Battle of the electric car startups: will Faraday Future merge with Atieva?

Sources fear that mysterious Chinese billionaire Jia Yueting, who has a stake in both promising startups, is exerting increasing influence over the rival companies

The glossy video on the website of Atieva, a promising Silicon Valley startup developing a self-driving electric vehicle, is a hard sell for the California dream. "To reimagine the future, we're rewriting the rules. Applying the California state of mind to shape a new vision of what a car can be."

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