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 the United States-based start-up hopes to start building and selling electric vehicles next year in Los Angeles, 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.
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.