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The Faraday Future FF91 is an ultra-luxury EV.

Its $300,000 as-new price tag is on par with a Rolls-Royce.

However, depreciation may take a toll on the rare EV.

Back in 2017, a startup called Faraday Future noted it would launch an all-electric car that would revolutionize the industry. It had immense power, a luxurious interior and a big price tag to match.

The $300,000 Faraday Future FF91 [website] Future Alliance (try saying that three times in a row) was a tough sell from the get-go. It was extremely expensive for a car made by a new, unknown brand and the controversy associated with the organization’s former CEO, Yueting Jia, made it quite unappealing. So much so that deliveries started five years later than originally promised, and to the best of our knowledge, just 13 cars were sold to the public. The startup claimed it had 300 orders and planned on fulfilling all of them.

On paper, the FF91 was impressive. With a 142-kilowatt-hour battery pack and a tri-motor all-wheel drive system good for 1,050 horsepower, it could hold its own next to the Tesla Model S Plaid and Lucid Air Sapphire. Inside, it’s extremely plush, with heated, ventilated and massaging “Zero Gravity” seats, 11 displays and rear-hinged back doors to make entry and exit as smooth as butter. The words “Artificial Intelligence” were also scattered throughout the press release.

Gallery: 2024 Faraday Future FF 91 in production specification 10.

Suffice it to say, it was a dud. But no matter how bad or questionable an expensive car is when new, it can magically become more effective for the right price. That brings us to this particular FF91 that was lately for auction on Bring a Trailer. As of February 7 with five days to go, the high bid is just $31,250 and there's no reserve. That’s roughly 10% of the original sticker price; the car has just 6,200 miles on the odometer and a clean title to boot.

Depreciation is the name of the game here, and for the right buyer, this could be the right car. Just bear in mind that while Faraday Future is still around—it’s actually trying to bring some more affordable EVs to the market—it’s still a very small firm that has been struggling for several years to keep the lights on.

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A Tesla Model 3 Slow-Charged In -15 Degree Temperatures. Here’s How It Went

A Level 1 charger is sometimes bundled with a new EV.

It can come in handy for emergencies and it can even work as a main charger in ideal conditions.

If you have to park outside in the freezing temperatures, it's barely effective.

It's general knowledge that charging an EV at home is the best way to lower fuel bills and increase ownership satisfaction. But what happens if you buy an EV and don't have a Level 2 charger? Typically, new EVs come with a Level 1 charger in the trunk, which can be handy in emergencies.

But you really shouldn’t rely on one as the main source of power for an EV. Throw in some freezing temperatures, and you’ll have a very bad time. The FrozenTesla video embedded below showcases just how bad winter charging can be if you only have Level 1 access.

As a reminder, a Level 1 charger is typically plugged into a 110-volt outlet and can draw a maximum of around 15 amps, leading to charging speeds of approximately 1 to 2 kilowatts. If the car's battery pack has 70 kilowatt-hours, it could take up to 80 hours to get a full charge. That's an extremely long time.

In the video, a facelifted Tesla Model 3 Long Range All-Wheel Drive was parked outside through a freezing Canadian night with temperatures dropping to -15 degrees Fahrenheit (-26 Celsius). During this time, it was plugged into a Level 1 charger to try and increase the state of charge.

The Tesla remained outside for 14 hours, during which the battery level went from 65% to just 70%. That's pretty terrible, but there’s an explanation. The charger was plugged into an extension cord that was too thin, forcing the charger to throttle the current to just 9 amps. The maximum possible is 12 amps which would have made a difference in this case.

, the car used most of the energy—roughly 15 kWh—simply to keep the battery warm. This resulted in a gain of just [website] kWh for the session. In other words, only 7% of the power from the outlet actually made it into the battery.

Using a thicker gauge extension cord would have allowed the charger to dispense its maximum output of 12 amps. Plugging into a 240-volt outlet would have helped even more, effectively doubling the amount of energy going into the battery.

Can you live with a Level 1 charger? Absolutely, but there’s additional planning involved which may not suit everyone.

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