Speaking of Jia Yueting, we can always think of a lot of memes in an instant: he is the first batch of pure electric car dream chasers in China, and he is a "suffocating public" who shouts for us to "suffocate for dreams" together; is also Boss Jia, who was ridiculed by netizens because he frequently wanted to "return to China next week"; is also a "famous old lai" who was exposed to huge debts because of LeEco's thunderstorm; Even the divorce with Gan Wei was talked about in the market...
And Jia Yueting, who has not been heard from for a long time, finally returned magnificently yesterday and re-entered the public eye! There was also explosive news: he had been building a pure electric car for 9 years, the FF 91 2.0 Futurist Alliance (FF 91), and finally announced that deliveries would begin!
01. Why is FF 91 built for 9 years?
This has to start in 2014, on the eve of the storm on LeTV, Jia Yueting announced that he would enter the field of new energy vehicles and established the car brand - Faraday Future. At the beginning, it won a $1 billion Series A financing, FF can be described as taking off in place, and it was in the limelight for a while, until later LeEco thundered, Faraday's future was also in jeopardy. Even though Evergrande later invested $854 million in an olive branch, the two sides eventually broke up because of control issues. In 2017, Faraday Future's first production car model FF 91 was released, and it was officially announced that it would be delivered in 2018, but then it was postponed for various reasons and constantly adjusted, until May 31 this year Jia Yueting took FF 91 2.0 official announcement - this time it seems that it really wants to say goodbye to PPT car, it is really coming! But the price of this car is really not cheap! FF 91 officially announced a price of 309,000 US dollars, about 2.2 million yuan, directly calling netizens to sigh that "Jia Yueting really does not pit the poor"!
02. What is the level at which a pure electric car sells for 2.2 million?
In contrast, today, when fuel vehicles still occupy the main market, 2.2 million yuan is enough to win many luxury fuel vehicles, such as Audi R8, Mercedes-Benz S-class, Porsche Panamera, etc.; Even their latest flagship pure electric vehicles, such as Porsche Taycan, BMW i7, Mercedes-Benz EQS, etc., are no problem to win. Compared with the popular hot chicken Tesla, Model S sold for 80~1.03 million, and the Tesla Model S Plaid version with three motors has "thousand horses" level power and 2-second acceleration, and the price is less than half of FF 91; The higher-end Model X has only sold for 90~1.06 million:
Model S price
Model X price
03. So is FF 91 sold for 2.2 million worth the price?
To be honest, it feels like this car is really not bad.
First look at the exterior design, although FF 91 is a car that was unveiled 6 years ago, but this appearance is not outdated today, and even better than some brands do now, casually asked a few colleagues, everyone's unanimous opinion is also - handsome!
The long wheelbase, short front/rear overhang ratio and the frameless doors are eye-catching, and although some of the designs of the FF 91 first launched six years ago have been ridiculed for looking maverick, they have since been chased and even imitated by peers: for example, in 2019, a tram called HiPhi 1 (HiPhi X) borrowed from the FF 91's double doors and many other designs.
Li Xiang, founder of HiPhi X Ideal Automobile, also praised the shape of FF 91 on Weibo, and revealed that many of the designers of his own model came from the FF 91 team. In this way, FF 91 can be regarded as the father of the entire tram industry.
The interior design of the FF 91 is basically the same as that of the first model, with a large vertical screen in the center console and a 27-inch top-mounted screen in the rear. Based on the "FF aiHyper 6x4 Architecture 2.0" technology architecture, FF 91 is also equipped with FF 3rd aiSpace intelligent cockpit and intelligent Internet technology system, each seat can provide a connected entrance, "allowing passengers to completely throw away their mobile phones in the car".
Returning to the automotive technical level, FF 91's intelligent technology does not pull the crotch: not only the large screen touch in the car can be seen everywhere, FF 91 is also equipped with the intelligent driving hardware Orin chip provided by NVIDIA, with Falcon LiDAR's lidar, which can detect vehicles 487.68 meters away and pedestrians at 198.12 meters, this intelligent assisted driving can realize intelligent parking, vehicle summoning and navigation assistance driving and other energy supply, put in the current intelligent car stack. It's also a king-level level! Not to mention that these designs were thought of by FF 91 7 years ago, you must know that at that time it was still fuel vehicles dominating the world, there were no pure electric cars, the emergence of FF 91 is like suddenly popping up an iPhone when everyone uses the button machine, which is simply too advanced!
Now that the ununderstood design at the beginning of the release of FF 91 has become the standard for domestic new energy vehicles, it can only be said that Jia Yueting is worthy of being a "dreamer", and there are indeed two strokes in car building!
FF 91 in different color schemes
In terms of key power and endurance, FF 91 is also excellent from the breaking data, weighing 3 tons and equipped with 3 drive motors, the maximum horsepower is 1050 horses, and the 0-96km/h acceleration time is only 2.27 seconds. In Jia Yueting's words, "the FF 91 accelerates faster than many Ferraris, let alone compared to pure electric vehicles in its class". What do you think of this instantaneous acceleration? Looking at the battery, the FF 91 has a lithium battery pack capacity of 142 kWh, immersive battery liquid cooling technology, and can provide a range of 322 kilometers in 30 minutes in fast charge mode and 800 kilometers under CLTC test standards.
Compared with the same large-capacity battery of the Extreme Krypton 001 WE version, the battery capacity of the Extreme Krypton 001 WE version is 140 kWh, and the CLTC cruising range is 1032 kilometers, which is 232 kilometers more than the FF 91; The Tesla Model X Plaid version has a capacity battery of 100 kWh, and the CLTC cruising range is 664 kilometers, compared with the FF 91, the battery capacity difference is 42 kWh, and the cruising range difference is 136 kilometers. The price difference is more than half, which do you think is more fragrant?
04. Deliver 300 vehicles, pay the full amount first and then pick up the car
It is worth mentioning that Jia Yueting's FF 91 can only deliver 300 vehicles in the first batch, and it is divided into three stages: the first stage is "Industry Expert Futuristic Product Officer (FPO) Co-creation Delivery", the second stage is "FPO Co-creation Delivery", and the third stage is "Comprehensive Co-creation Delivery". Note: The prerequisite for completing these three stages of delivery is that the financing is in place (that is, the money is in place), and the delivery user must pay in full before picking up the car.
At present, the FF official website booking page shows that FF 91 series 2.0 models are available: FF 91 2.0 (deposit 10,000 yuan), FF 91 2.0 Futurist Edition (deposit 20,000 yuan), FF 91 2.0 Futurist Alliance Edition (deposit 50,000 yuan) three models. Pay the full amount of 2.2 million before picking up the car, if you buy the car, will you agree? In this regard, netizens divided their opinions into several factions, some people said that FF 91 is indeed a very capable car:
Some people also say that this is another fancy extension of Jia Yueting:
It is more consistent with this netizen, no matter how much FF 91 is sold, anyway, "it can't pit the poor":
According to people familiar with the matter, the limited edition of 300 FF 91 2.0 Futursit Alliance version seems to have been booked, and now pay a deposit of 50,000 yuan, and can only join the waiting list of the alliance version. So whether FF 91 can be sold is really not something we need to worry about, let's say whether you want to see it on the road!