Xos (XOS) 2026 年第二季法說會：Power Hub 擴展與財測指引修正

Xos (NASDAQ: XOS) 公布第二季營收與交車量下滑，主因客戶準備就緒程度與驗收延遲，導致數筆訂單推遲至後續季度。該公司亦推出 Power Hub 擴大儲能戰略，瞄準資料中心、國防及臨時用電需求。

重點摘要

• 2026 年第二季營收為 470 萬美元，交車量為 30 輛；而 2025 年第二季營收為 1,840 萬美元（交車 135 輛），2026 年第一季為 1,120 萬美元（交車 95 輛）。
• GAAP 毛利率達到 12.1%，高於去年同期的 8.9%，但低於第一季的 38.9%。Xos 連續第 12 個季度實現非 GAAP 毛利率為正值。
• 受惠於毛利率較高的 Hub 與動力系統交貨比重提升，上半年 GAAP 毛利率升至創公司紀錄的 31%，高於 2025 年上半年的 11.8%。
• Xos 推出容量為 3.1 兆瓦時的 Power Hub，可提供 1.5 兆瓦的連續電力。管理層將該產品定位於供電受限的資料中心、工業廠區及國防應用。
• 公司第二季末持有的現金及現金等價物為 1,320 萬美元，較第一季成長 35%，主要得益於透過市價發行 (ATM) 計畫與登記直接發行淨籌集了 760 萬美元。
• Xos 修改了 2026 全年展望，預計營收為 3,500 萬至 4,300 萬美元，交車量為 250 至 350 輛，非 GAAP 營業損失為 1,140 萬至 1,470 萬美元。

核心財務業績

2026 年上半年總營收為 1,600 萬美元，交車量為 125 輛，低於去年同期的 2,430 萬美元（164 輛）。GAAP 毛利從 290 萬美元增至 490 萬美元，推升毛利率大幅成長超過 19 個百分點至 31%。

上半年非 GAAP 營業損失收窄 41% 至 880 萬美元，而調整後 EBITDA 損失改善 39% 至 750 萬美元。營業費用下降約 9% 至 1,750 萬美元。

上半年自由現金流為負 430 萬美元，相較之下去年同期為負 10 萬美元。管理層將此變化主要歸因於營運資金釋放減少：本期庫存與應收帳款產生 360 萬美元現金，而去年同期為 1,630 萬美元。

業務與營運表現

Xos 在第二季生產了 29 台 Hub，為迄今最高單季產量。管理層澄清，並非所有 29 台都算作已交貨；部分已付款的產品仍留在工廠等待客戶提貨。

該公司於 6 月推出了 Power Hub 系列。其旗艦貨櫃式系統將電池儲能、電力轉換與能源控制整合於單一外殼內，能直接輸出交流電 (AC)，而非僅作為直流電 (DC) 電池組運作。管理層表示，這種架構降低了現場工程需求，並能更快速地與傳統柴油、天然氣或丙烷發電機進行整合。

Xos 正在瞄準在等待電網併網期間需要臨時電力的資料中心。管理層指出，電網併網可能需要三至七年時間，並強調儲能電池可以平滑波動較大的 AI 計算負載、提高發電機效率，並減少維護費用、燃料消耗及碳排放。

該公司在北美已部署超過 250 兆瓦時 (MWh) 的儲能容量。現有 Hub 客戶包括加州交通局 (Caltrans)、杜克能源 (Duke Energy)、特許能源 (Xcel Energy) 與 Waymo。管理層預計將在未來幾個季度公布 Power Hub 的租賃、租賃融資與部署合作夥伴。

Hub 的生產也在擴展至交流電 (AC) 輸出配置，用於備用電源、工業用途和資料中心基礎設施。Xos 在本季度完成了大量的 UL 測試，並正在爭取適用於直流 (DC) 充電、交流 (AC) 電力輸出及多種 Hub 規格的各項認證。

在動力系統方面，Xos 繼續為 Blue Bird 生產套件，並開始交付具備車網互動 (V2G) 功能的系統。自 2025 年第二季啟動 Blue Bird 計畫以來，公司已接獲超過 100 份動力系統訂單。

存貨從 2025 年底的 2,500 萬美元及 2025 年第二季末的 3,100 萬美元下降至 2,350 萬美元。管理層表示，Hub 與動力系統套件的比例提升有助改善存貨週轉率，因為這些產品不需要像部分箱式貨車經歷二次改裝階段。

