Canoo and Lucid Motors were awarded contracts to develop battery modules for testing and analysis on Department of Defense platforms.
The two companies will help the department standardize a battery module that would increase the agency’s demand signal for commercial batteries and reduce barriers to commercial sector collaboration. GM Defense and two more yet-to-be named manufacturers are also participating.
The manufacturers will also be part of the Jumpstart for Advanced Battery Standardization project, which will allow commercial EV battery manufacturers to test and develop standards required to adapt batteries for a vast range of Defense Department platforms.
