Faraday Future's FF91 Sets New Production EV Record At The Famed Pikes Peak

Faraday Future, the electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer, came to the legendary Colorado hill climb with obvious ambitions: beat the production EV record set in 2016 by a stripped down Tesla Model S P90D of 11 minutes and 48 seconds.

Faraday Future's FF 91, which took on the Pike's Peak International Hill Climb this weekend and shattered the previous record by setting a time of 11:25.083.

The FF 91 is still production-intent, rather than currently being produced. Faraday Future is prudent to say that their car is "production-designed" and applies "production-representative hardware."

Pike's Peak is one of the longest-running races in the world, being held 95 times since 1916. The race is famously unforgiving race, as cars climb a 156-turn, 20km long track and an altitude difference of nearly 4,720 ft or 1,440 m, these numbers only tell half the story.

In 2016, the Tesla broke the record by a full minute, while the FF 91 only managed to beat that by 20 seconds. As of now, Faraday Future has achieved its purpose. 20 seconds might not be wide enough because it will eventually be broken someday.

DriveSpark Thinks!

Faraday Future's FF91 timing is quite impressive for a production-spec car and not a track car. Electric cars will continue to break more records in the coming days and years.