About

Rapid product development built on decades of national lab research

From the lab to the road

The Verne co-founders, Ted, David, and Bav came together while at Stanford and UC Berkeley with a vision for improving hydrogen's use as a fuel.

Through their research they dove into decades of development led by Lawrence Livermore National Lab and BMW to develop a new, dense form of hydrogen storage: cryo-compression.

Cryo-compression held the ideal properties for commercial heavy transport: energy density, low fuel cost, and operational flexibility.

With rapid product development techniques and the original experts from LLNL & BMW, Verne has been able to turbocharge the development of cryo-compression.

The team has already set world records and reached on-vehicle demonstrations in short time.

Verne team comes from X companies

Bringing innovation to scale

2020 - 2024

Founded Verne to decarbonize heavy-duty transport with high-density hydrogen
Received grant from Stanford University

2020

Built first cryo-compressed hydrogen storage tank
Added original inventor of CcH2 to Verne team
Signed first major OEM contract
Received grant funding received from Breakthrough Energy, MIT, Caltech and National Science Foundation

2021

Raised Seed Round from Amazon, Caterpillar and Collaborative Fund
Received first LOIs from fleets for trucks with Verne storage system
Added industry leaders in hydrogen storage and cryogenics to the team
Signed collaboration agreement with leading infrastructure partner
Received ARPA-E grant to develop refueling equipment

2022

Set world record for CcH2 storage (3x previous record)
Completed on-vehicle demonstration with OEM
Initiated development with 3 new truck OEMs and port equipment, mining and hydrogen distribution & refueling partners
Received Department of Energy grant

2023

Received confidential grant to develop and pilot first CcH2 Class 8 truck
Awarded 3 DOE grants to develop CcH2 components with suppliers
Will conduct further CcH2 storage & refueling innovation and development with key partners

2024+

How we partner

We are proud to be working with some of the most forward-thinking vehicle manufacturers, fleets, hydrogen suppliers, and investors in trucking, aviation and other industries.

We welcome additional partners to our clean transportation.

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