XCharge NA Deploys Ultra-Fast Charging for Electric Firefighting Vehicle at Dallas Airport

Dallas Love Field Airport has brought ultra-fast EV charging to its aircraft rescue and firefighting fleet, with XCharge North America supplying the infrastructure for a fully electric emergency response vehicle.

What Happened

XCharge NA, which provides high-power EV charging and battery-integrated systems for the North American grid, deployed its C7AM ultra-fast charging unit at Dallas Love Field Airport (DAL). The unit delivers 400 kW of output through liquid-cooled cables and is engineered to support the long-duration, high-speed charging cycles required by the Rosenbauer Panther 6×6 Electric — a fully electric aircraft rescue and firefighting (ARFF) vehicle operated by Dallas Fire-Rescue. XCharge NA co-founder and President Aatish Patel said the deployment transitions frontline emergency response vehicles away from liquid fuel on tarmacs, creating what he described as a safer environment for ground operations and aircraft.

Why It Matters

ARFF vehicles are among the most demanding applications in airport safety — they must be ready instantly, operate at high power for extended periods during an incident, and do so without generating emissions or thermal risk around parked aircraft. Supplying charging infrastructure purpose-built for those cycles is a different challenge than standard depot charging. For airports exploring electrification of ground-support fleets, this project serves as a real-world case study in matching ultra-fast hardware with specialty vehicles that have unconventional duty cycles.

The Bottom Line

Dallas Fire-Rescue's Panther 6×6 Electric ARFF vehicle is now supported by XCharge NA's C7AM unit at Dallas Love Field. The deployment marks one of the first integrations of high-power EV charging infrastructure purpose-engineered for an electric aircraft rescue and firefighting application at a major U.S. commercial airport.