Amerigon Quarterly Conference Call to Be Available on the Internet

    IRWINDALE, Calif., May 2 Amerigon Incorporated
today announced plans to release its first quarter 2001 results
on Tuesday, May 8, 200l, at 7:30 a.m. (Eastern).  In conjunction with the
release, management will host a conference call on Tuesday, May 8, 2001, at
11:30 a.m. (Eastern).  The call will be broadcast live over the internet at
http://www.redchip.com.
    Interested participants may listen to the live webcast of the call by
accessing http://www.redchip.com.  Web participants are encouraged to go to the web
site at least 15 minutes prior to the start of the call to register, download
and install any necessary audio software.  The online archive will be
available immediately for 10 days.
    Amerigon develops, manufactures and markets proprietary high technology
products for automotive original equipment manufacturers (OEMs).  Its
proprietary Climate Control Seat(TM) (CCS(TM)) system, which is integrated
into a vehicle seat, significantly enhances individual driver and passenger
comfort in virtually all climatic conditions by providing cooling and heating
to seat occupants, as desired, through an active, thermoelectric-based
temperature management system.
    CCS is currently offered as an option in the U.S. in the 2001 model year
Lincoln Navigator, in the U.S. and Europe in the new 2001 model year Lexus LS
430 luxury sedan and in Japan in the 2001 model year Toyota Celsior.  It was
first introduced as an option for the model year 2000 Lincoln Navigator and
since that time more than 100,000 CCS systems have been shipped.  CCS has also
been chosen to be a standard feature in the all new model year 2002 Lincoln
Blackwood luxury utility vehicle scheduled to be in dealer showrooms in the
Summer of 2001.

    Certain matters discussed on the conference call, including operating
expenses, customer demand, profitability, increase in sales volume, the number
of platforms using CCS, new technological developments, and the Company's
prospects for the development of relationships with other major automotive
manufacturers, are forward-looking statements that involve risks and
uncertainties, and actual results may be different.  Such risks and
uncertainties include the acceptance and performance of the Company's
products, the Company's ability to develop new products successfully and the
ability to obtain new sources of financing.  Please also refer to the
Company's Securities and Exchange Commission reports, including but not
limited to the Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2000.

    For further information, please contact:  Jill Cieslak of Allen & Caron
Inc, 949-474-4300, jill@allencaron.com, for Amerigon Incorporated.

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