樂視創始人在美國推進電動車項目

Jia Yueting, the former head of embattled Chinese conglomerate LeEco, has pushed forward with his electric car ambitions in the US as creditors in China clamour to reclaim millions in debts.

陷入困境的中國綜合企業集團樂視(LeEco)的前掌門人賈躍亭繼續追逐在美國製造電動汽車的雄心。與此同時中國境內的債權人競相追索鉅額債務。

Faraday Future, an American electric vehicle start-up of which Mr Jia is the only known investor, announced this week it had secured the lease on a new manufacturing space about 200 miles north of Los Angeles.

賈躍亭是美國公司法拉第未來(Faraday Future)的唯一已知投資者。這家電動車初創企業本週宣佈，已在洛杉磯以北約200英里的地方獲得新制造場地的租約。

The site gives Mr Jia’s carmaking venture a second wind after the company announced it had scrapped construction on a $1bn Nevada car factory that had been riddled with delays and millions in late payments to contractors.

這個場地將使賈躍亭投資的汽車製造企業得到第二個機會，此前該公司曾宣佈放棄在內華達州建造一家10億美元的汽車廠；該廠在建設施工期間屢屢發生拖延，並對承包商拖欠了鉅額款項。

A former tyre factory, the new facility will offer 680,000 square feet of space, making it a bit smaller than the 1m square foot factory Faraday Future had planned in Nevada, according to information posted on the website of Industrial Realty Group.

根據Industrial Realty Group網站上公佈的信息，新的廠區以前是一家輪胎廠，它將提供68萬平方英尺的空間，比法拉第未來之前計劃在內華達州建造的100萬平方英尺工廠小一些。

A picture posted to the Instagram account of Faraday Future vice-president Nicholas Sampson shows employees painting the new factory location with the company logo in preparation for moving in.

法拉第未來副總裁尼古拉斯?桑普森(Nicholas Sampson)的Instagram賬號上貼出的一張照片顯示，僱員們在新廠區繪製公司標識，準備遷入。

Faraday Future did not respond to a request for comment.

法拉第未來沒有迴應記者的置評請求。

A LeEco company representative said Mr Jia “would definitely come back to China” but was unable to provide a concrete date for when that would happen.

樂視的一名代表說，賈躍亭“一定會回到中國”，但無法提供他回國的具體日期。