管理層財務預測

修正後的展望反映了對下半年產品組合與出貨量的最新預期。管理層預計 2026 年的大部分交車將集中在下半年，並傾向於需求與毛利率較高的產品。

Xos 也繼續預期全年毛利率將顯著優於 2025 年，但管理層警示單季毛利率將隨產品組合而有所波動。

風險與關注事項

• 由於客戶準備狀況與驗收延遲，多筆動力系統與小型卡車訂單遭到推遲。管理層預計這些訂單將在未來一年內完成交付，部分可能在未來幾個季度內完成交易。
• 第二季業務量大幅低於公司預期，導致營收、毛利與營運槓桿受到壓抑。
• 部分 UL 標準預計將在數週內取得認證，而其他認證則可能延長至 2027 年。管理層表示，目前的認證進展並不會妨礙初期交付。
• 上半年自由現金流惡化，原因在於營運資金所帶來的效益小於去年同期。
• Xos 在前瞻性風險中指出了資金獲取能力以及持續經營能力 (going concern)。該公司表示將繼續積極管理流動性，並尋求戰略性融資機會。
• 供應鏈中斷、關稅、貿易政策、國際衝突以及能源或工業投入品短缺，仍是管理層所引用的風險因素。

分析師問答亮點

Power Hub 認證：Xos 已獲得零部件級 UL 認證，並正在就多項標準進行系統級測試。其中一項許可預計將在數週內獲得，而另一項流程可能會持續至明年。管理層表示，認證工作目前並未阻礙交付。

Power Hub 設計與電池來源：這款 3.1 兆瓦時的系統整合了電池、電力轉換系統與控制器，可提供即時部署的交流電。國軒高科 (Gotion) 為主要電池供應商，利用其在伊利諾州工廠生產的在地化電芯與電池組，以滿足包括國防機構在內的客戶對美國國產成分與受關注外國實體 (FEOC) 的合規要求。

訂單延遲：管理層表示，第二季未達預期不僅限於底盤業務，還包括動力系統延遲以及數筆小型卡車訂單的推遲。這些訂單仍預計將在大約未來一年內實現。

Blue Bird 機會：Xos 認為 Blue Bird 所收購的商用底盤產能具有潛在互補性。管理層表示，該設施每年可支援超過 20,000 輛的產能，並可能為 Xos 作為潛在的電動動力系統供應商創造長期機會。

營業費用：第二季費用的下降反映了與營收相關的變動，以及研發材料採購的減少。管理層預計未來幾個季度的費用節奏將與 2026 年第一季相似。

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管理層陳述

Operator

Welcome to the Xos Second Quarter 2026 Earnings Call. [Operator Instructions] Please note, this event is being recorded. I would now like to turn the conference over to David Zlotchew, General Counsel. Please go ahead.

David Zlotchew

Thank you all for joining us today. Hosting the call with me are Xos' Chief Executive Officer, Dakota Semler; Xos' Chief Operating Officer, Giordano Sordoni; and Xos' Chief Financial Officer, Liana Pogosyan. Today, after the close of regular trading, Xos issued its second quarter 2026 earnings press release.

As you listen to today's conference call, we encourage you to have our press release in front of you, which includes our financial results as well as commentary on the quarter ended June 30, 2026. Management's statements today reflect management's views as of today, August 13, 2026, only, and will include forward-looking statements, including statements regarding our fiscal year 2026, management's expectations for future financial and operational performance and other statements regarding our plans, prospects and expectations.

These statements are not promises or guarantees and are subject to risks and uncertainties, which could cause them to differ materially from actual results. Please refer to today's press release and our filings with the SEC, including our most recently filed annual report on Form 10-K and subsequent filings for a more detailed discussion of important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from these forward-looking statements.

Such factors include, but are not limited to, Xos' ability to access capital when needed and continue as a going concern, Xos' ability to implement business plans and identify and realize opportunities, potential supply chain disruptions and/or economic downturns resulting from trade policies, tariffs, international conflicts and tensions and/or shortages of access to oil, energy and other key industrial inputs.

