Amerigon Holds Annual Meeting

DEARBORN, Mich., May 20, 2004 -- Amerigon Incorporated today announced that it held its Annual Meeting of Shareholders, Wednesday, May 19, 2004, at its offices in Dearborn, MI, as scheduled. A quorum of shareholders was present in person or by proxy.

The Directors elected to serve until the next annual meeting are Oscar (Bud) Marx, Chairman of the Board; Francois J. Castaing, retired technical advisor to the Chairman of DaimlerChrysler Corporation; John W. Clark, Managing Member of Westar Capital LLC; Paul Oster, Chief Financial Officer of TMW Enterprises; and James J. Paulsen, retired Ford Motor Company senior executive.

About Amerigon

Amerigon designs, develops and markets its proprietary Climate Control Seat(TM) (CCS(TM)) products for sale to automotive and truck original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). CCS 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. Amerigon's subsidiary, BSST, is engaged in developing thermoelectric devices (TED) with more efficiency than currently available devices and has development contracts with several partners to expand the market for TED-based automotive and non-automotive products. Amerigon maintains sales and technical support centers in Los Angeles, Detroit, Japan, Germany and England.

For further information, please contact: investors, Jill Bertotti, jill@allencaron.com, or media, Len Hall, len@allencaron.com, both of Allen & Caron Inc, +1-949-474-4300, for Amerigon Incorporated.