Faraday Future

UPDATE, 4 November 2018: In an email to CarAdvice, Jacob Brown, Faraday Future's manager for product and lifestyle communications, said the company is not shutting down operations and has "hired a new financial advisor team team this week to assist as we move forward in seeking funding". We will continue to report on Faraday Future's path forward as news come to hand.

Electric vehicle startup Faraday Future has shared an insight into the development of the FF91, its upcoming competitor to the Tesla Model S and Lucid Air. The video is designed to highlight the collaboration between Faraday Future's design and aerodynamics teams, as they work to keep the coefficient of drag below 0.26. According to the teaser, the roof spoiler on the FF91 has been guided by the need to maximise interior space, as an example of form following function.

The head of BMW's 'i' electric vehicle (EV) team has joined start-up company Faraday Future this week, according to industry journal Automotive News Europe. Ulrich Kranz, now the chief technology officer at Faraday Future, was with the Bavarian luxury marque for over 30 years. At Faraday Future, he will be tasked with turning the start-up's FF 91 concept into a production car.

A heavily-disguised prototype believed to be one of the new models from electric startup company Faraday Future has been spied in sunny Los Angeles this week. It appears the prototype in the photo is the same vehicle that was teased by Faraday Future earlier this year, believed to be an all-electric large SUV to take on the Tesla Model X.

An iTunes App Store screw up has given the world an early look at mysterious Faraday Future’s first concept, due to be unveiled at this week’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. News of Faraday Future’s coming was made official in 2015, but the startup has gone to great lengths to maintain secrecy over its management structure, finances and product plans.