Sticking to its promise, Faraday Future took a prototype of its FF 91 electric car to the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb and rather surprisingly, managed to deliver an impressive time.
With race driver Robin Shute behind the wheel, an FF 91 prototype managed to sprint up the 156-turn, 12.42 mile ribbon of tarmac in a respectable 11:25.083. While such a time is significantly slower than the times achieved by dedicated hill climb cars, it puts Faraday’s first vehicle more than 20 seconds ahead of the time recorded by a Tesla Model S P90D at last year’s event.
According to Faraday Future, the FF 91 uses a 130 kWh battery pack and four electric motors delivering a total of 1,050 hp and 1,800 Nm of torque. All of this grunt allows for a 2.39 second sprint to 60 mph (96 km/h) and an EPA-estimated range of 378 miles.
Since revealing the FF 91 at CES earlier this year, Faraday Future has faced its fair share of criticism and controversy. The electric vehicle startup says deliveries of the vehicle will start in 2019 but worrying developments at LeEco, its most prominent investor, have raised some questions about the company achieving its targets.