Faraday Future gets go-ahead for testing on California roads

A few hundred miles south of Tesla Motors headquarters resides another electric car maker that has been given the green-light to unleash its prototypes on California roads. Faraday Future won approval today from The Golden State to begin testing its self-driving vehicles later this year on public routes. The Los Angeles-based startup plans to start building and selling electric vehicles next year in the United States, but has not disclosed details of regarding its newly awarded self-driving program. Faraday Future won approval today from The Golden State to begin testing its self-driving electric vehicles later this year on public routes. Faraday is one of several Chinese-funded startups hoping to challenge Tesla in premium electric vehicles.