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Unique Mobility Receives $450,000 Order to Supply Parts for Additional Hybrid Electric Vehicles

3 August 2000

Unique Mobility Receives $450,000 Order to Supply Motors, Motor Controllers And Generators for Additional Hybrid Electric Vehicles

    GOLDEN, Colo. - UNIQUE MOBILITY, INC., a leading developer of alternative 
energy technologies, announced today that it has received a follow-on $450,000 
order from PEI Electronics Inc., Huntsville, Alabama for additional units of 
advanced electric motors, motor controllers and generators.  PEI will use the 
UQM components to deploy additional hybrid electric vehicles that include a new 
application for hybrid electric "trouble trucks" (utility industry service, 
maintenance and repair vehicles).

    Two prototype HMMWVs previously developed and built by PEI and powered by
UQM(R) motors, motor controllers and generators are currently undergoing
extensive performance testing.  The tactical version equipped with five UQM(R)
SR218 motor/generators is being tested by the U.S. Army at the Aberdeen
Proving Grounds in Aberdeen, Maryland, and the utility version equipped with
three SR286 motor/generators is under test at the Nevada Automotive Test
Center near Reno, Nevada.  Unique currently supplies its SR286 hybrid electric
motors and controllers to PEI for installation in city transit buses produced
by Advanced Vehicle Systems, Inc. of Chattanooga, Tennessee.

    Commenting on the order, Unique's Chairman, President and Chief Executive
Officer, William G. Rankin, said, "Our systems are performing very well in
these demanding applications.  This follow-on order is another step in our
growing relationship with PEI and demonstrates our role as a very important
member of PEI's power management team."

    "Over the past year PEI has seen a dramatic increase in prospective
contracts for both commercial and military hybrid electric vehicle
powertrains.  Hybrid electric vehicles offer a significant advantage over
conventionally powered vehicles including twice the fuel efficiency, reduced
tailpipe pollutants, quieter ride and improved vehicle performance," said
Donald L. Bullock, Vice President Power Management of PEI Electronics.

    PEI Electronics, a division of Integrated Defense Technologies Company, is
located in Huntsville, Alabama where it employs a staff of more than 400.
Formerly a division of Daimler Chrysler Corporation, PEI has been involved in
the development of electric and hybrid electric vehicles and components since
1976 under various internal programs and programs funded by the Department of
Energy, Department of Transportation, Department of Defense, DARPA and the
Electric Power Research Institute.  PEI produces automatic test equipment,
vetronics, and power management equipment for the U.S. Army and industry.

    Unique Mobility, Inc. is a leading developer and manufacturer of power
dense, high efficiency motors, gear assemblies and electronic assemblies for
the automotive, aerospace, telecommunications, medical and industrial markets.
A major emphasis of the Company is in applying its systems to the emerging
hybrid electric and fuel cell electric vehicle market. The Company's
headquarters and engineering and product development center are located in
Golden, Colorado. Manufacturing facilities are located in Frederick, Colorado
(electric motors and gear assemblies) and St. Charles, Missouri (electronic
assemblies and wire harnesses).