We undertake no obligation to update forward-looking statements, except as required by law. You should not put undue reliance on forward-looking statements. Further, today's presentation includes references to non-GAAP financial measures and performance metrics. Additional information about these non-GAAP measures, including reconciliations of historical non-GAAP measures to the comparable GAAP measures is included in the press release we issued today.

Our press release and SEC filings are available on the Investor Relations section of our website at www.xostrucks.com/investor-overview. With that, I now turn it over to our CEO, Dakota.

Dakota Semler

Thanks, David, and thank you, everyone, for joining us on the call. Every company has a handful of quarters that redraw the boundaries of what it can become. Q2 2026 was one of those quarters for us. In June, we launched the Power Hub, the newest and largest member of the Xos Hub family. And with it, we stepped directly into one of the largest infrastructure build-outs in American history, the race to power data centers and the AI economy.

The through line of the quarter was clear. Xos is becoming a power infrastructure company with the products, the customer base and the manufacturing capability to grow in the markets far larger than the one we started in. On the headline numbers, we delivered 30 units in the quarter, generating $4.7 million in revenue and posted our 12th consecutive quarter of positive non-GAAP gross margins. Deliveries came in lighter than we planned. We anticipated delivering far more units in the quarter, but multiple orders shifted into subsequent quarters, pending customer delays and customer acceptance. That is frustrating, and I will not pretend otherwise, but these are deferrals, and we anticipate fulfilling those orders over the next year.

Even with the later deliveries, our margin trajectory through the first half remains strong. GAAP gross margin for the first half of 2026 was 31%, the strongest first half in Xos' history, and we are proud of that. Liana will take you through the full financial picture, including our updated full year outlook, which reflects the timing of those shifted orders. What has not changed is the demand underneath this business. We anticipate a strong second half with multiple opportunities across our growing segments.

In June, we announced the launch of the Power Hub series, mobile containerized battery energy storage with our flagship 3.1 megawatt hour unit delivering 1.5 megawatts of continuous power from a standard intermodal container form factor. Multiple units can be combined to power multi-megawatt sites without traditional engineering cycles. This is not just a bigger battery, it's a deployable power system.

Here's why it matters. We believe one of the biggest constraints in the U.S. industry right now is the inability to deliver power where it is needed, when it is needed. Data centers and industrial facilities are waiting 3 to 7 years for grid interconnection. The Power Hub lets them energize a site in days. And we're not arriving in this market without a foothold.

Xos has more than 250 megawatt hours of energy storage already deployed across North America. Customers in this market do not buy promises, they buy proof. And our proof is our EV charger hubs that are working in the field today. That demand is already converting. The charger hub has already supported a large data center construction project for a hyperscaler customer, exactly the application this product was built for, power-constrained sites, fast deployment, no permitting overhead and customers who need uptime more than they need theory.

We expect to announce rental, leasing and deployment partners for the Power Hub in the coming quarters. The same demand signal is coming from the public sector, and it grew louder throughout the quarter. In May, Xos was selected as one of only 17 finalists from a nationwide pool of applicants at the U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command Commercial Capabilities Showcase, where our team ran a live demonstration of the charger hub, real-time DC fast charging of an electric vehicle, no grid connection, no setup crew.

And in June, we made an appearance with the Government Fleet Expo in Long Beach, putting our trucks, powertrains and hubs in front of municipal, state and federal fleet buyers. The electrification of the battlefield is one of the most significant operational shifts inside today's military. Unmanned aerial systems, counter UAS platforms, distributed computing at the forward operating base and expanded telecommunications are all creating load growth that only quiet deployable power can serve. The hub was built for exactly that environment, and the reception from defense customers this quarter confirmed it.

Our commercial business kept building as well. At ACT Expo in May, we showcased the complete Xos ecosystem, Step vans powered by Xos powertrains and the charger hub at one conference. The proof points behind that ecosystem kept stacking up. Over 100 powertrain orders since we launched the business with Blue Bird in the second quarter of last year, hubs operating with fleets like Caltrans, Duke Energy, Xcel Energy and Waymo, vehicles in service with UPS and FedEx ISPs and more than 1,000 Xos units in operation today.

The economics underneath all of this continue to move in our favor. With diesel in California averaging north of $7 per gallon during the quarter, heavy-duty fleets are running electric are seeing per mile fuel savings of more than 60% -- those savings are real, they are durable, and they do not depend on where federal policy lands. The regulatory tailwind may have turned, but the economic tailwind has not.

