Smaller electric car manufacturers are stepping up to challenge Tesla Motors, with one of them currently looking to build its first car factory in the U.S.
Startup Faraday Future's factory will be aimed at producing the company's first electric car, which it plans to make available to drivers by 2017, according to VentureBeat. Company spokesperson Marcus Nelson said there are four states in mind for the factory: Georgia, Louisiana, Nevada and California.
Picking Nevada as the home for the plant will put Faraday Future in direction competition with Tesla, which bought 2,000 additional acres two months ago for its gigafactory that will produce batteries for its electric cars.
Not much is known about Faraday, such as who is in charge and what its other plans are, except for the goal of building a battery pack with the highest energy density in the EV industry, Motor Trends reported.
The company did say on its website that its car's design will be "100% electric, zero-emission, fully-connected and personalized in ways you've never even considered possible."
However, the startup has made sure to poach from other companies to make sure it achieves its goals, having hired employees from Tesla, GM, Ford and Fiat Chrysler, The Verge reported. Other poached employees is Richard Kim, head of the design team behind BMW's i8 and i3 concepts, and Pontus Fontaeus, who helped build the interiors for Lamborghini, Ferrari and Land Rover.
The price for Faraday's car also remains a mystery, VentureBeat reported.
"We don't want to give up the whole story now," Nelson said.
See Now: OnePlus 6: How Different Will It Be From OnePlus 5?
