Hennessey breaks ground on manufacturing expansion
Hennessey, the Texas-based manufacturer of the Venom F5 hypercar, is investing US$15m in a new advanced manufacturing facility that will double its footprint to over 100,000ft2 and enable the company to dramatically increase its vehicle production output to approximately 2,000 units per year.
Construction has already begun on the facility that will bring composite manufacturing and vehicle painting in-house, with vehicle production expected to begin in spring 2026.
John Hennessey, company founder and CEO at Hennessey, said, “We are excited to have such strong demand for our specially built vehicles. Our expanding network of Ford, Ram and Chevrolet/GMC dealers allow our customers to walk into dealerships and buy our Venom 800 or VelociRaptor 1000 trucks, fully warrantied, right off the showroom floor.”
Hennessey is based on a 143-acre campus. The production facility expansion also aims to enhance the company’s Tuner School business – a trade school that trains technicians to modify vehicles through theoretical and practical courses. The school will have its own 10,000ft2 standalone building as part of the expansion.
Hennessey said, “It doesn’t seem long ago that I was racing up Pike’s Peak and setting a speed record at Bonneville in the infancy of starting the business. I’ve been extremely blessed to turn my dream of racing and creating fast, fun vehicles from a hobby into a business with over 125 employees and more than 18,000 customers around the world. This investment in additional manufacturing space will allow us to meet the growing demand for Hennessey vehicles from dealers and customers across the country and around the world.”
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