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Faraday Future Unveils Super Fast Electric Car (bbc.com)
Start-up Faraday Future has unveiled a self-driving electric car that it says can accelerate from zero to 60mph (97km/h) in 2.39 seconds. Faraday says the FF91 accelerates faster than Tesla's Model S or any other electric car in production. From a report on BBC: It was shown off at the CES tech show in Las Vegas. But Faraday Future has faced financial difficulties and one analyst said it had to challenge "scepticism" following last year's CES presentation. The FF91 was introduced via a live demo, in which it drove itself around a car park and backed into an empty space. Pre-recorded footage also showed the car accelerating from standstill to 60mph in 2.39 seconds. Tesla's fastest model did it in 2.5 seconds on the same track. Late in the presentation, however, there was an awkward moment when Chinese billionaire Jia Yueting tried to demonstrate the car's self-parking function on stage in front of the audience. This time, the vehicle remained stationary.
The Tesla is actually in production.
highway speeds are what, between 90 and 120kph in most of the western world and every other speed limit is less than that. So assume you want passing speeds say, at most, 140kph, then who cares if the car can go "super fast".
These things accelerate faster than a 1960s race car like the Lola T70 and Porsches of the era. Do we need this?
Wake me up when they have a Super Cheap electric car.
I thought they manufactured just cages.
What is the Battery range?
I took a look at their web site, and man, does it feel like vapor-ware. All I wanted was information about the car, but 95% of the web site is on features of the seats, doors, and phone integration. Odd sales pitch for a car.
What little I could see about the car part of the car left me saying that it's a just like a Tesla. Except you can actually buy & drive a Tesla.
I predict a quick collapse of this company.
The acceleration numbers are spectacular but one cannot conclude at all this car is a sportscar. The first thing I'd want to know is, the batteries heat up under hard acceleration. Therefore the question is, can the car do hard acceleration repeatedly without overheating and cutting the power.
I found conflicting information on the webs about the Tesla in that respect but in any case it would be a valid question for this car as well.
"the FF91 accelerates faster than Tesla's Model S or any other electric car in production" Yeah vaporware can definitely do that.
I took a look at their web site, and man, does it feel like vapor-ware.
Yeah I've gotten the same vibe from the company from day one. It doesn't really strike me as a serious company. Seems more like an effort to get some money from investors on a product that will probably never come to market. Maybe I'm wrong but there is just something about the whole deal that seems a bit off from what I'd expect out of a serious company.
Tell me again how self driving cars are supposed to bring safety to the roads by not having a human driver AND capable of drag racing at the same time?
~ People that think they are better than anyone else for any reason are the cause of all the strife in the world.
Faraday Future unveils super-fast business model that accelerates from $10 Billion to bankruptcy in 2.39 months!
0-60MPH performance means nothing to anyone else other than EV vendors caught up in this dick-measuring race.
0-60MPH performance means nothing to anyone else other than EV vendors caught up in this dick-measuring race.
How many fucking times must this be said, as if the primary metric (battery range) consumers magically don't give a shit about anymore?
Don't worry though. This dick-measuring race will end once we have a 1-second 0-60MPH EV underneath some humans foot who sneezes at a stoplight, accidentally hitting the LUDICRIOUS-SPEED-GO pedal, killing half a dozen people in a crosswalk in the blink of an eye.
Don't even know who to blame for this dick-measuring either, since more vendors are wanting to play this dangerous (and pointless) game.
Batteries are a significant cost for electric cars. I know where someone can get millions of cheap batteries, Samsung branded.
Faraway Future unveils super fast electric car.
Summaries should have light-hearted and punny titles wherever possible.
While everyone wants a car that can accelerate quickly, there is little point in having one if it cannot compare in a test of endurance. A lot of work went into making the Tesla motor run without overheating or needing an active cooling system so that it could go the maximum distance possible on the least amount of energy. I had serious doubts that this can compare with the same metric but if it can, great!
Anons need not reply. Questions end with a question mark.
All cars don't run in drag races, you know...
They are trying to leverage the Tesla approach to building a company: build a high-priced performance sports car first (Roadster), and then really usable cars after that. It worked for Tesla. (so far, but it looks like it will get them to the Model 3).
I doubt it will work for FF.
It's not like it was 9 years ago. There are lots of production EVs on the road, and more coming out all the time. A new superfast non-production 0-60 car.... who cars?
Meanwhile, FF is missing payments to vendors. It looks doubtful they'll last long enough to get this past prototype.
A faster 0 - 60 time than Tesla? That doesn't mean much if the car only exists in videos or as a static display.
I live 10 mins from a Tesla dealer. There are 9 more within 1 hour's drive. Oh, and I live 25 mins from the Tesla factory. I see multiple Model S's every time I'm out and starting to see more Model X's, and on rare occasions even a Roadster. I'll likely see a Model 3 before I see a Faraday.
I hope Faraday succeeds, but the best specs for success are the number of cars, not the 0 - 60 time.
Mail vans, many delivery vans, most school buses stay parked in one location for a long time. Their routes and timing are mostly predictable. There was some company created by executives who are Tesla alumi. It was pitching the use of battery garbage trucks and delivery vans. Wonder what happened to them?
sed -e 's/Chuck Norris/Rajnikant/g' joke > fact
It's called a used Nissan Leaf. My children drive one to school every day. We have three other gasoline powered cars, so this is simply an economic decision. The car is saving us a bundle compared to the gas and operating costs of the others.
Don't believe me? Pull out a spreadsheet and gather your mechanic bills. Estimate your gas expenses or tally them up. What does it actually cost to drive a car? The IRS estimates $.54 per mile for 2017.
I think the reason for the acquisition is consumer finance.
The business model of companies like Solar City is making money off loans, with the hardware as the hook to get the loans. This will be important with the much more widely sold Telsa 3. Now, the model S is sold to very wealthy people who don't usually need financing or have significant credit risks. In the mass market, that won't be the case any more.
Having experience with loan acquisition and risk pricing is very important to business success or failure. SC presumably has experience in this.
For $100K, customers are going to want a car that's at least somewhat good looking. It may be fast, but it's hideously ugly. It looks like a 1980's Hot Wheels version of a futuristic car. And have station wagons ever made a comeback?
There's not a single angle that this looks good. It's the Pontiac Aztek of the 2010's, except the Aztek was actually produced.