Faraday Future
Spending $3.5B to deliver fewer than 20 cars to customers is the ultimate execution failure. Governance chaos kills automotive startups.
2014 → 2024
$3.5B
EV/Automotive
USA
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Full Analysis
Faraday Future was founded with grand ambitions to build a luxury EV to rival Tesla. Backed initially by Chinese billionaire Jia Yueting (who fled China amid fraud allegations), the company went public via SPAC in 2021. The FF 91 was finally delivered in 2023 — but only about 13 units were sold to actual customers. Internal governance was chaotic: SEC investigations, leadership turnover, and a delisting warning from Nasdaq. By 2024, the company had essentially ceased operations with virtually no revenue despite $3.5B in total capital raised.
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