Here's the FF 91, Faraday Future's long-awaited electric vehicle

It's been a long time coming, but Faraday Future has finally taken the stage at CES 2017 to reveal its first electric vehicle, dubbed the FF 91. Ask Faraday senior vice president of engineering Nick Sampson, though, and the FF 91 is more than just a car – it's a "new species," that will be "the world's first ecosystem connected car." There are four different components to that ecosystem, and Sampson took us through each before pulling the veil off the car for the first time.

The next component is Artificial Intelligence. Faraday Future claims that this is "the smartest car you'll ever drive," with features like seamless entry where you are the key. This is achieved through facial recognition and Bluetooth smartphone integration, along with user permission management that is presumably based in the FFID system.

Faraday also spent a fair amount of time talking about the number of sensors and radars that feature in the FF 91. In all, there are more than 30 radars, sensors, cameras, and LIDAR on the FF 91, and these all make up the autonomous driving capabilities of the car.

Using these sensors, Faraday actually showed a fairly impressive demo of the car's Driverless Valet system, in which the driver exited the FF 91 and used the Faraday app to kick off the car's self parking feature. After finding a free spot, the car autonomously backed in, managing to avoid the other parked cars in the process by using a three-point turn.

Design is the fourth and final component of Faraday's FF 91 ecosystem. VP of Design Richard Kim took the stage to briefly discuss the design philosophy behind the FF 91 before the final unveiling, focusing first on the drag coefficient of the car. This is important, because as Kim says, it helps increase range, and the FF 91's "avant-garde proportion and silhouette," achieves a drag coefficient of 0.25.

Kim also says that the car's "long, wide stance in the expansive wheelbase," allows for a large interior, with Faraday quoting 151 cubic feet of interior space. Taking a page out of the airline industry's book, Kim calls this a first-class cabin experience. He also says that the wheelbase allows the rear seats to recline further than most other cars – 60-degrees in total.

Kim says the FF 91 blurs the line between mid and full sized vehicles and draws inspiration from both. It offers the driving dynamics of a mid-sized car, allowing it to fit into tight parking spaces and make sharper turns than a comparable full-sized car.

He then spent a few moments touching on many of the exterior design features of the FF 91, mentioning a few characteristics that distinguish the FF 91. For instance, the car's ride height actively adjusts in accordance with velocity changes, and the car's camera mirrors can be removed or attached easily and quickly. Kim also spoke on the car's capacitive touch buttons that replace more traditional door handles, and the car's arrival system which uses facial recognition for keyless entry.

A couple of the more interesting design features include an intelligent exterior light system, which will communicate things to people outside of the car. Kim also mentioned the smartglass sunroof, which can automatically tint to make things a little more shady in the FF 91's cabin.