Social media can be brutal and Faraday Future learned that the hard way after they tried to inject themselves into the discussion about Tesla’s Fremont plant reopening without permission.
In an ill-advised tweet, the company said “We appreciate the support of California and the Federal government. Tesla is not the last carmaker in CA. We are here too.”
The tweet was apparently a response to Elon Musk’s claim that Tesla is the last carmaker left in California and his threat to move Tesla’s headquarters to Texas or Nevada. As a result, the company tagged Musk and Tesla as well as President Trump.
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We appreciate the support of California and the Federal government. @elonmusk @Tesla is not the last carmaker in CA. We are here too. @realDonaldTrump pic.twitter.com/VNHgQBxqy6
— Faraday Future (@FaradayFuture) May 12, 2020
While there’s no word on why the company tagged the Twitter loving commander-in-chief, Faraday Future was soon besieged by criticism as users started making comments such as “You have to actually make a car before you can consider yourself a carmaker.” Others simply called Faraday Future out for the attention grab.
That’s probably not how the company envisioned things would go and they followed up that tweet with an announcement that their oft-delayed FF 91 would use NVIDIA’s DRIVE AGX Xavier platform to power its autonomous driving technology.
I think you have to be producing cars to be considered a carmaker.
— Teslavangelist YT (@teslavangelist) May 13, 2020
Unfortunately, the company also revealed the FF 91 has apparently been delayed yet again. According to their new plan, “FF 91 will kick off deliveries approximately 9 months following the closing of successful equity funding.”
There’s no word on when that will occur, but there’s less than 9 months left in the year. This likely means the company won’t begin deliveries later this year as planned.
Of course, that’s just the latest in a series of delays as the FF 91 was originally unveiled on the eve of the 2017 Consumer Electronics Show. At the time, the company said production would begin in 2018.
I’m curious, why don’t I see ANY “Faraday Future” cars on the road? How many cars have you actually made and sold?
— Max (@maxharris9) May 12, 2020
