Even as electric car startup Faraday Future has been inching closer to making a production car, its ongoing legal skirmish with a former executive is continuing to get worse. On Thursday, the former executive’s new startup sued Faraday, claiming its employment agreements violate California state law by preventing…
When we last left off from the Faraday Future saga, we learned that the company had been awarded a temporary certificate of occupancy at its Hanford, California factory. Following that, it seems like production has indeed begun, with the company announcing its first complete FF 91 body-in-white.
Despite its very harsh ups and downs in recent years, Faraday Future has somehow ended up with a $2 billion lifeline to see through the making of its first production vehicle, the all-electric FF 91. The startup has said it’ll happen at some point this year, but a new document filed with the federal government…
After a rocky few years, would-be electric startup Faraday Future started 2018 on what seemed to be the most solid footing it has had since launching its ambitious electric vehicle project. The company reported $2 billion in new financing, and it’s working fast to build out a factory in California, breaking ground…
When we caught up with Faraday Future at this year’s CES conference, the electric car startup said it planned to build its first production cars by the end of 2018. Surprisingly, after a rocky three-year start, the company appears on its way to making that happen. There’s a caveat, of course.
Late last month, the seemingly incapable-of-escaping-trouble electric car startup Faraday Future filed a lawsuit against a new rival helmed by its former chief financial officer, Stefan Krause. This week, Krause’s company fired back, and, consequently, revealed just how much top FF execs earned while the company…
Perpetually troubled electric car startup Faraday Future filed a lawsuit on Monday against the company’s former chief financial officer, Stefan Krause, alleging that he stole a number of trade secrets and improperly solicited employees to join him at a new startup.
Faraday Future kicked off 2018 with a low-key appearance at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show and a few promo videos shot by popular YouTube stars the company paid to review its prototype. The company supposedly has $1 billion in new funding, but it’s still having problems: It’s head of HR is out, according to The Verge
It wasn’t anywhere close to its splashy and controversial reveal at last year’s Consumer Electronics Show, but electric car startup Faraday Future still showed up this year’s tech conference. You just had to know where to find them.
A lot of people want to build cars in the year 2018, with an emphasis on the want. That’s because building cars is difficult, an art that the biggest manufacturers have refined over decades and, given the number of recalls we still see, aren’t done refining. Even so, many startups still try. Here’s a guide to the ones…
Good morning! Welcome to The Morning Shift, your roundup of the auto news you crave, all in one place every weekday morning. Here are the important stories you need to know to start 2018 off with a bang.
Good morning! Welcome to The Morning Shift, your roundup of the auto news you crave, all in one place every weekday morning. Here are all of the top stories of the car world, stories that should hopefully distract you from news of possible impending doom for bananas. Sorry, sorry, back to cars.
If recent reports are accurate, electric car startup Faraday Future recently netted a $1 billion investment and, in turn, named Chinese tech entrepreneur Jia Yueting its CEO. But by the end of 2017, Jia needs to return to China to sort out a mountain of debt his other companies have accrued, according to Reuters.
Two new startups are joining the electric car world—and both include executives and employees who recently departed Faraday Future, according to a new report and a source who spoke to Jalopnik.
Faraday Future founder Jia Yueting has reportedly managed to suddenly raise $1 billion in funding for the company and will take over as CEO, following reports that Yueting had been blacklisted by the Chinese government and his company was edging towards bankruptcy. This all seems totally legitimate so far.
Electric car startup Faraday Future is closing out 2017 in a very precarious position, something The Verge captures in a spellbinding story today on the company’s financial state. One of the new bits uncovered by the outlet is that Faraday’s main financier, Jia Yueting, is suing a software developer who accuses Jia of…
A former security guard at Faraday Future’s headquarters is alleging the start-up of dismissing multiple reports of sexual harassment she filed against one of the company’s IT administrators and even accused her of “inviting the harassment.”
Things are going from bad to worse for electric car startup Faraday Future. One of the company’s founding executives, former BMW designer Richard Kim, has resigned, reports The Verge. His final day is Friday, according to the news outlet.
Cash-strapped automotive startup Faraday Future has ended its partnership with the Dragon Racing Formula E team, according to Autosport. Dragon Racing had already dropped Faraday Future from its name on the 2017-18 season entry list, but now it’s reported that Faraday Future won’t be involved with them at all.
