Faraday Future announced today that the mass production version of its first model, the FF 91, will be officially released on February 24, Beijing time.
"We are 7 days away from the unveiling of the first production version of the FF 91! This achievement marks production milestone #4 – mass-producing pre-production vehicles for final engineering validation and certification. Join the live stream on February 23, 2022 at 4:00 PM Pacific Time. ”
FF's official Weibo also announced the news at noon today, "The first quasi-production car of the Ultimate Technology Luxury FF 91 rolled off the production line for 7 days!" At 8:00 a.m. Beijing time on February 24, the whole video broadcast is waiting for you! ”
For the FF 91 car, in fact, many people are no longer unfamiliar. The FF flagship electric car debuted at CES 2017 and was originally expected to be released in 2021, but ultimately failed to achieve it.
Due to Jia Yueting's debt problem, FF's financing road is not smooth, and its fate is as ups and downs as Jia Yueting. Previously, Faraday Future officially said that since the FF car was listed on the NASDAQ in July last year, FF has completed three of the seven production and manufacturing milestones, including starting the infrastructure construction of the remaining production areas and obtaining the final production and use qualification of the factory, paving the way for the mass production of FF91 pre-production vehicles, especially the FF Hanford plant to obtain the final production and use qualification, which is an extremely important step in the FF91 production roadmap.
However, over the years, the relevant information of FF 91 has been revealed to the public.
Judging from the many pictures exposed by FF officially, the FF 91 is different from a car, nor is it like an SUV, and its shape is quite a bit of what Jia Yueting called "new species". The car is based on FF's self-developed variable electric drive chassis architecture (VPA), which was previously reported to be equipped with a 1050 hp electric motor, peak torque of 1800 Nm, with a 130 kWh battery pack, and a cruising range of 700 km under NEDC conditions.
However, after so many years, the global electric vehicle industry has advanced by leaps and bounds, technology and concepts have undergone great changes, and this car may have a lot of innovations, and the specific details can only wait until the official release day.
After the launch of this car, it is possible to be divided into two versions: FF 91 Futurist League Edition and FF 91 Futurist Edition.
In July last year, FF 91 has opened reservations, the reservation amount is 50,000 yuan, but also accepts non-paid bookings, the official said that it has received 14,000 orders, but only 300 of them have been paid.
Because of orders and other issues, FF has also been shorted by the US short-selling agency J Capital Research, saying that FF is unlikely to sell a car, and made a number of allegations in the short-selling report, and one of the more interesting points is that the FF91 order volume is fraudulent. The independent directors of FF Company formed a special committee to conduct relevant investigations and recently issued a conclusion: there are some imprecise places in the information released by the company's investors, and there are some weaknesses in corporate governance and standardization, but there is no evidence for other issues mentioned in the short report.
It is worth noting that the FF 91 production car off the production line only means that FF has completed the fourth production milestone - mass manufacturing of pre-production vehicles for final engineering verification and certification, which does not mean that Faraday has begun mass production in the future.
According to the information revealed by Jia Yueting on Weibo, after the listing of FF91, the official delivery time will be in July this year. Prior to this, FF will have several milestones to overcome, including the start of all mechanical, electrical and piping systems to support the final installation of equipment, and the installation of all infrastructure and equipment in the vehicle manufacturing area.
Diane Sharp, the new mayor of Hanford, California, visits the FF Hanford plant.
By the way, in addition to the FF 91, FF is also planning another more affordable and popular electric vehicle - FF 81. The car, which is scheduled to start production in 2024, will partner with South Korean automaker Myoung Shin Co., Ltd. at its Gunzan plant in South Korea.
This time, FF 91 will not have any more accidents, right?