This Koenigsegg Wasn’t Built to Break Records

The First Koenigsegg EV, Albeit Unofficially

Koenigsegg is synonymous with extremes. From the early CC8S to the Jesko Attack, to the recently revealed and weirdly named Sadair’s Spear, every machine from the Swedish marque is a technical monument – hand-built, obsessively engineered, and unapologetically fast.

Yet for all its carbon-fiber wizardry and record-breaking audacity, the brand has tiptoed around one major frontier: pure EVs.

Sure, the four-seat Gemera broke ground with its plug-in hybrid configuration and outrageous Dark Matter electric motor, but Koenigsegg has never committed to a fully electric production car. That changes, at least in theory, with the Variera. Not an official product, but a concept developed with the company’s blessing, the Variera is the clearest signal yet that Christian von Koenigsegg’s vision might include something that can silently attack a corner.

The Koenigsegg You Can Use Daily

The Variera is the work of Maximilian Tyrot, a student at Lund University’s School of Industrial Design in Sweden, created as his BA thesis project in collaboration with Koenigsegg. With the help of Oscar Dülow, a designer at the company and a former student himself, Tyrot was able to access real-world feedback from the Koenigsegg design team, eventually presenting his final work directly to Christian von Koenigsegg, according to Tyrot.

The brief was to design an electric Koenigsegg that could straddle two worlds: weekday commuter and weekend performance weapon. The result is a low-slung, carbon-intensive hatchback with the brand’s fighter jet-inspired greenhouse and signature upward-swooping window line. It runs on Koenigsegg’s in-house Terrier e-motor, uses skateboard-style battery packaging, and has a fully autonomous driving mode.

From sketch to physical 3D-printed model, the Variera was built over 13 weeks using Blender and Fusion 360, refined through feedback loops and detailed CMF (Color, Material, Finish) studies. Even the wheels feature shield-shaped cutouts in tribute to the brand’s logo.

Will This Become Koenigsegg’s First Production EV?

While there’s no indication the Variera will ever enter production, its existence raises important questions. Could a brand as uncompromising as Koenigsegg build an electric car for new buyers? The Variera makes a strong case. It’s compact, clean, and uncompromising in its way, retaining the company’s design DNA while adapting to the realities of modern urban commuting.

It also represents a rare student-industry collaboration that produced more than just concept art. The physical model was painted professionally, rendered in digital showrooms, and tuned for real-world proportions and tech packaging. Whether or not Koenigsegg acts on the Variera’s example, one thing is clear: a Koenigsegg EV is not impossible.