New Management at Electrosource

22 January 1999
New Management at Electrosource
    SAN MARCOS, Texas, Jan. 22 -- Electrosource, Inc.
("the Company") today announced the appointment of new
corporate officers as follows:  William F. Griffin, President and Chief
Executive Officer; Benny Jay, Executive Vice President and Chief Technical
Officer; Chris Morris, Vice President and Chief Operating Officer; and Mary
Beth Koenig, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer.  The appointments were
approved at a meeting of the Board of Directors held on Friday, January 15,
1999.
    William Griffin has been employed at Electrosource since April 1996 as
Executive Vice President-Marketing.  He has been the Acting Chief Executive
Officer since December 7, 1998 following the resignation of Michael Semmens,
the former Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer of
the Company.  Mr. Griffin was formerly a Corporate Vice President with COMPUSA
and has spent most of his career in senior management positions focusing on
sales, marketing and strategic planning within large corporations.
    Benny Jay has been employed at Electrosource since its inception in 1987
in numerous technical, marketing and management capacities.  Mr. Jay was the
first official employee of Electrosource and has significant experience with
Electrosource's Horizon technology and has been instrumental in introducing
that technology to a variety of customers worldwide.
    Chris Morris was also one of the original employees of Electrosource in
1987 and has worked in numerous technical and management capacities at the
Company.  Mr. Morris has significant experience with manufacturing operations
at Exide and GNB, two large manufacturers of lead-acid batteries.
    Mary Beth Koenig has been employed at Electrosource since November 1995 as
Treasurer and Controller.  She has been the Acting Chief Financial Officer
since December 7, 1998.  Ms. Koenig was formerly a Senior Manager with Ernst &
Young, LLP.
    Electrosource, headquartered in San Marcos, Texas, designs, manufactures
and markets proprietary advanced energy storage technologies and systems.
Additional information about the Company is located on the internet at
http://www.electrosource.com.
    This release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and
uncertainties.  Actual results could differ materially from those discussed in
this release.  Risks include financial risks, development risks, manufacturing
risks, uncertainty of market acceptance, delay in shipment or cancellation or
orders, customer reorganization, as well as other risks that are detailed from
time to time in the company's Securities and Exchange Commission filings.