"Out by 2017". We'll see.
Notable staff:
New Electric Car Company Emerges: Faraday Future
- It will have 15 percent higher specific energy than a Tesla Model S 85 kW-hr pack. That works out to 98 kW-hr.
- It's a multi-cell solution, like Tesla's.
- The company is aiming for the highest energy density and specific energy vehicle on the market.
- It will be single cell, thermal-runaway fault tolerant (will not propagate to other cells)
- Single or groups of cells can be replaced.
- Module designed for mass production, utilizing new processes and technologies
- Same battery design to be used in all vehicles with only a change in capacity (no change in voltage)
- The higher energy density allows for larger crumple zones than on the Tesla Model S.
Notable staff:
- Nick Sampson -- Product Architect, former Vehicle and Chassis Engineering for Tesla Model S
- Richard Kim -- Head Design, former BMW i8 Concept, BMW i3 Concept
- Silva Hiti -- Sr. Dir. of Powertrain, former lead powertrain at Chevy Volt
- Pontus Fontaeus -- Interior Design, former Lamborghini, Ferrari, Land Rover
- Page Beermann -- Exterior Design Chief, former Creative Director at BMW
- Porter Harris -- Batteries, former SpaceX
New Electric Car Company Emerges: Faraday Future