This week the relatively unknown Chinese manufacturer , Faraday motors ( FF ) was granted permission to begin testing its self - driving vehicles on Californian roads later this year . The Los Angeles - based start - up hopes to start building and selling electric vehicles next year in the United States , with plans to take on Tesla , but has not disclosed details regarding its self - driving capabilities . Reuters reports that FF has been testing prototype vehicles for the past year at private facilities . This brings FF in line with Google , Tesla , Volkswagen , Mercedes - Benz , Nissan , BMW , Toyota , and others , all of whom have also won the right to test autonomous vehicles on public Californian roads .
This week the relatively unknown Chinese automaker, Faraday Future (FF) was granted permission to begin testing its self-driving vehicles on Californian roads later this year. The Los Angeles-based start-up hopes to start building and selling electric vehicles next year in the United States, with plans to take on Tesla, but has not disclosed details regarding its self-driving program. Reuters reports that FF has been testing prototype vehicles for the past year at private facilities. This brings FF in line with Google, Tesla, Volkswagen, Mercedes-Benz, Nissan, BMW, Honda, and Ford, all of whom have also won the right to test autonomous vehicles on public Californian roads.