Underneath the growth story, the discipline that got us here has not changed. Gross margin will move the product mix from quarter-to-quarter, but the structural drivers, higher-margin hub and powertrain revenue, lower product costs and leaner operations are durable. And we continue to expect full year 2026 gross margins to be meaningfully better than 2025. We also strengthened the balance sheet during the quarter and closed with more cash than we started. Liana will cover both in detail.

Stepping back, Q2 2026 was the quarter Xos' addressable market got bigger, a lot bigger. Trucks put us on the road, powertrains put us inside other OEMs vehicles. The Power Hub has put us in front of the defining infrastructure challenge of this decade. The second half of this year is about converting that position into deliveries.

With that, I'll turn it over to Gio to walk through the operational highlights of the quarter.

Giordano Sordoni

Thanks, Dakota. During the second quarter, our operations and engineering teams continue to execute across our commercial vehicle, powertrain and energy storage product lines while making meaningful progress towards the launch of several new products and configurations. Across our manufacturing operations, we continue to build Xos trucks and powertrain systems alongside our Xos Hub energy storage products. One of the strengths of our operating model is that these products share much of the same underlying technology, supply chain, engineering resources and manufacturing infrastructure, allowing us to support multiple product lines within a flexible production footprint.

On the Xos Hub, Q2 was our highest production quarter to date with 29 hubs produced during the quarter. This milestone reflects the work that our team has done to improve the hub production process, increase throughput and make the production line more flexible. Importantly, these improvements aren't just about producing more units. We've also been working to increase the number of hub configurations we can efficiently build. This flexibility is becoming increasingly important as we expand the hub platform beyond mobile EV charging and into a broader range of energy storage and power applications.

A major focus during Q2 was the testing, validation and certification of these new hub configurations. Our engineering team completed a substantial amount of UL testing and certification work during the quarter. This work is critical as we expand the product into applications where customers require certified equipment that can integrate safely and reliably with existing electrical infrastructure.

We've also made significant progress towards the production launch of our AC export hub variants. These products build on the battery, power electronics, controls and software technology that we've already deployed in the field, but add the ability to directly provide AC power. This meaningfully expands the addressable applications for the hub, including temporary and backup power, industrial applications and power support for energy-intensive infrastructure such as data centers.

On the vehicle and powertrain side, we continued building Xos commercial vehicles while also producing and delivering powertrain kits to Bluebird. We began delivering powertrain kits with the vehicle-to-grid capability, giving our customers the capability to use the Xos powertrain as an energy asset that can feed energy back into the grid.

Running these programs alongside the growing hub production demonstrates the flexibility of our manufacturing operation and our ability to deploy a common technology platform across multiple end markets.

Across all of these efforts, our focus remains on building a more flexible and capital-efficient operating model. The manufacturing improvements we made during the quarter allow us to support a broader product portfolio using our existing team, facility and infrastructure.

As we move through the second half of the year, our priorities are straightforward. continue executing on truck and powertrain production, ramp our expanded hub product portfolio and build on the manufacturing and certification work completed during the first half of the year. With that, I'll turn it over to Liana.

Liana Pogosyan

Thanks, Gio. Before I go through the quarter, I want to frame the first half because 3 things came together that have not come together before. The first half of 2026 produced the highest GAAP gross margin and gross profit in Xos' history, our lowest GAAP and non-GAAP operating loss and a record half for powertrain and hub deliveries.

Margin expanding while operating loss narrows is the operating leverage we have been building toward. With that as a backdrop, let me walk through the details, including the delivery timing that shaped the second quarter.

For the first half of 2026, our revenue was $16 million on 125 units, down from $24.3 million on 164 units in the first half of 2025. Revenue decreased as a result of lower deliveries, primarily reflecting orders that shifted into subsequent quarters pending customer readiness and acceptance together with engineering resources towards the development of new hub variants.

For Q2 2026, our revenue was $4.7 million on 30 units, down from $18.4 million on 135 units in Q2 2025 and down sequentially from $11.2 million on 95 units. This quarter's deliveries were mainly driven by our hub and powertrain product lines, including Blue Bird Powertrain kits.

