Most of the ultra-luxury team lineup comes from Tesla.
Faraday was founded only 18 months ago. Media coverage of Faraday began in July this year, and it was very low-key. At present, the total number of employees is 400, and it is expanding at the rate of recruiting 10 new employees every month.
In recent years, the luxury background of the team has become the standard of entrepreneurship. It is said that Faraday offered a salary far higher than that of his peers, attracting a large wave of people with prominent backgrounds. First and foremost, product architect Nick Sampson is the core figure of the company's product technology. He used to be a director of Tesla and a mechanical and chassis engineer of Tesla Model S. Among several core components of electric vehicles, motors and batteries can be purchased and easily adapted, but the chassis is difficult to adjust. Roadster, the first generation model of Tesla, is directly the chassis of Lotus Elise.
In addition to sampson, there are many senior executives from Tesla, including Dag Reckhorn, vice president of manufacturing, Alan Cherry, vice president of manpower, Tom Wessner, vice president of supply chain, and former purchasing director of Tesla. In addition, there are:
Richard King-once led the design of BMW i8 and i3 concept cars.
Silva Hiti- responsible for the power system development of Chevrolet Volt.
Pontus Fontaeus-, interior designer, has worked in Ferrari, Lamborghini and Land Rover.
Peggy beermann-exterior designer and former creative director of BMW.
Porter Harris-in charge of battery work, from Space Exploration Technology Company.
David Wisnieski-Chief Financial Officer of Qoros
There are also many employees from GM, Ford, Chrysler and other manufacturers. In terms of talent reserve, this company gives full play to the characteristics of deep pockets. Money makes the mare go. However, having many top talents is not commendable in itself, and cases of failure of luxury teams abound. Faraday's challenge is that it takes a lot of time and money for a car to go through numerous running-in and training from conception to assembly line. Tesla's first product took five years. Although the supply chain of electric vehicles is very transparent now, most parts can be bought, but quality control and safety can not be solved by spending money casually.