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UQM Technologies Names Joseph P. Sellinger to Board of Directors

March 24, 2008 by Jeff Shepard

UQM Technologies, Inc. announced the appointment of Joseph P. Sellinger to the company’s Board of Directors. Sellinger will replace Dr. Ernest H. Drew who will be retiring in the summer.

Sellinger recently retired after a 35 year career at Anheuser-Busch Co. Inc. where he most recently served as a Vice President and Group Executive of Anheuser Busch Companies and was Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Anheuser-Busch Packaging Group, where he was responsible for five wholly-owned packaging subsidiaries. Earlier in his career, Sellinger held the position of Vice President Operations where he was responsible for Anheuser-Busch domestic brewery operations.

"We are very honored to have Joe join our board of directors. With 35 years of operations and manufacturing experience in a complex and high volume manufacturing environment, Joe’s background and experience will be a tremendous asset as we continue to expand our manufacturing operations," said William G. Rankin, President and Chief Executive Officer of UQM Technologies. "Joe will ultimately fill the seat being vacated by Ernie Drew who will be retiring later this summer. Dr. Drew has served on the board since 1999 and serves on the audit and compensation and benefits committees of the board. We thank Ernie for his eight years of dedicated and capable service to the company, his wisdom and counsel will be greatly missed."

UQM Technologies 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.