In the first half of 2026, we generated GAAP gross profit of $4.9 million, a 31% gross margin compared with $2.9 million or 11.8% in the first half of 2025. That is an improvement of more than 19 percentage points year-over-year and the highest first half GAAP gross margin in our history.

Non-GAAP gross profit was $4.6 million or 29% compared with $1.2 million or 4.9% a year ago, an improvement of more than 24 percentage points. The improvement reflects a favorable shift in product mix towards higher-margin hub and powertrain deliveries, together with continued savings from optimized inventory management and sourcing strategies.

For the second quarter of 2026, GAAP gross profit was $0.6 million or 12.1% compared with $1.6 million or 8.9% in the second quarter of 2025 and $4.4 million or 38.9% in the first quarter of 2026. Non-GAAP gross profit was $0.3 million or 7.2% for the second quarter of 2026 versus $0.3 million or 1.5% in the prior year quarter and $4.3 million or 38.2% in the first quarter of 2026. The sequential decline reflects the timing and mix of deliveries within the year. This quarter marks our 12th consecutive period of positive non-GAAP gross margin.

Now turning to expenses. In the first half of 2026, operating expenses were $17.5 million compared to $19.2 million in the first half of 2025. The reduction of approximately 9% reflects our continued discipline in managing costs while continuing to invest.

Our Q2 2026 operating expenses were $8.5 million, down from $8.7 million in Q2 2025 and down sequentially from $9 million in Q1 2026. Our operating loss for the first half of 2026 improved to $12.6 million compared with $16.3 million in the first half of 2025, a reduction of approximately 23% -- non-GAAP operating loss for the first half of 2026 improved to $8.8 million compared with $14.9 million in the first half of 2025, a reduction of approximately 41%, reflecting continued momentum toward profitability driven by improved operating efficiency and cost discipline.

For Q2 2026, operating loss was $7.9 million compared with $7.1 million in Q2 2025 and $4.6 million in Q1 2026, primarily reflecting lower volumes during the quarter. Non-GAAP operating loss improved year-over-year to $6.2 million compared with $6.8 million in Q2 2025, but increased sequentially from $2.6 million in Q1 2026, primarily due to the same volume dynamics.

Our EBITDA loss for the first half of 2026 improved to $11.5 million compared with a loss of $15.3 million in the first half of 2025, an improvement of approximately 25%. Adjusted EBITDA during the first half of 2026 was a loss of $7.5 million, representing an improvement of approximately 39% compared with a loss of $12.1 million in the first half of 2025, reflecting the continued benefits of cost discipline and operational efficiency.

For Q2 2026, EBITDA was a loss of $7.4 million compared with a loss of $6.5 million in Q2 2025 and a loss of $4.1 million in Q1 2026. Adjusted EBITDA for Q2 2026 was a loss of $5.1 million compared to a loss of $4.9 million in Q2 2025 and a loss of $2 million in Q1 2026.

Turning to the balance sheet. We closed Q2 2026 with cash and cash equivalents totaling $13.2 million, up from $9.8 million at the end of the first quarter, an increase of approximately 35%. During the quarter, we raised $2.2 million under our ATM offering program and $5.4 million through a registered direct offering or $7.6 million in total, net of offering costs. These raises strengthened our liquidity position and provide additional capital to support our growth initiatives.

For the first 6 months of 2026, operating cash flow less CapEx or free cash flow was negative $4.3 million compared with negative $0.1 million in the first half of 2025. The change primarily reflects a significantly larger working capital release in the prior year period when reductions in inventory and accounts receivable generated $16.3 million of cash compared with $3.6 million in the current year period.

Inventory declined to $23.5 million at the end of the second quarter of 2026 from $25 million at year-end 2025 and $31 million at the end of the second quarter of 2025, reflecting continued progress from our inventory management initiatives and broader operational discipline.

We continue to make meaningful progress in improving accounts receivable turnover. Over the past 4 quarters, we collected nearly $50 million from both customers and organizations administering state grant programs, including $7.2 million during the second quarter of 2026.

Accounts receivable net declined to $4.5 million at June 30, 2026, from $6 million at year-end 2025. This discipline remains central to building a more self-sustaining business with a stronger foundation for long-term stability. As we look ahead, our priorities remain clear: scaling efficiently, proactively managing liquidity, pursuing strategic capital raising opportunities, allocating capital with discipline and maintaining our focus on accounts receivable collections.

