Ah, Faraday Future. The EV startup with the grandiose plan. It wanted to build the FF91, an electric SUV that looked like a minivan. It would then kit it out with three motors and over a thousand horsepower. If you thought that sounds like a recipe for nonsense and minimal sales you’d be right. According to reports, the company is barely building any of these things, but you can still find one if you know where to look.
If you’re unfamiliar, Faraday Future is the other EV company named after a famous scientist from long ago. The company was established in 2014 and began finally producing vehicles in 2023. It has managed to build 16 examples of the FF91 since then, and will apparently soon pivot to rebadging Chinese cars instead.
If you really want an FF91, you could try and place a “preorder” on the company’s site and cross your fingers. Alternatively, you could just buy one used. With most examples handed out to employees or select influencers, they’re pretty thin on the ground. Thankfully, Bring a Trailer just listed a humdinger.
The car in question is a FF91 2.0 Futurist Alliance model, built in 2023. Originally priced north of $300,000, it boasts one front motor and two rear motors to drive all four wheels. Peak output is a mighty 1,050 horsepower and 1,456 pound-feet of torque. That will rocket the vehicle from zero to 60 mph in just 2.27 seconds.
Personally, I just wish they’d given it at least 1341 horsepower (1000 kW). Then I could have called it the “Megawatt Minivan” and it would make an amazing headline for this article. The engineers weren’t thinking of us journalists when they designed the drivetrain.
As for going the distance, the FF91 does rather nicely. With a massive 142-kWh battery, it can hit 381 miles of range. As for technology, the interior is laden with eleven displays, including a particularly large screen for the rear seat passengers. The FF91 apparently has three 5G modems for continuous connectivity, and Faraday Future has also touted a whole lot of AI features that don’t sound a lot different from voice activation systems available in other vehicles.
It also boasts heated, ventilated, and massaging seats, as is befitting a $300,000 vehicle. Indeed, this example is equipped with the “Zero Gravity” bucket seats in the rear. They recline and look to be exceptionally comfortable, but it means the vehicle only seats four.
This example is apparently the fifth 2.0 Futurist Alliance model built out of 300 planned. It currently has 6,200 miles on the clock. It looks tidy in black with a matching interior; it’s a rather understated look for an obscure EV from a weird startup. We’re told the car has a clean CarFax entry and a valid California title, should you be worried about its credentials.
As compelling as the FF91 sounds on paper, relatively few have been built. Originally intended to enter production in 2018, it took another five years before production examples actually became a reality. Whether Faraday Future can reach triple digits of production remains to be seen, however. As an aside, the 2023 models were also subject to a recall regarding airbag warning lights in 2024.
So many screens.
If you want one of these hyperminivans, this is probably your best chance of getting one. Faraday Future isn’t building them at any great speed, after all, and this one’s ready to go. Bidding sits at $31,000 at the time of writing with no reserve, but expect it to climb somewhat from there. You’ll probably be duking it out with wealthy collectors and YouTubers looking for the next meme car, so bid hearty if you want to take it home. Let us know if you score this one, I’m dying to know what it’s like inside.
Image credits: Bring a Trailer
Just checked and it sold for $235k, a rather shockingly high price
I thought it was a Chevy Equinox EV at first.
This looks like the tea and crumpets version of pimp my ride.
MG Cyberster wheels on a 300k$+ vehicle is crazy
It would be hard to pass on a used Lucid for this.
But it’s probably better than a Vinfast!
If ever a car had the wrong name, it’s Future.
This is a cagey proposition.
With that back seat this thing would make a killer Uber Black.
Calling it the Megawatt Minivan wouldn’t be appreciably less accurate than anything FF has said about it themselves.
ha!
Does it come in an actual color?
The website shows a maroon one; FF 91 2.0 Futurist
No build-and-price sadly, just a preorder page so you can’t see the full color offer, but for $300k MSRP they should be willing to paint-to-spec any color PPG can supply.
It looks like a limo version of the EV6.
If the price doesn’t go up too much, then this might be a great deal. Of course, the only sensible thing to do with it would be to seal it up in a climate controlled garage so that your grandkids could sell it to the Jay Leno of 2125 for a lot of money.
