XCharge opens first manufacturing facility in Texas

According to the announcement, the Kyle facility will initially offer an area of around 325 square metres (original specification: 3,500 square feet) and will be expanded to 1,858 square metres (20,000 square feet) in the coming years. In doing so, XCharge North America (or XCharge NA for short) is moving into an existing building in an industrial park.

Kyle is located just off Interstate 35 between Austin and San Antonio. The community is part of the Greater San Marcos Area in Hays County. “Hays County was a perfect location for us to establish our domestic operations, given its scalable facilities and land availability,” said Aatish Patel, president and co-founder of XCharge NA. “Furthermore, it provides us with the opportunity to partner with the local community – such as Texas State University – to increase job opportunities.”

XCharge North America’s offerings include the C6 DC charging station with up to 150 kW of power and the Net Zero series. This fast charging solution offers up to 210 kW of power for parallel charging of up to two electric cars and is equipped with batteries from BYD as buffer storage. In addition, the Net Zero series is equipped with a Battery2Grid function so that energy can be sold back to the grid at peak times when the battery is relatively full.

However, the announcement does not say which charging ports XCharge NA will offer on its Texas-made charging posts. The CCS1 standard is a prerequisite for federal funding in the USA. After numerous carmakers announced in recent months that they would rely on Telsa’s NACS for their electric cars in North America, many charging pole manufacturers followed suit and promised a NACS option for their products in the near future.

Aatish Patel emphasised that the focus is to “develop and provide cost-efficient innovative EV solutions.” However, the charging station manufacturer is not likely referring to the NACS standard. This is because the XCharge solutions are to be “built to specifically alleviate US grid constraints to increase EV accessibility and viability as an alternative transportation option”.

Update 17 November

XCharge has officially opened its headquarters and facility in Kyle in the US state of Texas and launched its Net Zero Series battery-integrated electric vehicle charger in the US. The 3,500-square-foot facility is primarily dedicated to the technical aspects of XCharge North America’s business operations, and the company plans to expand it to about 20,000 square feet in the coming years.

The product line Net Zero was first introduced in 2022 The fast charging solution offers up to 210 kW of power for parallel charging of up to two electric cars and is equipped with batteries from BYD as buffer storage. It will also launch in Europe at a later date.

prnasia.com, prnewswire.com (Update)