Xos, Inc. announced it has named Scott Zion as Director of Medium Duty Vehicles. Mr. Zion will be responsible for the strategy and execution of Xos' medium-duty division focused on Class 6 and 7 Xos vehicles. Prior to Xos, Mr. Zion was previously Assistant General Manager at Hino Motors Manufacturing USA, Inc. where he was responsible for helping Hino electrify their vehicles for the U.S. market.

Before that, Mr. Zion was Chief Engineer of the MaxxPro family of vehicles at Navistar. Mr. Zion has also held engineering roles at TZ Limited, Visteon, and Ford. At Xos, Mr. Zion will head up the company's medium-duty division and build out the team working on design and manufacturing of the vehicles.

He will report to the company's Chief Executive Officer, Dakota Semler.