Interestingly, according to the Verge, the Chief designer of the Faraday was involved in the design of the i3 and i8.
http://www.theverge.com/2015/11/19/9761852/faraday-future-car-company-interview-tour-electric-tesla-competitor
http://www.faradayfuture.com/
http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1101151_faraday-future-electric-car-concept-coming-to-2016-ces
http://www.theverge.com/2015/11/19/9761852/faraday-future-car-company-interview-tour-electric-tesla-competitor
Later, I met up with Kim, Faraday’s design chief, who greeted me standing next to a covered prototype. As part of our arrangement, I agreed to keep my impressions on its exterior silhouette out of my report — but its shape was distinct from anything I’ve seen on the road. "It’s a car to some degree," Kim tells me, who was previously responsible for designing BMW’s electrified i3 and i8 models.
http://www.faradayfuture.com/
http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1101151_faraday-future-electric-car-concept-coming-to-2016-ces