Xos, Inc. announced Mike Chaffins has joined the company as Vice President of Supply Chain. Mr. Chaffins will be responsible for the end-to-end supply chain strategy for the company, overseeing the process and team in charge of procurement and logistics of parts required on the X-Platform chassis and the Lyra Series™ battery. Mr. Chaffins will report to Chief Operating Officer and Co-Founder, Giordano Sordoni.

Mr. Chaffins has 30 years of automotive supply chain experience at automakers Toyota, Mercedes-Benz, Nissan, and Nikola, along with tier one suppliers Dana Incorporated and Akebono Corporation. Prior to Xos, Mr. Chaffins was the global head of supply chain for Nikola, leading the sourcing, landing, and certifying of parts for electric and hybrid vehicles. Before that, Mr. Chaffins served as North America purchasing head for Dana Incorporated, following a ten-year run at Nissan as the manager of purchasing operations in the U.S. and Mexico.

Prior to Nissan, Mr. Chaffins spent seven years as purchasing manager for Akebono Corporation, and before that held buyer positions at Toyota and Mercedes-Benz USA.