Faraday Future Just Started Building Its Posh Minivan But Selling It Is Another Story

- Faraday Future begins trial production of its luxury FX Super One AI-powered minivan.
- Vehicle features unique βF.A.C.E.β front display designed to interact with other road users.
- Full-scale production still remains far off amid ongoing engineering development.
In news that Henrik Fisker might take personally, Faraday Future not only still exists, but itβs just started trial production. Thatβs right; not only is this company still alive, but itβs building a production vehicle called the FX Super One MPV. And itβs a minivan with a front-end display and luxury aspirations. That said, trial production is still a long way from full-scale manufacturing.
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If thereβs a brand that seems like it survives almost entirely on buzzwords, it might be Faraday Future. Since its inception over a decade ago, itβs built just 16 (!) production cars and its future (pun not intendedβ¦) seemed bleak. Now, though, itβs hoping that a full-scale pivot away from the super-luxury space can save it. That pivot has a name, too: the FX Super One MPV.
Gunning for the Escalade, Apparently
Unveiled on July 17 in Los Angeles, the FX Super One MPV is aimed at taking market share from vehicles like the Cadillac Escalade. Thatβs not just us saying it β Faraday Future does so itself. To accomplish that, the FX Super One MPV comes with what the brand calls the Super EAI F.A.C.E. or the Front AI Communication Ecosystem. In other words, itβs a screen that aims to interact with other road users in a way never before possible.
Of course, itβs hoping to lure buyers with a badge-engineered Wey Gaoshan minivan from Great Wall Motors. While the two vehicles will share underpinnings, Faraday Future promises to heavily integrate AI into the FX Super One MPV. Evidently, the system that it dubs βEAI Embodied Intelliigencen AI Agent 6Γ4 Architectureβ will manage everything from the F.A.C.E. system to the infotainment to the driver aids.
Donβt get too excited, though, as thereβs still a lot of work to do before anyone can buy one of these. The team is going to use this time to verify and plan its processes. Itβll determine things like how to optimize the workflow and what quality standards it wants to achieve.
In fact, when this trial production is over, it still has to finish vehicle engineering before it can do things like conduct crash and validation testing. In other words, you might have a better chance of buying the Tesla Roadster 2 before this comes out.Β