For those of you electric car enthusiasts, the name Faraday Future FF91 should be somewhat familiar. The company’s impressive electric car has seen tons of setbacks and challenges on its way to completion. Many people have even questioned whether we’d ever see the vehicle ship out to customers. Well, according to a Weibo post from the company, the car we’ve all been waiting may finally be here.
Faraday Future originally planned to launch its first fully electric vehicle in 2017, with the possibility of producing a larger range of vehicles over time. 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.
Unfortunately, the company has struggled immensely with staying afloat. In 2017 they lost a number of their key executives, including their former chief designer Richard Kim. Last year we heard that the company’s financial troubles were resolved thanks to an emergency relief from the Hong Kong International Arbitration Center against Evergrande.
Thankfully, things are finally stabilizing for the company. They recently received $600 million of investment from The9, a mobile gaming a company, and the FF91 is finally reaching it’s final stages of production. We look forward to seeing how all this turns out, as it’s been a pretty interesting saga for the startup. Until the Faraday Future FF91 launches however, stay tuned on Gizmochina for all your Chinese tech news.
