Strategy
Product definition, positioning, program planning and the business case that gets a product funded and launched.
Zero Labs proof. Zero Labs defined platform programs for four vehicle classes, spanning models built from 1947 to 1975.
ZLABS Product Design + Engineering
Design and engineering for physical products.
Strategy, industrial design, engineering and prototyping from the team that designed and engineered complete electric vehicles at Zero Labs Automotive. We take ambitious hardware from the first sketch to a production-ready design, and with BigEV as our supply chain partner, each product is matched with the manufacturers who build it. ZLABS is a design and engineering practice, and manufacturing is carried out by our partners.
StrategyIndustrial DesignEngineeringPrototypingDesign for ManufacturingSupply Chain
Where Zero Labs Automotive stands today
Zero Labs Automotive concluded all manufacturing and ceased operations at the end of 2024. The design and engineering experience behind these vehicles now carries forward at ZLABS, which applies it to products for other companies. The vehicles shown here are past programs and are no longer offered for sale.
Nine years building complete vehicles taught us how to solve complexity at every scale.
A vehicle is one of the hardest products anyone can make. Thousands of components, mechanical, electrical, thermal and software systems, and demanding safety and performance requirements all have to work as one. Zero Labs took that on from the ground up and delivered finished vehicles to customers starting in 2021. The numbers below are what that work earned.
88,000+
signed order requests for Zero Labs vehicles
$3.5B+
in sales demand, earned with no advertising spend
9 years
designing, engineering and building complete electric vehicles
4,000+
proprietary designs, CAD files and engineered systems
Hundreds
of press features, from The Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg to Top Gear
3 awards
WIRED Best of CES, plus Electrify Expo 2024 Best SUV and Best Pickup
Zero Labs Automotive: the story so far
What we do
Every engagement can start at any stage. We work the whole path to manufacturability, so the product that leaves our studio is one a factory can build and a market can buy.
Industrial Design
Form, materials, color and finish, interiors and every detail a customer touches.
Zero Labs proof. The first carbon fiber electric Bronco, with interiors of CNC-milled aluminum, hand-fitted leather and wood.
Engineering
Mechanical, electrical and systems engineering, including chassis, suspension, high-voltage power, thermal management and controls.
Zero Labs proof. A modular electric platform with 85 and 100 kWh battery options, independent suspension and up to 600 HP dual-motor drive.
Prototyping
CAD and 3D development, CNC and laser-cut parts, fabrication, test builds and validation.
Zero Labs proof. Development vehicles and a complete demonstration chassis built for design validation.
Design for Manufacturing
Production-ready designs with bills of materials, tooling plans, assembly documentation and quality standards, ready to hand to a manufacturer.
Zero Labs proof. Bills of materials and manufacturing documentation across multiple vehicle programs, with a conversion process designed for installation in as little as one day.
Supply Chain, with BigEV
Sourcing, vendor discovery and manufacturer partnerships through BigEV, our supply chain partner representing thousands of manufacturers.
Zero Labs proof. BigEV maps the global cleantech and EV economy, with intelligence on 50 million companies and a billion products.
Supply chain partner
Design, engineering and supply chain in one partnership
ZLABS and BigEV work as one team, so the people designing a product and the people sourcing it share the same plan from the first day. We design and engineer the product. BigEV connects it to the manufacturers, components and suppliers that build it at scale, drawing on a network of thousands of manufacturers.
The vehicles are case studies in complexity
Each Zero Labs program combined industrial design, systems architecture, electrical integration, materials development and production engineering. Here is what each one proves.
Carbon Fiber Classic Electric Bronco
The first carbon fiber electric Bronco, built in metallic white and metallic warm gray. A new composite body sits over an original-design chassis and electric drivetrain, combining bespoke materials work with complete vehicle engineering.
Classic Electric Ford Bronco
The first classic electric Bronco in factory steel, with a removable hardtop, 600 HP all-wheel drive and a 100 kWh battery. Every system was engineered to make a 1960s icon drive like a modern vehicle.
Land Rover Series 109
Fully remastered for electric performance and ride stability while honoring its British heritage. The Series 109 was named Best SUV at Electrify Expo 2024.
Ford F-Series, Sixth Generation
The 1973 to 1979 American pickup, rebuilt on the Zero Labs electric platform. The program was named Best Pickup at Electrify Expo 2024.
Zero Labs Automotive, the story so far
What the press said
“This Zero Labs vehicle is one step beyond. It's not a resto mod, it's a future mod.”
Top Gear
“Few have gotten the blend as good as Zero Labs with its latest Land Rover Series 109.”
MotorTrend, 2025
“Zero Labs completely strips the car, restores and rebuilds it to a standard that the Solihull factory could never achieve, both inside and out.”
Hagerty
“The Fantasy Utility Vehicle.”
The Wall Street Journal
Awards and showcases
Zero Labs was named to WIRED Best of CES. The Land Rover Series 109 and the Ford F-Series program each won at Electrify Expo 2024, taking Best SUV and Best Pickup. Sonatus then partnered with Zero Labs to show how classic automotive design can become a platform for AI-driven, software-defined vehicle technology, presented at CES 2025 and 2026.
CES 2025 and 2026 showcaseWhere this experience applies
The disciplines that built a complete electric vehicle carry into any product where hardware, electronics and software have to work together. That includes mobility, robotics, consumer products, industrial equipment and other ambitious physical products.
Electric vehicles
Powertrain systems
Marine
Micromobility
Energy and power systems
Off-highway equipment
RV and off-grid
ChargingExplore the work
The vehicles
Four programs, shown as case studies in complexity.
Platform technology
A modular electric architecture designed for scale.
Photo gallery
More than one hundred studio and location photographs.
The Screening Room
Films written, shot and edited in house.
Press
Hundreds of features, from The Wall Street Journal to Top Gear.
Bring us the hardest product on your roadmap.
Tell us what you are building and where it is stuck. We will come back with a plan that covers design, engineering and supply chain.