速报：法拉第未来在裁员期间失去了电动汽车先锋 [美国媒体]

前言：经过两年半的时间，通用汽车的老将Peter Savagian已经出局了



Peter Savagian, a former chief engineer of GeneralMotors’ famous (and ill-fated) EV1 electric car, has left his job as seniorvice president at Faraday Future, two sources tell The Verge. The news comesone week after the electric car startup announced layoffs and salary cuts as aresult of a fallout with China’s Evergrande Group, which is Faraday Future’smain investor.

两位消息人士告诉The Verge，彼得·萨瓦吉安（Peter Savagian）是通用汽车公司EV1电动车的前总工程师，他已离开法拉第未来的高级副总裁。这一消息发布一周后，电动汽车创业公司因中国恒大集团（法拉第未来的主要投资者）对恒大集团的影响而宣布裁员和减薪。

Reached by phone Monday, Savagian declinedto comment. A representative for Faraday Future did not return requests forcomment.

Savagian周一通过电话联系，拒绝发表评论。法拉第未来的代表没有回复置评请求。



Before joining Faraday Future, Savagianspent 18 years at General Motors, where he led the automaker’s electricpropulsion team. He was also the chief engineer of the EV1, which was thecompany’s — and the industry’s — first serious attempt at mass producing an electriccar. The EV1 met an infamous demise that became the focus of the 2006documentary, Who Killed the Electric Car? Faraday Future hired at least threeother people associated with the EV1 program, and all three are still with thecompany according to their LinkedIn profiles.

在加入法拉第未来之前，Savagian在通用汽车公司工作了18年，在那里他领导了汽车制造商的电动推进团队。他还是EV1的总工程师，这是该公司的 - 也是业界首次认真尝试大规模生产电动汽车。EV1电动车碰到一个臭名昭着的死亡事件，成为了关注的焦点2006年的纪录片，谁消灭了电动车？法拉第未来雇用了至少三个与EV1计划相关的人，并且根据他们的LinkedIn个人资料，这三个人仍然在公司。

Faraday Future started 2018 on a positivenote, announcing in late December that, after a year full of drama and moneytrouble, it had secured a $2 billion investment. (Evergrande’s involvement wasannounced in June.) The first $800 million installment, the company said, wouldbe enough to finally get the FF91 into production by the end of the year at arestored factory in Hanford, California. Subsequent $600 million installmentswould be released by the investor in 2019 and 2020 if the company hit undisclosedproduction goals.

法拉第未来开始于2018年，并在12月底宣布，在经历了一年充满戏剧性和资金困境的一年之后，它获得了20亿美元的投资。（恒大的参与是在六月宣布的。）该公司表示，首批8亿美元的分期付款将足以最终在今年年底在加利福尼亚州汉福德的一家经过修复的工厂生产FF91 。如果公司达到未公开的生产目标，投资者将在2019年和2020年分期发放6亿美元的分期付款。



Savagian’s departure means that, if andwhen that happens, another one of the key people behind the technology thatpowers the car won’t be there to see it come off the line. In a video of acompany event from September, the former GM executive effused about the work heand his fellow employees had accomplished. “Today is a rare time we can stopfor a moment and admire our great work,” he said. “We’ve made something great,something we can all be proud of.”

Savagian的离职意味着，如果发生这种情况，那么为汽车提供动力的技术背后的另一个关键人物将不会在那里看到它脱离生产线。在9月份公司活动的视频中，这位前通用汽车公司高管对他和他的同事所完成的工作感到兴奋。他说：“今天是一个难得的时刻，我们可以停下来欣赏我们的伟大工作。” “我们创造了一些伟大的东西，我们都可以为此感到骄傲。”