The Faraday Future factory is up and running.
It produced its first complete pre-production electric car on Tuesday, after building its first production body late last month.
A company memo leaked to Green Car Reports reveals that Faraday plans a party to celebrate the milestone at its assembly plant in California's Central Valley on Tuesday.
The Faraday Future FF91 crossover SUV is intended to be an ultra-luxury electric competitor to Tesla with a range of 385 miles and a price tag over $300,000—think an electric Rolls Royce.
“It is inspirational for us at FF to see all the parts come together for this significant day: the literal parts of the FF 91 from our various on-time supplier partners; the processes and tooling within the Hanford facility itself; and the invaluable training for the essential ‘soft’ skills required for this level of sophisticated teamwork I and others need in our Hanford production teams as we begin creation of our FF 91," said Faraday Future's senior vice president of manufacturing Dag Reckhorn.
![Faraday Future FF 91 first pre-production prototype in Hanford, California factory Faraday Future FF 91 first pre-production prototype in Hanford, California factory](https://images.hgmsites.net/lrg/faraday-future-ff-91-first-pre-production-prototype-in-hanford-california-factory_100667894_l.jpg)
Faraday Future FF 91 first pre-production prototype in Hanford, California factory
Faraday Future says its dual electric motors will pack a 1,050-horsepower wallop that will hurl the car from 0 to 60 mph in 2.5 seconds.
After falling on hard financial times since it first showed a prototype of the car in 2016, the company received a $2 billion lifeline from Hong Kong investors earlier this year. It put off plans for a grand Las Vegas factory and instead leased a former tire plant in California for a smaller production run.
The factory plans to hire more than 1,000 workers and is implementing a management training program with local community colleges in the Central Valley under a grant from California's Employment Training Panel.
The car Faraday is celebrating today is its first pre-production car, designed to test and improve the company's assembly processes.
Following the FF91, the company plans a smaller, more affordable FF81.
Update: This story has been updated to include new photos of the pre-production car from Faraday Future, and embargoed information about the company's training program.