In 2002, as the World started taking carbon emissions seriously, our founder embarked on a journey to develop the World's most advanced rotocompound engines, which required a high-performance gas motor that could handle exhaust temperatures from gasoline engines up to 1,200 C, well beyond current technologies.

Over the next two decades he mixed Masters and PhD studies with bootstrapping, leading a small team of engineers in Ukraine, and earning multiple  grant awards in the US and UK to fund the research. In 2013, John joined us to help turn the research into a business, supporting operations, logistics, business development and fundraising.

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In 2018, David achieved a major breakthrough in his PhD research, solving centuries-old questions in thermodynamics on how to maximize the efficiency of engines.  During his PhD research he developed, simulated and analyzed a 2.0 litre diesel rotocompound engine design for hybrid trucks estimated to achieve over 60% brake thermal efficiency, significantly higher than any fuel cell, engine or hybrid powered vehicle.  This was achieved with the rotocompound system generating 1/3rd of the total power output from recycled thermal energy, and an extreme engine downsizing of 85%.

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In H1 2027 we plan to test our MVP system on a commercial 162 cc engine which offers 30 kW of power with 35% brake efficiency.  In H2 2027 we plan to begin pilot production and sales.