An ambitious California-based manufacturer of electric vehicles (EVs) Faraday Future and its Chinese subsidiary, FF China, have just delivered their first FX 6 camouflaged prototypes to the U.S. customs.
Indeed, the FX 6 model is part of Faraday Future’s broader FX product strategy aimed at delivering advanced intelligent electric vehicles (AIEVs) to a mass-market audience, the company said in a press release published on February 21.
Upon their arrival in Los Angeles, the camouflaged prototype mules (early test vehicles before finalizing a production model) will undergo further extensive tests and evaluations to make sure they meet the company’s high standards for technology, performance, and driver experience.
Specifically, the tests will include advanced driver-assistance system (ADAS) and autonomous driving validation, powertrain and performance optimization, as well as intelligent cabin and user experience refinement.
Disrupting the luxury car market
Commenting on the delivery of the camouflaged prototypes, Xiao (Max) Ma, the Global CEO of FX, explained that:
“The shipment of the FX 6 camouflaged prototype mules signifies that our product development is moving forward into a more detailed and rigorous validation phase. (…) The FX leadership team recently traveled to China, where we continued in our extensive discussions with potential partners and supply chain collaborators, achieving positive results that could solidify the FX 6 development process.”
Meanwhile, Faraday Future has expressed a desire to disrupt the “traditional ultra-luxury car civilization epitomized by Ferrari and Maybach” as a “software-driven intelligent internet” EV company, providing users with a “shared intelligent mobility ecosystem.”
The company plans to make its vehicles affordable to a wider audience, which is why it will target the mass market segment with three planned models: an AI-MPV product – named the Super One, the FX5 – which will cost between $20,000 and $30,000, and the FX 6 – in the price range from $30,000 to $50,000.
In other efforts towards a greener planet, global logistics company DHL has recently launched a hybrid electric truck built by manufacturer Scania and intends to deploy it as early as this month, Techgaged.com reported on February 20.
Earlier this month, Toyota opened its first in-house automotive battery plant outside Japan – and it’s in North Carolina. Here, the auto giant plans to produce batteries for hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs), plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs), and battery electric vehicles (BEVs).
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