Faraday Future electric crossover teased before CES debut (video)

Teaser for Faraday Future electric car debuting at 2017 Consumer Electronics ShowFaraday Future will unveil its first production electric car at CES in January, and last week it released a short teaser video previewing that vehicle. The short video features a camouflaged test vehicle driving around a track, but offers little information about Faraday Future's first model. Text that accompanies the video notes the quietness of...

Faraday Future imperils electric-car factory, misses payment to contractor

At the groundbreaking for Faraday Future's production facility in North Las Vegas (April 13, 2016)The Faraday Future company has said it aims to put its first electric car into production within two years. To achieve that goal, the company is building a new factory in North Las Vegas, Nevada, at a stated cost of $1 billion. Faraday broke ground on the factory in April, although significant work did not begin until July. Now, it may have halted...

Faraday Future to unveil production electric car at CES in January

Teaser for Faraday Future's first modelAt the 2016 Consumer Electronics Show (CES), startup Faraday Future said it would put an electric car into production within two years. But one of those two years has almost elapsed without any hint of what that production car will be like. Faraday Future now says it will unveil its first production model at CES 2017 in January, though. DON'T...

Atieva Atvus electric car image emerges; is it Tesla competition?

Atvus electric car to be built by Atieva  [image: Recode, via California public-records request]There's no shortage of putative rivals to electric-car maker Tesla Motors, from German luxury makers to other California startups. Thus far, of course, none have actually put a car on sale—unlike Tesla, which has sold somewhere north of 125,000 cars since 2008. One of the least-known is Chinese-backed Atieva, located in Silicon Valley since...

Atieva Atvus electric car image emerges; is it Tesla competition?

Atvus electric car to be built by Atieva  [image: Recode, via California public-records request]There's no shortage of putative rivals to electric-car maker Tesla Motors, from German luxury makers to other California startups. Thus far, of course, none have actually put a car on sale—unlike Tesla, which has sold somewhere north of 125,000 cars since 2008. One of the least-known is Chinese-backed Atieva, located in Silicon Valley since...

LG Chem logs another electric-car win: Faraday Future to buy batteries

wireframe of possible Faraday Future production vehicle, from company promotional video at CES 2016South Korean firm LG Chem is one of the largest suppliers of lithium-ion battery cells for electric cars. It already counts 25 separate auto brands among its clients, and parent company LG contracted with General Motors to provide extensive development work on the Chevrolet Bolt EV electric car. Now LG Chem is adding another, much new carmaker to...