UQM Technologies Announces Appointment of Dale Stamwitz to Position of Manufacturing Engineering Manager

FREDERICK, Colo., Feb. 8, 2007 -- UQM TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (AMEX:UQM) , a developer of alternative energy technologies, announced today that it has appointed Dale Stamwitz to the newly created position of Manufacturing Engineering Manager. Mr. Stamwitz will report to Vice President of Operations, Ronald Burton.

"We are pleased that Dale has joined our Company in the capacity of Manufacturing Engineering Manager where he will be responsible for manufacturing and process engineering activities, concurrent engineering and the execution and launch of production products," said UQM Technologies' Vice President of Operations, Ronald Burton. "Dale has spent his nearly forty year career with General Electric where he was responsible for or participated in the design of various motors, the rearrangement and optimization of factory layout and the design and launch of two 'greenfield' motor manufacturing plants. Dale's extensive manufacturing engineering knowledge and experience with the setup and optimization of motor manufacturing operations will be a tremendous asset as we expand our motor manufacturing operations in the coming months and years."

Mr. Stamwitz was employed by General Electric at their manufacturing operations in Evandale, Ohio, Burlington, Vermont, Schenectady, New York, Owensboro, Kentucky, and Fort Wayne, Indiana since 1968 and is Six Sigma trained and Green Belt Certified and a graduate of the General Electric Manufacturing Management Program. Mr. Stamwitz holds a Bachelors Degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Washington.

UQM Technologies, Inc. is a developer and manufacturer of power dense, high efficiency electric motors, generators and power electronic controllers for the automotive, aerospace, medical, military and industrial markets. A major emphasis of the Company is developing products for the alternative energy technologies sector including propulsion systems for electric, hybrid electric, plug-in hybrid electric and fuel cell electric vehicles, under-the-hood power accessories and other vehicle auxiliaries and distributed power generation applications. The Company's headquarters, engineering and product development center, and motor manufacturing operation are located in Frederick, Colorado. For more information on the Company, please visit its worldwide website at www.uqm.com.

This Release contains statements that constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act. These statements appear in a number of places in this Release and include statements regarding our plans, beliefs or current expectations, including those plans, beliefs and expectations of our officers and directors with respect to, among other things the development of markets for our products and the adequacy of our cash balances and liquidity to meet future operating needs. Important Risk Factors that could cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements are contained in our Form 10-Q filed January 30, 2007, which is available through our website at www.uqm.com or at www.sec.gov.