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Wal-Mart to Sell SecureStart(TM) Portable Jump Starter For Autos

26 June 2000

    GOLDEN, Colo. - BOLDER Technologies Corporation announced that it will ship 
its SecureStart(TM) Portable Jump Starter product to Wal-Mart Stores this month.
 
   Roger F. Warren, chairman, president and CEO, said, "We are delighted to
add Wal-Mart, the largest retailer in the world, to the list of retail stores
that now offer our SecureStart(TM) product.  This is a huge step towards our
goal of making SecureStart(TM) available to the majority of North American
consumers by this fall."

    The SecureStart(TM) Portable Jump Starter product will now be available in
approximately 6,900 outlets in North America, including Wal-Mart, Sears,
Target, Home Hardware, the largest hardware chain in Canada, and several
regional chains.  Warren stated, "We fully expect to continue to build our
retail and specialty distribution base as the year progresses, and we expect
to be in more than 10,000 retail outlets before the end of the year."

    SecureStart(TM) Portable Jump Starter is a small, lightweight, rechargeable 
device that can provide an instant engine start on a dead battery in a car, 
truck, tractor or boat.  The SecureStart(TM) features a built-in flashlight 
and cable clamps for jump starting, weighs less than five pounds, can be easily 
stored in any vehicle and recharges in minutes.

    BOLDER Technologies Corporation, headquartered in Golden, Colorado,
manufactures and markets advanced, high-power rechargeable batteries based on
its patented Thin Metal Film (TMF(R)) technology. The Company is developing
and commercializing consumer and OEM battery products with the TMF technology,
including the SecureStart(TM) Portable Jump Starter, that use proven lead-acid
electrochemistry in a proprietary configuration with a higher power density
than any commercially available rechargeable battery.  The TMF technology
offers numerous advantages over existing batteries for current and future
applications, including near-term opportunities in the marine and auto after
markets for 12V batteries.

    BOLDER's TMF technology also has possible future applications in the
pending auto industry conversion from 12V to 36V systems, both directly
through vendor sales and indirectly through a license agreement with Johnson
Controls (JCI).