Faraday Future to open US robot factory by end of 2026

Faraday Future is best known as an electric vehicle company, but it now describes itself as a "physical AI ecosystem company" and is positioning robotics as a major part of its future. The company's plan to bring a US robot factory online by the end of 2026, with its first US-assembled robot scheduled for February 2027, marks a shift from its current reliance on Chinese manufacturing partners, which the company says currently supply its robotics products substantially.

That shift comes as Chinese manufacturers have established a commanding position in the humanoid robotics market, while US regulators are paying increasing attention to foreign-made connected technologies and their supply chains. Faraday Future says it has participated in the FCC public-comment process and hired advisors focused on FCC, ICTS, and NDAA compliance. The company frames localization as more than moving an assembly line: it sees it as a way to strengthen regulatory compliance, supply-chain resilience, quality control and customer support while gradually developing domestic suppliers.

Jerry Wang, Faraday Future's global executive chairman, argues that the company's EV experience gives it a useful starting point. He says technologies including AI, perception, sensor fusion, computing, connectivity and data can form a common foundation for both vehicles and robots, and that the company is evaluating retrofitting its Hanford, California EV factory or building a dedicated robotics site. Wang acknowledges that manufacturing robots in the US will likely cost more than sourcing from China, but argues that supply-chain security, regulatory certainty, faster customer response times and improved quality control compensate. The company has not publicly disclosed what percentage of future robots will be US-manufactured, which components will remain imported, or the exact localization mix by 2028.