I forgot this company existed and I was unaware they actually delivered cars to customers. I can’t fathom why someone would pay $300k for this car. Styling is subjective, but I think this car is utterly hideous and I doubt I am alone in that opinion. Its performance also isn’t impressive compared to a Rivian or Tesla. The seats look comfortable, but beyond that I don’t see a lot to like. If this car is the future, I will be living in the past.
It will be interesting to see the final sales price. Everyone on BaT seems to wait until the last few minutes to bid (I know a guy who’s car had a high bid of $67k with 15 minutes to go and the winning bid ended up being $98k), so while it is very cheap now it may not stay that way.
That is every auction ever lol, bidding before the last 20 minutes is fools errand.
Wait… so are you suggesting that my bid for $31,001 isn’t gonna win the auction??
You never know, I guess? Maybe an asteroid might hit the Earth a minute after placing your bid?
I am curious if this ends at $80k or $400k, though. I have no idea what something like this is worth. BaT auctions can be kind of random. I’m not sure I would have listed this with no reserve.
I’m betting the final bid will be closer to $80K than $400K.
I suspect you are right, but it is hard to tell with a vehicle this rare.
I wonder if the owner is expecting a premium over MSRP similar to what happened at auctions of early Cybertrucks? I don’t think there is nearly as much interest in this vehicle, though, and the initial price was already absurdly high for what it is.
millions of dollars invested all to build 16 cars
I thought they went belly up a while ago. And this thing looks like a modern Citroën from the time when they were bold enough to build strange designs.
And if you thought Fisker Ocean parts and service availability was bad…
This is what Fisker customers buy as their unreliable project car.
I’m imagining the corps of electronics technicians and software gurus you would need to keep this functioning in the out years….
Holy Depreciation Batman!
“Then I could have called it the “Megawatt Minivan””
Let’s get dangerous.
I thought when I saw the picture, but the text was still loading that Toyota had announced their new Venza. The design language of Toyota today is very close to the design language of this Faraday.
And given Toyota dealer mark ups… $390k for a Venza might be a deal.
I’ll probably get roasted for this, but if I had fuck-it money, why the hell not? It’s certainly gonna get you conversations everywhere you go. It’s kinda cool in a what-the-hell-is-it way, and imagine the glee you’ll share with those in the know who spot it: “Holy crap! A Faraday Future!” I mean it’s kind of nondescript but not the worst looking thing I’ve ever seen, maybe I could act like a bigshot in those back recliners while watching F1 on the big screen while someone drives me around. We talk a lot about rare cars here, this has gotta be the ultimate.
I also own a Yugo though so maybe my tastes are a little out there…
I so agree!
The less than a Megawatt Minivan would be a silly comfortable beast to take to car events 🙂
It would look great next to my LaForza…
“The engineers weren’t thinking of us journalists when they designed the drivetrain.”
(In Helen Lovejoy voice) ‘Won’t someone PLEASE think of the journalists!!’
I see nothing that could possibly go wrong buying this!
Sincerely,
Fisker Ocean owners
This car would get me in so much trouble in 3-5 seconds.
So people invested actual money in a company whose big idea was a 4 seater minivan? I can come up with dumb ideas. My wife tells me that all the time. Can someone connect me with a few VCs?
Hmmm.
Behind $300k door #1 – This
Behind $300k door #2 – A CT5 Blackwing, a C8 Z06, and a Platinum Toyota Sienna.
If I’m throwing $300,000+ at a weird-looking, over-powered, look-at-me, electro-mobile, I’ll go with a Celestiq. Cadillac has a faaaaar better chance of still being around next year.
If I had $300,000+ to throw at a weird-looking, over-powered, look-at-me, electromobile, I would buy a used Model S Plaid, add a multicolor polka dot wrap, and spend the rest on a 2 bedroom condo.
Meh, these days you could wrap a Model S in the most-ridiculous, custom, John Waters-inspired wrap and it still wouldn’t gather the attention the influencers crave, but I get what you are saying.
As a proud Baltimorean* (like John Waters is) I support this message.
*pronounced “Balto-moron.” Seriously
Or a Toyota Sienna, a Miata, and a whole lot of track tires!