Faraday Future FFZERO1 concept revealed

Faraday Future has revealed its first concept car, the FFZERO1, on the eve of the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

The single-seat all-electric racer concept features four ‘quad core’ motors as part of the electric powertrain that produces over 986bhp – power output similar to the McLaren P1 GTR. This allows it to reach 96.56kph in under three seconds. Top speed is said to be over 322kph.

Though not destined for production, the FFZERO1 instead provides a close look at the interior and exterior design language chosen for Faraday Future’s upcoming line of production vehicles,  scheduled to appear in “a couple of years”.

The concept sits on a bespoke, modular electric platform, dubbed the Variable Platform Architecture (VPA). All of Faraday Future’s future vehicles will use this platform, which the company claims can be rapidly reconfigured to suit different vehicle types.

The platform is engineered to adopt both two-wheel-drive and four-wheel-drive configurations and is also capable of housing up to three electric motors. Batteries are added to the platform in ‘strings’, again helping with adaptability.

The car's exterior bodywork is made from a mixture of carbonfibre and composites. Its styling and 'air tunnel' design is designed to channel cooling air to the battery packs. The rear fin can also be used as a 'digital canvas' to display the driver's name and race position.

In the interior, the car’s single-seat cockpit design features a driver’s seat angled at 45 degrees to improve comfort and a new head restraining system built into the seat. Ports in the seat also connect oxygen and water tubes to the driver’s helmet.

Faraday Future’s cars will come equipped with the sensors needed to carry out autonomous driving functions. In addition, augmented reality displays can be projected onto the concept’s windscreen, while a mobile phone mounting on the steering wheel can be used to control some driving functions.