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Faraday Future's CFO Actually Resigned On Oct. 14 (UPDATED)
Faraday Future's CFO Actually Resigned On Oct. 14 (UPDATED)-May 2024
2024-02-19 EST 22:10:38

On Thursday, Jalopnik reported that Faraday Future’s chief financial officer, BMW and Deutsche Bank veteran Stefan Krause, appeared likely to leave the company in the coming days. As it turns out, we have since learned Krause is already gone. His resignation was effective immediately on Oct. 14.

When reached Friday morning, Krause confirmed the move. He declined to comment further. A spokesperson for Faraday declined to comment.

Krause joined the the three-year-old electric car startup in March, having spent 30 years in executive positions at companies like BMW and Deutsche Bank. His main task had been to court new investors and raise $1 billion for Faraday’s ambitious project, which involved launching production of a futuristic electric car, dubbed the .

In recent weeks, a number of high-ranking staffers have left the company, . Sources have told Jalopnik that Krause has managed to bring investors to the table with serious offers, but they required Faraday’s main financier, Chinese tech entrepreneur Jia Yueting, to relinquish control of the company. So far, source said, Jia has refused to step aside.

Another founding executive has left the troubled electric car startup Faraday Future, Jalopnik has…

Krause’s resignation adds an additional blemish to this rocky year for Faraday. The company’s history is marked by from the motoring press and investors alike, and throughout 2017, Faraday has tried to position itself as a serious contender among a crowded field that’s vying to bring electric autonomous cars to life.

In July, Faraday in Nevada, and the hopeful fundraising round hasn’t been successful. That same month, after missing several loan payments, a Chinese court , prompting fresh concerns about Faraday’s viability.

Having abandoned the plans for a factory in Nevada, the company to keep the lights on and found a substitute facility in California.

Separately, documents from an apparent presentation that purports to show Faraday had plans to file for bankruptcy over the summer have circulated for weeks among Chinese news outlets. The documents outline a plan for new investors to pour $150 million in the company, pay an additional $130 million to settle claims with outstanding creditors, and then assume control of Faraday by November.

the company didn’t authorize the creation of the documents, nor were they prepared under the direction of the company. An investigation into who created them is nearly complete, Faraday said, adding that it now has a “strong feeling of the document’s source.”

: that two other high-profile execs at the company are on their way out the door, as well.

Ulrich Kranz, the company’s CTO and another former BMW executive who joined in July, is leaving or has already left the company, The Verge has learned. And the same goes for former Ford Fusion program leader Bill Strickland, who was in charge of running Faraday Future’s vehicle manufacturing line.

Faraday declined to comment on the additional departures, when reached by Verge. The news outlet also said that, at one point, FF was in discussion with Indian automotive manufacturer Mahindra & Mahindra to acquire parts of the company.

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