Zenvo Automotive shifts up a gear in 2025, signing off its most important year
The past 12 months has seen the development programme at Zenvo Automotive turned up to its highest levels to date.
The Aurora programme continues its relentless progression, using pioneering technologies and processes, delivering results at each development gateway. The brand has also continued to strengthen, attracting global talent and world class dealer partners to become part of the #zenvofamily as production comes ever closer. The first quarter of 2025 saw a key milestone in the programme as the team, together with MAHLE Powertrain, fired up ‘Mjølner’ – the world’s most powerful production V12 engine – for the first time.
Since then, the team has been working to continue this development, confirming technical partnerships with Ricardo and Castrol, as Aurora looks to deliver pioneering technologies and driveability to owners. The progress across the drivetrain system has seen the integration of the hybrid powertrain which will eventually deliver up to 1,850hp. The first validation prototype entered service as summer approached, and global events bookended the biggest brand activations for Zenvo Automotive to-date.
Wearing its harlequin-livery, VP0 made history for the brand, running up the famous Hillclimb on the opening day of the Goodwood Festival of Speed for its dynamic public debut. From here, it has been used across powertrain, electronics, suspension and dynamics testing phases. VP0 then starred on the California streets as Zenvo arrived in style for Monterey Car Week, as Zenvo Village played host to car collectors, enthusiasts, friends of the brand and the dealer network.
The test programme has continued at the Præstø factory and at facilities across Europe, with successful crash tests, dynamics and performance completed, both as simulations and real world tests. Further prototypes have also come online as the testing phases spread through different teams and departments, accelerating towards the plans for 2026. Across the business, both centrally and with partners globally, Zenvo Automotive has become a destination for a range of talent.
New roles have been filled in engineering, development, purchasing, procurement, production, sales & marketing and aftersales, while the dealer network has expanded to 14 locations during 2025. This growth, with the appointment of five new sites, has seen globally recognised, leading dealer groups add Zenvo to their portfolios, as the Danish brand continues to work to build a world-class support network at every stage of ownership. “We come to the end of 2025 with the technical and development phases of the Aurora programme driving forward with real momentum,” explains Jens Sverdrup, Chairman and CCO, Zenvo Automotive.
“It has been a very proud year of firsts, one of real progress, and one which has firmly put Zenvo on the map, with our biggest activations and achievements over Goodwood and Monterey. It hasn’t been all plain sailing, by any means – which is expected from a programme of this magnitude and when working with the latest advances in technologies and systems which have never been seen or used before. We always set out for Aurora to be something more than had gone before, and we now have the team in place to deliver what we set out to achieve. 2026 will be another year of firsts and of relentless pursuit of improvement as we keep building towards production.”
“It has been a big challenge for every member of the team over this year, working through a long list of firsts,” added Jon Gunner, Chief Technical Officer, Zenvo Automotive.
“The team is now at its strongest, and Aurora is delivering or overachieving at each phase. We are determined and dedicated to getting the results, and we have put the pieces in place with our team and partners to ensure that Aurora is everything that we have set out for it to be. There is still a job list to be completed, but it is an exciting journey to be on.”