Xos wins US Air Force contract for mobile EV charging system

Xos, a manufacturer electric commercial vehicles and mobile charging solutions, has won a contract from the US Air Force to develop a mobile charging solution for electrified support equipment and vehicles.

The award marks Xos’s entry into the defense market, and the company sees substantial opportunities in the military power solutions sector. The Department of Defense is the largest institutional consumer of energy in the US, and the US Army has announced plans to deploy microgrids at all its installations, and to electrify its non-tactical vehicle fleet by 2035.

Xos will adapt its Xos Hub grid-independent mobile battery energy storage system to operate in demanding field environments to deliver reliable, high-capacity, standards-based charging for electrified support equipment and vehicles.

Designed in California and manufactured in Tennessee, the system will undergo primary assembly and integration at Xos’s Byrdstown, Tennessee facility.

“This award marks a strategic inflection point for Xos,” said CEO Dakota Semler. “When the Air Force evaluates the market and selects our technology, it confirms what we set out to build from day one: a mobile energy platform proven in commercial operations that can meet the most demanding mission requirements in the field. Defense is a significant new addressable market for the Xos Ecosystem, and it is one where our advantages compound: American design and manufacturing, proven reliability, and deployable power that needs no fixed infrastructure.”

Source: Xos