http://www.autoevolution.com/news/faraday-future-hires-the-chief-engineer-of-gm-s-ev1-project-as-powertrain-boss-110204.html Faraday Future Hires The Chief Engineer of GM's EV1 Project As Powertrain Boss 8 Aug 2016 Sebastian Toma
[image] Faraday Future FFZERO1 Concept Faraday Future is on a hiring spree, and the Chinese-owned company keeps finding experienced employees to join its roster. This time, the American-based company has hired a former General Motors employee, Peter Savagian. While his name may not ring a bell for most, Mr. Savagian was the chief engineer of the General Motors EV1 project, the first production electric vehicle built by the American automaker. Furthermore, Savagian was also the boss of the electric propulsion department for GM. Faraday Future has enlisted Savagian as their vice president of engineering, where his responsibility will be the development of powertrain systems. As Autocar notes, the move was revealed by an update in Mr. Savagian’s LinkedIn profile, where he also mentioned that he would be responsible for the battery and related high-voltage systems. Faraday Future also has a standing partnership with Formula E’ Dragon Racing Team, which will also provide knowledge regarding electric powertrains. On the other hand, Savagian’s 14-year experience with General Motors is hard to match by any other engineer in the automotive industry in the field of electric vehicles. The EV1 project from General Motors was the first mass-produced electric car, but the cars were not available outside of a particular leasing plan, which did not allow users to keep the vehicle once the program was over. All of the vehicles were brought back to General Motors, and most of them were sadly crushed without an apparent reason for the passionate group of owners that treasured them. The loss of the EV1 has inspired a movie released in 2006, dubbed "Who killed the electric car?" that was focused on this topic. In previous reports, we have noted that Faraday Future has managed to hire vital employees from Ferrari, Tesla Motors, Toyota, and many more automotive companies. The start-up company is focusing on developing a production electric vehicle, which is scheduled for launch in 2018. Until then, Faraday Future has a logo, a factory that is being built in Nevada, and a futuristic concept car named FFZero1. The latter is as crazy as they get, and is a single-seat concept with all-wheel drive. [© autoevolution.com] http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-08-04/china-billionaires-chasing-electric-car-talent-power-salaries China Billionaires Chasing Electric-Car Talent Power Salaries August 4, 2016 China’s biggest iPhone maker, largest e-commerce company and leading internet-video producer are all in the hunt to build electric cars -- and to grab the small pool of available talent to build them. All of this is great news for marketing professional Ronan Lu, 32. The bidding wars see some workers earning double their peers’ salaries and others landing jobs with minimal experience, according to recruiters. “Many companies offered me job opportunities with good payment, but I chose LeEco because I believe it has great potential,” said Lu, who left Toyota Motor Corp. to join LeEco’s auto division in Beijing last month. “Startup EV companies usually can offer a higher salary than traditional automakers. You can get good rewards from stock holdings in such companies.” More than 200 Chinese companies -- with backers including Terry Gou, Ma Huateng, Jack Ma and Jia Yueting -- are developing 4,000 models of new-energy vehicles and unveiling prototypes at motor shows and home-electronics expos. Traditional automakers and a bevy of startups see opportunity in the government’s commitment to boost yearly sales of NEVs by a factor of 10 in the next decade. [© Bloomberg News] For EVLN EV-newswire posts use: http://evdl.org/evln/ {brucedp.0catch.com} -- View this message in context: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/FaradayF-Hires-GM-s-EV1-Project-Chief-Engineer-As-Powertrain-Boss-tp4683254.html Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
