Faraday Future Electric Car Concept Coming To 2016 CES

A Chinese-backed electric car startup by the name of Faraday Future will make its first public showing at the 2016 Consumer Electronics Show next January. The company, which operates from a facility located to the south of Los Angeles, will roll out a concept car said to be inspired by its “design and engineering vision.” Unfortunately, that brief descriptor and this single teaser is all we have on the concept right now.

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It’s still early days for Faraday, whose name is borrowed from British scientist Michael Faraday who in the 1800s made many developments in the fields of electromagnetism and electrochemistry. You probably all remember those crazy Faraday Cage experiments.

The modern Faraday says it wants to offer electric cars fitted with “smart and seamless” connectivity options. But rather than just focus on building and selling cars as its business model, Faraday is also developing other aspects of the automotive and technology industries, including unique ownership models, in-vehicle content and autonomous driving.

One of the key people behind Faraday is Chinese billionaire Jia Yueting. He runs a technology company by the name of Letv, which is like a Chinese version of Netflix, and has previously hinted at introducing new connectivity technologies for cars. One of Letv’s partners is Aston Martin.