Surprise: Faraday Future Still Exists and Just Delivered Its First Vehicle
Here’s something likely very few people had on their 2023 Bingo cards: Faraday Future has delivered a vehicle. To a customer. Who paid money. The first FF91 EV delivery took place over the weekend, finally putting an end to the will they, won’t they conversation surrounding the brand.
To be clear, we’re talking about one (1) vehicle, but it’s one more than many expected. Faraday delivered the vehicle to a buyer in California on August 12 and said it plans to deliver others in the near future. The 2.0 Futurist Alliance launch model carries a price tag of $309,000 and an EPA-estimated range of 381 miles. With 1,050 horsepower on tap, the vehicle touts a 2.2-second 0-60 mph time and a 155-mph top speed.
The FF91’s price puts it in rarified air among EVs. Lucid’s Air sedan sports a six-figure price tag, but it’s roughly half the outlay for an FF91. The automaker claimed over 60,000 reservations when it announced the SUV, but it’s unclear how many of those have stuck around over the last six years while the company got its act together. Faraday has other models planned, including a $249,000 Alliance model and a lower-cost variant down the road. The company has struggled with financial issues for years and built its first prototype years ago, so it’s been a long road to reach its first delivery.
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Chris grew up in, under, and around cars, but took the long way around to becoming an automotive writer. After a career in technology consulting and a trip through business school, Chris began writing about the automotive industry as a way to reconnect with his passion and get behind the wheel of a new car every week. He focuses on taking complex industry stories and making them digestible by any reader. Just don’t expect him to stay away from high-mileage Porsches.
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Ever heard of "Dead Cat Bounce"?
Fools are those who cannot afford Faraday Future. Those who can they are 0.1%ers.
Woke up thinking about this today: You might be looking at the only EV that was ever sold anywhere where the sale wasn't motivated by the tax credit. 😉
There's a 24-minute video of the delivery, but I don't see that blonde chick anywhere in it (she's seen standing off to the side in a wallpaper on the site). I haven't listened to the audio yet (I might brave it tonight, after a drink), but just swiping through and reading the captions on the video, the amount of voluminous BS spouted by the FF guys should set off alarm bells at the SEC.
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There's a sucker born every minute.