Now turning to our outlook. In order to better reflect changes in the expected product mix and volume expectations for the second half of the year, we are revising our full year 2026 guidance of revenue to fall within the range of $35 million to $43 million, unit deliveries to be within the range of 250 to 350 units and non-GAAP operating loss to be in the range of $14.7 million to $11.4 million. With that, I'll turn the call back over to the operator.

Operator

[Operator Instructions] Our first question comes from Ted Jackson with Northland Securities.

分析師問答

Edward Jackson

Sorry about the slippage in units in the quarter, but congratulations on all the progress with the hub. On the hub, is it -- you said 29 units produced. Is that just produced? Or is that the number of units that actually went out the door during the quarter?

Giordano Sordoni

Yes, Ted, those were -- that's the number produced. Not all of those count as deliveries, although some of them have been paid for. Some of them are still in the factory paid for, but yet to be picked up and delivered to the customer.

Edward Jackson

On the hub, you provided some commentary with regards to efforts to get it UL listed, which obviously is critical. Could you outline kind of where you are in that process? I mean, usually, there's a fair amount of testing with regards to different components of any kind of equipment.

And then after that, you kind of test the unit in and of itself. So maybe some discussion on the different tests that you've taken in past, the ones you have left and maybe a time line to when you complete?

Giordano Sordoni

Yes. We have UL approval at the component level. As you mentioned, we're using UL approved components for the most part. We are doing system-level testing. There are a few different standards that we're going after, one of which we should have approval on in the next couple of weeks, and then we're pursuing another standard that will take a little bit longer.

It's not gating for customer deliveries completely with the amount of testing we have now and especially within a couple of weeks, there are plenty of customers that are willing and able to take the hub with the level of certification and testing that it has now, and we'll continue to build and improve upon that.

And as we kind of touched on in our comments, we're making sure to do the testing in a way where it will apply across as many variants of the platform as possible. We are building these units with different capabilities. So DC charge output versus AC power output. We want the test and certifications to cover both those use cases as well as different sizes of the hub.

In the mobile form factor, we go as small as like a 210-kilowatt hour hub and as large as a 630-kilowatthour unit. We've made a ton of improvements to the enclosure itself so that our kind of standard middle ground 400-kilowatt hour unit will come under 10,000 pounds, which is an important requirement for our customers that want to move the unit around with a kind of a standard pickup truck.

So that's another thing that we've been hard at work on in future versions of the hub. But yes, going well so far, and it's in no way going to stop us from starting to make deliveries of the new versions of the unit and continue delivering the charger hub version of the product, I should say.

Edward Jackson

Is it fair to assume that you'll have all the UL certification work done before year-end?

Giordano Sordoni

Well, I think we'll have certain standards done within the next couple of weeks as far as other standards that we're pursuing that might push into next year. But again, nothing that's gating us from being able to get up and running.

Edward Jackson

Okay. And then when looking at the unit shortfall, I mean, can you kind of give us some color? It sounds like given that you're talking a little more positively with regards to powertrains and hubs that a lot of the surprise for you is on the chassis side. Is that correct?

Dakota Semler

Yes. So part of the surprise was interest in powertrain delays. We had some orders that got delayed and slowed down on the powertrain side of the business. There were a few smaller truck orders that also pushed back. But as we highlighted, all of these orders are still expected to come through within the next year or so, some of them probably even within the next couple of quarters.

Edward Jackson

Okay. And then my final question. I know Bluebird is an important customer, and they made a pretty significant announcement when they reported with regards to taking over the chassis operations for Ford for sub and such. Is there any implications to that as it relates to what they're doing with Ford? I mean I know it sounds like it's just ICE related, but what are the -- are there any ramifications or anything that is noteworthy as it relates to Blue Bird and Xos with regards to that development?

Dakota Semler

Yes, I can't speak exactly to their internal strategy for the acquisition. We view it as a potential complementary piece. Blue Bird has bought our powertrains to sell into the commercial chassis space as well. And that's not something that currently Ford has an offering for. And their strip chassis product lineup, they have never built a zero emissions product and Bluebird looked to us to build their zero emissions commercial chassis powertrain.

