- 玛莎拉蒂前区域首席执行官Christian Gobber领导Faraday Future的全球销售战略。
- Faraday Future与总部位于佛罗里达州的Jolta签约，并宣布Jolta成为FF在美国的首个销售合作伙伴，为FF首创电动车专属直销零售网络。
- FF还将借助中国领先的综合汽车服务集团--中国和谐汽车集团来拓展中国区的销售业务。
- Faraday Future还将利用其在线平台（APP以及FF.com）、FF自有门店以及合作伙伴的门店和展厅，以直销的模式将FF 91推向市场。
2021年4月14日，洛杉矶 -- 总部位于美国加州的全球共享智能出行生态系统公司Faraday Future （FF） 今天宣布了新的全球线上到线下(O2O) 直销组织、战略和销售伙伴，并将由用户生态系统O2O销售副总裁Christian Gobber 领导。Gobber先生负责制定和执行FF的线上到线下的商业销售战略，并将和FF中国首席市场官Morris Gao（高孟雄，前玛莎拉蒂中国产品及销售负责人）一起，全力推进FF的全球销售业务。
FF将采用直销模式走向市场，并利用其线上平台（APP以及FF.com）、FF自有门店以及合作伙伴门店和展厅进行其资产轻销售网络的拓展。凭借自有的的直销网络，让FF能够提供无缝对接的用户体验，并向用户提供最高水平的价格透明度。作为FF的销售合作伙伴，Jolta的门店和展厅将全方位支持FF的线上到线下直销模式、车辆交付、充电、售后服务等用户运营活动。
FF的目标是未来在全球20个顶级城市开展销售业务。截至目前，公司已与包括美国的Jolta、中国的中国和谐新能源汽车控股有限公司（和谐集团）在内的众多销售合作伙伴签署了谅解备忘录。Jolta是美国首家新能源电动汽车经销商，Jolta的电动汽车经销网络计划将在2025年覆盖全美15个以上的主要城市，到2030年覆盖全美30个以上的主要城市。
和谐集团是中国领先的综合性汽车服务集团，专注于豪华、超豪华汽车品牌的销售和售后服务，其服务的品牌包括劳斯莱斯、宾利、法拉利、玛莎拉蒂、宝马、路虎等。截至2020年6月，和谐集团共拥有75家经销商网点，覆盖中国36个城市。此外，和谐集团还和其他中国重要的出行行业伙伴一起，参与了FF美股上市PIPE的早期投资，充分显示了对FF的信心和承诺。
为了给FF用户提供高水平的售后和服务资源，FF还与全球领先的售后提供商Formel D合作，Formel D拥有超过10,000名员工，在行业内具有相当丰富的经验。
Gobber先生将负责制定和执行FF的O2O销售战略。Gobber是一位在全球主要市场拥有极为丰富经验的豪华汽车品牌高管。值得一提的是，他曾将玛莎拉蒂品牌引入中国市场，并在9年的时间里，将中国市场打造成玛莎拉蒂品牌在全球范围内销量第二、利润第一的市场。随后他转战美国，在玛莎拉蒂引进Levante SUV期间担任玛莎拉蒂美国区CEO。除了在中国和美国曾任玛莎拉蒂品牌区域CEO职位外，Gobber先生还担任过全球销售和售后服务的负责人，负责玛莎拉蒂全球所有销售与售后子公司的商业运营。在加入玛莎拉蒂之前，他在宝洁公司(P&G)开始了自己的营销生涯，并曾在杜卡迪(Ducati)公司工作。
"我很高兴能够领导FF的全球O2O直销团队，FF推出的FF 91旗舰车型重新定义了豪华电动车市场"，Gobber说，"我们希望在每一个电动车细分市场中都能脱颖而出，FF的中美双主场优势能够将我们独特的销售模式发挥到极致。"
"Christian和Morris带来了他们在全球豪华汽车市场的卓越经验，这将对推动FF的销售起到关键性作用，"FF全球CEO毕福康博士( Carsten Breitfeld)表示，"建立全新的全球O2O销售组织将成为FF销售体系的重要里程碑，这将有效促进我们独特的、行业领先的销售理念的实现。"
FF目前正准备与特殊目的收购公司(SPAC) Property Solutions Acquisition Corp. "PSAC"（纳斯达克交易代码：PSAC）合并。此前宣布的合并协议预计将于2021年第二季度完成交易，交易完成后，FF将以股票代码“FFIE”在纳斯达克进行交易。FF的旗舰电动车型FF 91计划在合并完成后约12个月内推出。
作为唯一一款下一代智能互联网电车产品，FF的旗舰产品FF 91整合了极限科技、极致用户体验和完整生态的产品理念，给用户带来了独特的智能互联网电动车出行体验。FF 91拥有行业领先的1050匹马力，搭载浸没式液冷技术的130千瓦时电池组，百公里加速仅需不到2.4秒，以及独一无二的后排智能互联网系统，通过超级移动AP实现高速互联网连接、拥有行业内最大的60度仰角零重力座椅，并提供革命性的用户体验，旨在打造移动、互联、智能、奢华的第三互联网生活空间和用户出行生态系统平台。
用户现在可以预订FF 91，详情请点击: https://www.faradayfuturecn.com/cn/reserve/
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Established in May 2014, Faraday Future (FF) is a global shared intelligent mobility ecosystem company, headquartered in Los Angeles, California. FF's vision is to create a shared intelligent mobility ecosystem that empowers everyone to move, connect, breathe, and live freely. FF aims to perpetually improve the way people move by creating a forward-thinking mobility ecosystem that integrates clean energy, AI, the Internet and new usership models. With the FF 91, FF has envisioned a vehicle that redefines transportation, mobility, and connectivity, creating a true “third Internet living space,” complementing users’ home and smartphone Internet experience.
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ABOUT PROPERTY SOLUTIONS ACQUISITION CORP.
Property Solutions Acquisition Corp. is a special purpose acquisition company formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, stock purchase or similar business combination with one or more differentiated businesses. The company is managed by Co-CEO’s Jordan Vogel and Aaron Feldman.
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