Following the end of December last year, Jia Yunting microblogging drying out Faraday future employees and equipment factory photos to prove that FF91 repairer program normal, the United States local time on January 8 morning, Faraday will be organized in the future FF91 small range of road test ride activity.
It is understood that, FF91 in the first half of this year will be open to the interior details, the third quarter released car networking system, plans to complete the model by the end of this small volume delivery.According to Faraday future relevant responsible person revealed that its' pricing will not be Standard Tesla, the product is the benchmark Bentley, Rolls Royce.
Participants involved in the test ride told reporters that the field experience, the overall appearance and power system is acceptable, but can not currently experience its car networking system and interior, it can not comment on its overall performance.He said that although its The success or failure still needs time and market test, but for Jiayue Ting, FF91 can not be lost.
At the same time, it is worth noting that although Faraday's official officials said the current funding problems are being mitigated in light of the financing situation of great concern, no reply has been given on the specific sources of funding.
In response, anonymous insiders told the Securities Times reporter interviewed, trial run one year later, the possibility of mass production seems to once again return to the FF91, but its production plan can landed and cash Is still debatable.According to its established timetable, this year will be the most crucial year for determining its success.
FF91 open test ride
It is understood that the Faraday future organizations on the road trial ride short duration, the venue near the CES main venue, driven by Faraday's professional test driver Robin Shute.
According to the relevant media reports, the test vehicle provided by the FF91 full black matte version of the model length 5.25 meters, 2 meters wide, 1.598 meters high, wheelbase 3.2 meters. Design, the use of the open door design, the door hidden Press the button, by pressing the way to achieve the switch door.
In addition, FF91 canceled the car and the car on both sides of the rear-view mirror to a number of cameras instead of the car originally belongs to the rearview mirror position is a display, real-time display around the car around the four directions outside the picture .
According to participants involved in test ride revealed to reporters, the body size is large, the car's ample space, in the cornering acceleration and straight acceleration process, there is a clear push back sense and weightlessness, the vehicle started quite rapidly.
According to Faraday's future data released earlier, FF91 equipped with a 130kWh battery pack, EPA standard mileage up to 608 km, the maximum output km rate of 783KW (1050 horsepower), 0-96km / h acceleration only 2.39 seconds. And if The data is true, it means that its performance will exceed all the current production of electric vehicles, including Tesla.
However, it is noteworthy that this test ride is mainly for the purpose of experiencing motivation. There is no interior in the vehicle, and interior spaces are forbidden to take pictures.
Plan to deliver before the end of the year
After the test ride, when the next production car will be listed, Faraday's future official said it is now doing a lot of vehicle testing and engineering verification, plans to complete the small batch delivery by the end of the year.
In fact, the issue of financing has been a major factor in the volume of FF91.
Since the beginning of July last year, Jia Yueting resigned from LeTV to fly to the United States and said that it will solve the 'most realistic problems facing' - its financing progress after seeking a new round of financing for Faraday to promote FF91 as soon as possible Has been much attention.
At the end of 2017, there was even more news that Faraday has successfully completed the A-share equity financing of over US $ 1 billion in the future, and the above official said that the current funding problems of the company are being alleviated and 75% of the suppliers have resumed supply However, it did not disclose the specific sources of funding.
He said Faraday plans to release and unveil more details of the FF91 in phases this year, as funding conditions ease. "Last year we released the look and performance, and in the first quarter of this year we were going to open the interior and a further 2 or 3 Monthly release of car networking capabilities, will be completed before the mass production of the final release '.
It is worth noting that, as of now, Faraday's future has not announced the price of its production cars.And had previously heard that the final price of 120,000 US dollars.To this, there are staff members told reporters that the inconvenience to publish the price , But the FF91 is definitely a super luxury car positioning products, 'pricing will not benchmark Tesla, the product will be the subject of Bentley, Rolls-Royce'.