So that's something we view as a potential opportunity in the future. And the capacity, we're very familiar with the Detroit chassis products facility that they bought. The capacity and throughput of that facility is incredible. I think they can produce upwards of 20,000 units a year. So it represents some very large volume opportunities that I think are exciting for Blue Bird. And as one of their potential EV powertrain suppliers, we think it could be a really interesting growth opportunity as we continue to expand our relationship with them.

Operator

Our next question comes from Craig Irwin with ROTH Capital Partners.

Craig Irwin

So Dakota, I wanted to ask a little bit more about the Power Hub. The product in the market that's competitive that's getting the most attention these days is obviously Ford's unit, where they use cattle cells. And I guess they're about 5.5 megawatt hours. So your 3.1 should make you from a unit purchase price materially less expensive.

And then I just wanted to confirm that you're going to continue using cells from Eve EVE, which were less expensive than the cattle cells in the first place. And maybe you want to comment on why 3.1 megawatt hours in the box instead of 5 and half. I do know you're running it at the same rate, over 2. But can you help us understand the customer conversations that helps you design this product?

Dakota Semler

Yes, absolutely. So one of the things that is an important call out, and I think is sometimes overlooked in the large-scale BESS industry is that when you're looking at a lot of the traditional BESS systems that are out there in the market from suppliers like CATL or from Ford, they are what is referred to as a DC block.

So as you know, all these LFP batteries and modules and systems run DC power. And so when there is a handoff of those systems, it's a DC connection. And typically, when those BESS systems are connected into utility scale generation or any kind of utility scale load, there's a separate inverter and power conversion system that's required to connect it into the grid, which is a very large system and typically quite costly as well.

So when you're buying from a CATL or from a BYD or any of these large cell manufacturers, even the Ford system that they're building now, it's what's considered a DC block. There's a new architecture that we have implemented, and there's a couple of other folks that are starting to do this, where you actually take the DC block that's in your traditional ESS and you combine it with the power conversion system and you combine it with the energy controller, which controls and moderates that power.

And essentially, what we're outputting is not just DC power, it's AC power. And that makes it really effective for a variety of different reasons. One is you're manufacturing the entire system, PCS and controller, all in one enclosure in one factory. So it brings the cost down considerably of the actual system as a combined system.

In addition to that, it makes them much quicker and faster to deploy. So instead of engineering a site where you have to design the best system connected to the PCS, connected to your controller, connected to your AC transformer or switchgear or removal switch, you are going to now design one system that plugs into the rest of the load. And so that makes it a lot quicker to be able to deploy these, and we can directly connect to a conventional diesel or recip genset.

So it makes it very, very deployable from a power standpoint. And I think it's important to draw that out because one of the biggest use cases we see is in temporary power as data centers start to see demand for their products ramping up, they need to get power quickly. And that can take 3 to 7 years for them to get power from the grid. So what a lot of operators are doing is they're bringing in large reciprocating gensets in the 2- to 4-megawatt range, and they're connecting them directly to the load.

But that creates a variety of problems for basically AI compute loads. They're very, very volatile. They're totally different than traditional historical data center loads where you see a significant ramp-up in power and that ramp-up is followed by a short -- a very quick fall in power demand. They're very volatile, which causes generators to run at very volatile RPMs, which creates a ton of maintenance issues and maintenance costs in keeping those generators operational.

The other thing it does is it causes your generator to run at suboptimal efficiency ranges. So as it's going up and down in the RPMs, you're seeing incredibly poor fuel consumption. And what you really want a generator to do is to run at their optimal efficiency level, which can be at a 70% to 80% of their rated load. And that's what the best system essentially does is it will allow these recip generators to not only operate more efficiently, but to take away those volatile peaks, reducing maintenance and wear and tear on the generators and ultimately reducing emissions because the generator is burning the most amount of fuel the most efficiently.

So as you're looking at a lot of these sites, you look at the xAI site in Memphis and you look at some of these other sites that have been powered by traditional recip diesel or nat gas or propane gen sets, -- the BESS is what's key to keeping O&M costs low and to keeping fuel costs as efficient as they can be.

So we're not just selling that DC block. A DC block can't connect into a conventional genset. You can't drop it at a site and immediately plug it in and have megawatts of power within a few days. You have to install that inverter, you have to connect it. You have to make sure your controller is synced between the generator, the PCS and the BESS system. So there's a lot of engineering and work that goes into rolling that out.

