Faraday Future Inc., the electric vehicle startup backed by Chinese Internet billionaire Jia Yueting, on Monday showed at CES a concept car that would probably struggle to gain mass acceptance even if produced. The FFZero1 concept car has one seat. The car’s white cockpit was inspired by NASA research and has oxygen and water fed to the driver’s helmet. If Faraday built this car, it would have the equivalent of 1,000 horsepower.

While this won’t be the electric-drive car they build in 2017 to reach the masses, it is supposed to signal that Faraday takes a futuristic view and designs cars packed with connectivity and technology . With its teardrop shape and aerodynamic tunnels that allow air to flow through the car and cool the batteries, the FFZERO1 Concept race car shown in Las Vegas is not intended to be produced.

A smartphone is embedded into the steering wheel of the FFZero1 so the driver can access anything he needs on the Internet. Since the concept is designed with autonomous driving in mind, Faraday wants to give drivers images, data and anything else they want from the Web.

The FFZero1 is built on a large skateboard chassis that houses the battery, with an electric motor at each wheel. This allows Faraday to easily change the size and shape to make a one-seat hot rod like the FFZero1 or more mundane vehicles like a sedan or sport utility vehicle. Faraday will be able to build several different models at the same factory, the company said.

Faraday has been poaching talent from rivals such as Tesla and BMW. The company, based in Gardena, California, outside Los Angeles, now has more than 550 employees.

Like Tesla, Faraday will target buyers of luxury gasoline-powered cars to expand the still-tiny EV market in the United States.