Ford has something coming at you fast.
The automaker has filed to trademark the name Lightstream for use on a possible future model.
The application covers “motor vehicles, namely, passenger automobiles, four-wheeled motor vehicles, sport utility vehicles, off-road vehicles, electrically powered motor vehicles, structural parts and fittings therefor,” and a couple of those point to the vehicle it may be meant for.
Ford is known to be working on an Expedition-sized electric vehicle for 2025 that CEO Jim Farley has referred to as a “personal bullet train.”
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The three-row model, which has not been revealed, is being designed to be extremely aerodynamic and efficient so that it can provide 300 miles of range at 70 mph on the highway using a 100-kilowatt-hour battery pack.
Ford is aiming to equip it with a Level 3 partially automated driving system that could potentially allow the driver to go to sleep while it takes over on the highway.
A recent Ford patent for a multi-configurable three-row layout that includes a reclining front passenger seat with a footrest may also be linked to the model.
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“It’s beautiful and like anything in the segment so far,†Doug Field, Ford’s new head of electric vehicles, said. “It’ll be a longer, sleeker, quieter vehicle with amazing size and features of an interior space.â€
Lightstream certainly evokes this type of transportation, and tips a hat to the Ford F-150 Lightning electric pickup’s name, although the “off-road vehicles” part of the trademark application suggests something entirely different.
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Ford may just be covering all of the bases with the language. The again, pretty much everything comes in an off-road version these days, including the Mustang Mach-E, which is adding a Rally trim to the lineup next year.
