The debut Faraday Future FF 91 turned out to be more expensive than the top-end Lucid Air and Tesla Model S

American electric vehicle startup Faraday Future has announced prices for its first model, the ultra-luxury crossover FF 91 with a power plant with a capacity of over 1000 hp .With. The top version of the FF 91 2.0 Futurist Alliance costs $309,000 and is limited to only 300 copies.

The American startup Faraday Future was founded in 2014 by the infamous Chinese entrepreneur Jia Yueting. Infamous because Faraday Future is far from his only company, others just went bankrupt, Jia Yueting himself survived bankruptcy proceedings, and Faraday Future is still alive, but is suffering from a chronic lack of funding. The startup showed the prototype of the FF 91 crossover at the beginning of 2017, the start of its production was postponed several times, and in March of this year, the company finally reported on the start of assembly of the long-awaited new product at its plant in Hanford (USA, California).

Pricing and final specs for the Faraday Future FF 91 have been announced this week. Attached to the press release is a long description of the 6×4 aiHyper Technology 2.0 architecture that the FF 91 is allegedly converted to by the time it hits the market. The 6×4 numbers mean the integration of six technological platforms and four technological systems into the new architecture, and all of them are also tied to artificial intelligence — all this is the usual marketing verbiage, designed to create the impression that the product is out of the ordinary and worth its huge money.

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At the moment, two versions of the crossover are available for order — the limited FF 91 2.0 Futurist Alliance for $309,000 and the regular FF 91 2.0 Futurist for $249,000. In technical terms, they are identical, but the version with the prefix Alliance has a special finish, a commemorative plate with the signatures of startup leaders, and other “gifts”. In addition, for $14,900 per year, there is a subscription to FF aiHypercar+ personalized digital services that make the car even more exclusive. All in all, the Faraday Future FF 91 is positioned as a product that nothing less than «could destroy traditional luxury brands such as Ferrari, Maybach, Rolls-Royce and Bentley.»

Overall length FF 91 — 5250 mm, width — 2283 mm, height — 1598 mm, wheelbase 3200 mm. The maximum output of the three-engine power plant (one motor on the front axle, two on the rear) is 1065 hp. and 1977 Nm, acceleration to 60 mph (96.56 km/h) takes 2.27 seconds, top speed is limited to 250 km/h. The battery with a capacity of 142 kWh allows you to drive on a single charge 613 km on the EPA cycle.

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The spacious interior of the Faraday Future FF 91 is designed for four riders, in the second row there are chair-beds with zero gravity, 11 screens come standard, including a giant 27-inch rear-seat TV that pops out of the ceiling.

Faraday Future FF 91 2.0 Futurist Alliance and «just» Futurist is available to order in the US and China, with shipments due to start in the summer, but only if the company has enough cash in its accounts.

Following the debut versions of Futurist, a more affordable version of FF 91 2.0 should appear on sale, but when and at what price is still unknown. Meanwhile, version 2.0 of the Futurist Alliance is the most expensive in the US market in its segment, because the 1020-horsepower Tesla Model S Plaid now costs $108,490 in the US, and the 1200-horsepower Lucid Air Sapphire starts at $249,000.