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  • This is Faraday Future’s ridiculous 1,000-horsepower electric concept car

    01/05/2016 6:58:21 AM PST · by ctdonath2 · 51 replies
    The Verge ^ | January 4, 2016 11:30 pm | Tamara Warren
    Faraday Future - the California-based electric car company that's been operating in stealth mode for the past year and a half - made its first big splash on the eve of CES this week with the unveiling of the FFZERO1, a high-performance concept car. The sinewy machine looks more appropriate for a race track than a city street thanks to a claimed 1,000 horsepower, a 0-60 time under three seconds, and a top speed over 200 miles per hour. Of course, those are all purely theoretical numbers since this is just a concept, though the company teases that it could...
  • Nevada governor signs $335M deal to lure electric carmaker (Faraday Future; backed by Red China)

    12/20/2015 5:37:16 PM PST · by Olog-hai · 10 replies
    Associated Press ^ | Dec 19, 2015 9:15 PM EST | Michelle Rindels
    Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval approved a $335 million incentive package to attract upstart electric carmaker Faraday Future's billion-dollar factory to a hard-hit Las Vegas suburb, even though the company has yet to unveil a concept car or bring a product to market. The move came shortly after the Legislature voted overwhelmingly to support the deal Saturday, after a four-day special session in Carson City. Lawmakers learned last week that Chinese billionaire Jia Yueting was backing the secretive California-based company, which employs some former Tesla Motors executives, and that Faraday plans to bring 4,500 direct jobs to Nevada. ...