Grass Roots
OCT 2019
The Lights Went On
Teralume Industries started in the 12v lighting sector, with previous industry experience with systems design with commercial, fixed and mobile plant lighting systems.
The Teralume & XGO™ Story
Built, Ground Up.
XGO™ started as a set of separate problems — a tray that flexed, a canopy that leaked, a power system nobody could service. We built the answers one at a time, then bolted them together.
The position
One system, not three products
Most ute setups are an assembly of parts that were never designed to meet. A tray from one supplier, a canopy from another, a 12V system spliced in by whoever was free that week. Every join is somebody else's problem, and the failures always happen at the joins.
We took the opposite approach. The tray, the canopy and the power system are engineered as one structure, so the mounting points, the wiring runs and the load paths are decided once — by us — before anything is cut or folded.
It's a slower way to build. It's also why we can put a 10-year structural guarantee on it.
his is where we get transparent with you.
How it came together
Every milestone below changed the product. In order.
Concept and Drawings
JUN 2021
The Concept
So many canopies we're fitting out with lighting either leaked or cracked in critical places. The mission was clear, build something that doesn't crack out. We were going to engineer a product that's engineered to a standard, build to last.
XGO Was Born
FEB 2022
XGO™ Became
We decided we needed a name, something easy to remember and something that would look good on a bumper sticker too. However, XGO™ needed to mean something too. 'Expedition On The Go' - A tray and canopy system that just worked.
Engineering, Load & Destruction Testing
JUN 2022
Engineering
We assembled a small engineering team to start getting the design brief and sketches to life.
Revision, Sample, Repeat
AUG 2022
Manufacturing
The first fully engineered sample product produced. I recall at this stage sitting in a room with 12 engineers, designers and QC managers for 3 days, 14 hours a day while we made 483 changes to a fully functional sample. Perfection was in sight.
12.29AM Christmas Eve - Dedication to excellence
DEC 2022
Real World Testing
Hundreds of thousands of dollars, 22 months of 18 hour days and countless revisions, we were now getting all we had learnt into the field to test and see what worked, and what didn't.
Engineering Meets Guarantee
JAN 2023
10 Year Structural Gaurentee
Industry first and still industry leading backing. It wasn't about that though, it was always about backing a product that we knew was rock solid. Torsion, racking and shear load testing, fatigue testing, material testing - we knew we had it right.
This is Where We Expanded
FEB 2023
Expanding our footprint
At this stage we had expanded our footprint into a facility that was 13 times larger. We simultaneously were moving into our new building on the Sunshine Coast. It was here when we knew the XGO™ product was bloody good.
New Sunshine Coast HQ - QLD
JUL 2023
New Headquarters
By this stage, we had over 10 people in the team and needed to expand into a new facility. This is where many hours of R&D happened, this is where we really started to invest in the product range, team, training and process.
Innovation at its finest
AUG 2023
Lithium Power Solutions
Again, more testing - more engineering. Our first concept of the wildly successful power system that integrated all the features you could ever want. We have built the world’s first fully featured integrated power system, saving tens of hours on installation and consumables, offering customers a power solution that retain the value in the system, not the install labour!
Gen 2 Range Was Here
JUN 2024
Generation 2 launched
With everything we had learnt, tested and revised it was time to start working on becoming uncopiable. We knew we had an absolutely rock solid design, we just needed to become more unique. The Gen 2 design was born, with world's first integrated zone lighting and a unique bob tail rear design.
Fleets, trades and services sector
JAN 2025
Fleet & Trade Offering
Word had spread, we think. We were attracting the attention of fleet partners. Speedy manufacturing, rock solid warranty, spare part availability and fitment networks all lead to some very cool ventures.
This part is called 'Betting the Farm'
JUL 2025
The Brisbane Move
By this stage, we had outgrown our Sunshine Coast facility. So much so, we had 2 other holding facilities in Brisbane! We moved the entire business to Brisbane on the 1st of July 2025, along with our family and sold our acreage in the hinterland. This new facility offered a showroom, 15 offices, boardrooms, over 30 car parks and 1000's of square meters to expand into.
USA Truck expansion
Growing the offering
This shot was the official shakedown of our Chev 2500HD - straight into a 8,000km show route. Our USA truck offering saw a whole new scope for us - more space, more opportunity for fit-outs, less worry about weight and more customer requirements.
Next revision, on the bench
Now
Still building
Laura and I are still a husband-and-wife team, now alongside more than 30 people and some of the best minds in Australia.
Today, we’re delivering fleet contracts, building $250,000 vehicles, developing new products and pushing what’s possible across design, engineering and fitment. The capability has grown enormously, along side our team.
We’re not finished building Teralume. We’re just refining our craft.
Our Standards
What we hold Close
Always
- Engineered as one system, never bolted together later
- Installed by a trained fitter, never shipped as a puzzle
- Wiring documented so any auto electrician can service it
- Every complaint logged and read
Never
- A spec change we didn't tell you about
- Weight saved where strength matters
- Pressure to buy on the day
- A finish that looks right and fails in two summers
From the founder
I built the first one because nothing on the market did what I needed it to do. That hasn't changed — every part of this system exists because something before it wasn't good enough.
Tell us about your vehicle
Give us the vehicle, the load and where you're taking it. We'll spec the package around that — and tell you honestly if you don't need half of it.
★★★★★
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