada is just that desperate for jobs.

 

[tezzla]

Ok, I'm ready for the next Tesla killer! Bring'em on.

 

[green1]

This is what you get when you let engineers run loose without supervision. Or marketing is on LSD. :smile:

This isn't engineers, this is the vehicle designer, engineers push for something that can actually drive...

 

[green1]

I don't think they made a concept car. The made a concept car shell (an not a very good one), with nothing inside.

I doubt it's drivable, hence the GCI video of it driving, and no specs.

It's a single seater, with 1" ground clearance, no crumple zone in front, etc. It (and anything like it) will never see the light of day as a production car.

Bingo. FF are either hiding something brilliant very very well, or they have not a single thing to show yet. I'm betting on the later.

 

[drinkerofkoolaid]

Where is the proof of the subscription service features, autonomous driving features, or how safe the "platform" is? They may have well have told us their platform will EVENTUALLY make it possible for you to travel through time with the push of a button.

They didn't even show us how a person gets in or out of the "very early concept car" or demonstrate that the "revolutionary vehicle" actually works and is safe to drive. :wink:

 

[AudubonB]

Unidentifiable
Fishy
Object

 

[Super_Popular]

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.

Kinda of agree but why would they be breaking ground on a plant if they didn't have a working car?....seems odd.

 

[Zaxxon]

So disappointing.

 

[green1]

Kinda of agree but why would they be breaking ground on a plant if they didn't have a working car?....seems odd.

If they make the plant modular enough it doesn't matter much. Keep in mind that Tesla's plant was designed to build ICE cars ?minivans? and now makes both the S, and the X

Seems that FF does have one thing, and that's money. It's no long term substitute for a product they can sell, but it will sure keep them going for a while...

 

[Stretch2727]

I wonder if their pitch to the Nevada state house was equally as bad or if Nevada is just that desperate for jobs.

For the state it is really no/low risk. They give up some short term taxes along with some worker training for some potential long term taxes and jobs. The capital is still coming from the company.

Who would not agree to that?

 

[MITE46]

Wow that was disappointing...speechless.

 

[tezzla]

Wait, is today April 1st?

 

[SteveG3]

presentation disappointing, all style no substance, but I still have some optimism the company may have some substance. aside from Nissan, the backers of this company are more committed to EVs than any of the incumbent automakers. we can all look at what we watched here and say how silly their approach was, but... Elon now says it was a mistake not to do the Roadster from scratch instead of working with Lotus, and Tesla was searching for a working transmission while the clock was running on a long delayed launch of the Roadster (the first cars were actually delivered with a drivetrain that had to be replaced a few months later once they dropped their attempt at a two gear transmission). FF doesn't have a monopoly on some big wrong turns.

 

[tchaic]

I really think that was a joke. Just trying to understand for what purpose. It seemed like Atlas Shrugged.

 

[Super_Popular]

We will find out in 3 long years.

 

[eye.surgeon]

I wonder if their pitch to the Nevada state house was equally as bad or if Nevada is just that desperate for jobs.

a Tax credit means you pay less taxes on your income. If you have no income you have no tax credits. Pretty safe and smart bet on Nevada's part.