About us

Hendrik is a young start-up formed in March 2021. We are currently based in London, and will manufacture in the North-west, in the HyNet cluster.

We will engineer and produce the modular skateboard for hydrogen fuel-cell-powered ATVs and UTVs. The skateboard is the bedrock upon which customised superstructures can be built, to the client’s requirements.

Being carbon neutral goes beyond the tail pipe emissions. Hendrik will take a holistic approach. Production materials will incorporate low-carbon and recycled elements, with a life-cycle neutral philosophy, taking ESG into account at every stage of the company’s activities.

We are a small company, with big ambitions. Our approach is to be bold, adaptive and resilient in the face of challenges. We believe in human ingenuity and in embracing change. The hydrogen economy is coming. Hendrik vehicles will be part of the revolution.

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Felix Dane - Founder & CEO

My story is one of change, and adaptation.

I have lived and worked around the world — from Bombay to Moscow; from Reykjavik to São Paulo; from Luanda to Jerusalem.

I have seen lithium mines guzzling water in the Atacama Desert; children digging for cobalt in the DRC; fires rampaging over the Amazon; litter mountains in megacities; plastics covering isolated beaches; devastated towns in the wake of a tsunami.

My professional path began with international relations at Keele University, which I chose due to their strong focus on climate change within IR — pioneering at that time.

I then worked with development policy and climate issues at the European Parliament, transitioning to a German political foundation, where I worked, among other issues, with the climate-energy nexus, heading huge public funds for project creation and management. This was an enriching experience, yet after twenty years in the field, I reached a fork in the road.

I thus founded Hendrik with the goal of doing my bit to help the shift to a zero carbon future. In the manufacturing domain, my background is unconventional — yet, as a career changer, I look at things from a different perspective to that of pure engineers. In other words, unorthodox thinking paired with a macro world view provides a significant advantage.

I am a great believer in humanity, although I have seen many of its darkest sides. We are an adaptive species. With high-quality engineering and clever design, things change for the better. Hendrik vehicles aim to be a small part of the shift to a greener, better world.