The Latest SPAC News and Rumors: November 29, 2022
Below is a daily summary of links to the latest SPAC news and rumors gathered across the web.
Latest SPAC News: Faraday Future ousts its CEO and Hyzon Motors SPAC board is sued over ‘outlandish’ deal hype
EV SPAC Faraday Future ousts its CEO
Faraday Future (NASDAQ:FFIE), the troubled EV startup-turned-publicly-traded company, has shuffled its executive ranks once again.
The board fired its CEO Carsten Breitfeld, according to a regulatory filing posted Monday after the markets closed. Brietfeld, who was the former co-founder of failed EV startup Byton, took the leadership role at Faraday Future in September 2019.
The messiness at the company has only ramped up since it went public through a merger with Property Solutions Acquisition Corp. in July 2021. Investigations, a restructuring and a going concern warning are just a few of the dramatic turn of events in the past 18 months.
READHyzon Motors SPAC Board Sued Over ‘Outlandish’ Deal Hype
Investors of a special purpose acquisition company that merged with zero-emission hydrogen fuel automaker Hyzon Motors Inc. (NASDAQ:HYZN) have filed suit in Delaware Chancery Court, claiming the SPAC’s sponsors, founders and directors made misrepresentations about Hyzon to gain shareholder approval of the deal.
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