And so that's where our system is truly differentiated as you can actually deliver this to a site, plug it into any conventional reciprocating large-scale genset and immediately have site power to power these critical loads that have really expensive or costly sensitive electronics that are being powered.

And then you had a second question, which is just around cell supply. So we've worked with a number of different suppliers over the years. We have great partnerships with a lot of the large Tier 1 key suppliers globally. And our primary supplier for this product is Gotion. They've built an incredible facility in Illinois, where they're doing domestic production of battery cells and battery packs. And that was a critical requirement for us as we have a number of customers, including some of the defense customers we talked about that have specific requirements around U.S. content and U.S. manufacturing of cells and critical components.

And so in order to maintain those FEOC compliance requirements, we knew we had to source a local cell and a local pack. And so these are all built with Gotion packs, which are still incredibly competitive being that they're manufactured here, but also by an incredibly experienced cell manufacturer, one of the top 5 cell manufacturers globally.

Craig Irwin

So my next question is about inventory, right? So you've done a really good job bringing down your inventory over the last several quarters. And again, even in a light quarter, light revenue quarter, you brought inventory down. What's a fair expectation for inventory liquidation over the next couple of quarters? You do expect an uptick from what we saw in the June quarter. Does this help us release cash from the balance sheet?

Dakota Semler

Yes, it definitely does. We've taken multiple steps to improve that. I think one of the biggest things that's shifting in our model is that when we deliver powertrain kits and we deliver hubs, there is not a secondary stage of manufacturing. When those vehicles or those components or those hubs leave our factory, they change hands and title changes to the customer. And that's a little bit different with a step van where sometimes we will sell a complete strip chassis, sometimes we'll sell a completed step van.

And there might be a few months where that vehicle is in the hands of the upfitter, getting delivered to a customer, which greatly increases our inventory holding period and our inventory turnover rates or decreases our inventory turnover rates. And so as the mix and shift evolves towards increased hubs and increased powertrains, that inventory turnover is gradually accelerated just based upon the type of product that we're selling.

But beyond that, we've really focused on optimizing, getting as many things built to order as possible and reducing the amount of inventory that we carry for demos or marketing -- sales and marketing type products that we use for events and loaners and that sort of thing.

So our focus is to get that and optimize it as much as possible. We hope for multiple inventory turns per year, and we're well on our way and significantly improved from what we've seen in the last 2 or 3 years. And that's something that we think will even get better with the hub and will be supported by having domestic production of a lot of our critical components, including costly things such as battery cells and battery packs.

Craig Irwin

And my last question is a financial question. So in the June quarter, you brought your SG&A and R&D down by a few hundred thousand dollars. Can you maybe talk about whether or not these were specific cost-out actions or more a function of the variable expense around revenue generation? And can we maybe expect these at similar or slightly lower levels over the next couple of quarters?

Liana Pogosyan

Yes. Thanks for the question, Craig. As far as the cadence, there were some as a result of the functional of revenue, but a lot of the decreases were smaller purchases of R&D materials. And just as far as the cadence of it, I would say we should expect it to be at the level similar to what we had earlier this year in the first quarter.

Craig Irwin

Excellent. Well, congratulations on another step forward, right? And we look forward to watching the progress.

Operator

This concludes our question-and-answer session. I would like to turn the conference back over to Dakota Semler for any closing remarks.

Dakota Semler

For most of our history, the size of Xos' opportunity was set by how many fleets were ready to electrify their trucks. As of this quarter, it is set by something much larger, how much power this country needs and how fast it needs it. Data centers, defense installations, government fleets and commercial operators are all hitting the same wall. Energy demand that is growing faster than the grid can deliver.

In Q2, we put Xos squarely in front of that demand with an expanding product line that is already proving itself in the field. Growth, margins and liquidity still frame every decision we make and nothing about this quarter changed that discipline. What changed is the size of the field we play on.

The second half of 2026 is where that shows up in volume. The majority of the year's deliveries are ahead of us, weighted towards the products with the strongest demand and the strongest margins in our portfolio. We built Xos to move fleets. Now we are scaling it to power far more than that. Q2 was the quarter that the future came into view. With that, we'll wrap up today's call. Thank you, everybody.

Operator

The conference has now concluded. Thank you for attending today's presentation. You may now disconnect.