FOR THE VALLEY ECONOMY.
FARADAY FUTURE SAYS ITS PLANS
TO BUILD ELECTRIC CARS IN NORTH
LAS VEGAS ARE OFFICIALLY ON
HOLD RIGHT NOW.
13-ACTION NEWS REPORTER BRYAN
CALLAHAN EXPLAINS WHAT IT MEANS
FOR THE AUTOMAKER..
AND NORTH LAS VEGAS.
FARADAY SAYS GETTING ITS FIRST
PRODUCTION CAR OFF THE LINE IS
THE DRIVING FORCE BEHIND
HALTING WORK AT THE NORTH LAS
VEGAS FACTORY.
THE COMPANY PROMISED THE FIRST
FF-91'S WOULD BE DELIVERED IN
2018...
WHEN THE CAR WAS UNVEILED AT
CES JUST SIX MONTHS AGO.
NOW...
THEY APPEAR TO HAVE HEADED BACK
TO SQUARE ONE...
AFTER AT FIRST DISCUSSING
SCALING BACK THE NORTH LAS
VEGAS FACTORY.
FARADAY FUTURE SAYS IT STILL
OWNS THE NORTH LAS VEGAS
PROPERTY AND REMAINS COMMITTED
TO THE APEX SITE FOR LONG- TERM
CONSTRUCTION.
ALTHOUGH THERE IS NO WORD ON
HOW LONG WORK IN NORTH LAS
VEGAS WILL BE PUT ON HOLD.
MAYOR JOHN LEE SENT OUT A
STATEMENT...
SAYING THE $50 MILLION DOLLARS
THE COMPANY INVESTED AT THE
APEX SITE HAS HELPED ATTRACT
MULTIPLE COMPANIES TO THE AREA
CREATING SEVEN THOUSAND JOBS IN
THE CITY.
BUT THERE ARE STILL SOME JOBS
THAT WILL NOT BECOME A RALITY.
11.28.45.00 "WHAT THIS MEANS
FOR THE CITY OF NORTH LAS VEGAS
IS THE CONSTRUCTION JOBS THAT
WILL THAT WOULD'VE GOT ALONG
WITH ASSEMBLING A NEW WAREHOUSE
WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
IF ANYTHING IT WAS REHABILITATE
AN EXISTING FACILITY WHICH
DEFINITELY DOES NOT CREATE AS
MANY JOBS.
AND THEY HAVEN'T EVEN COMMITTED
TO NEVADA." AS FAR AS TAXPAYERS
GO...
THE LEGISLATION PASSED A FEW
YEARS AGO...
HAD PROTECTIONS BUILT IN.
FARADAY WILL NOT GET ANY
INCENTIVES FROM THE STATE UNTIL
IT INVESTS A BILLION DOLLARS.
THE STATE SAYS THE COMPANY HAS
PAID ALL OF THE TAXES OWED TO
THIS POINT.
BRYAN CALLAHAN, 13 ACTION
NEWS.
A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SUSPECT IS
ARRESTED...
