Faraday Future’s Chinese headquarter likely to announce operation on May 18
Shanghai (ZXZC)- Faraday Future (FF) will have a big story on May 18, according to the sources from Sina Weibo on May 17. At the same time, Chen Zhe, director of FF's global marketing and communication, also spread the news that "Big Story is coming" on WeChat.
The released information may signal that FF is likely to announce on May 18 that its Chinese headquarters will officially start operation.
In addition, FF disclosed the preorder information at its official Weibo account on May 16, according to local media. Part of Weibo users said that they had received FF's official invitation of experiencing the FF91 at the end of April.
It is disclosed from FF's official network that the company has been recruiting engineers and salesmen in Guangzhou, Shanghai and Beijing on a large scale.
The only thing that can be confirmed is that the FF91 has arrived in Beijing at the end of April. Moreover, it is also rumored that Jia Yueting has returned to China, in order to make preparation for the mass-production of the FF 91 in China.
At the beginning of April, FF's affiliated company, Ruichi Intelligent Automobile Co., Ltd. (Ruichi) gained an area of 401,000 square meters in Nansha District, Guangzhou through bidding. Since then, the news that FF may prepare for the local production of its models was widely spread.
On the afternoon of May 11, FF released a letter to celebrate FF's four-year anniversary of foundation, confirming that FF will see its Hanford plant's official construction and the installation of manufacturing equipment in May. What's more, FF's Chinese headquarters will be based in Guangzhou, and the Guangzhou factory will start production as scheduled.