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Fortune
Christiaan Hetzner

Ford CEO promises a new electric SUV he calls a ‘personal bullet train’

Ford CEO Jim Farley plans a new electric SUV he's calling a "personal bullet train", which should launch in 2025. (Credit: Dia Dipasupil—Getty Images)

In a bid to survive the transition to intelligent electric and autonomous vehicles, Ford CEO Jim Farley is working on a new three-row SUV so quick he’s calling it a “personal bullet train.”

The upcoming vehicle should offer 300 miles of range even when driving at 70 miles an hour thanks to a strict focus on efficiency that reduces the size, and therefore the cost, of its high-voltage battery by a third.

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