Enova Systems, Inc. (NYSE Alternext: ENA) (AIM: ENV) (AIM: ENVS), a production company in the emerging alternative energy industry and a leading developer of proprietary electric, hybrid and fuel cell digital power management systems, confirmed today that it has delivered the first seventy (70) pre-transmission hybrid drive systems to First Auto Works. FAW has ordered an additional one hundred-fifty (150) hybrid drive systems for delivery in 2009.

Enova Systems and First Auto Works have executed an agreement to supply a further eight hundred (800) pre-transmission hybrid drive systems in 2010.

Enova Systems CEO Mike Staran commented, “These developments represent a solidification of Enova as a tier one production supplier of unique clean vehicle solutions, capable of serving the largest vehicle OEM’s in the world. Enova expects that this agreement will assist us in targeting additional business for rapid growth, especially in China.”

Enova has implemented significant process improvements to increase capacity, quality control, and lower cost, thereby improving the value proposition for customers. The improvements are part of Enova’s initiative over the past 18 months to increase output for anticipated demand from core customers and a growing clean energy market.

First Auto Works is one of China’s largest vehicle producers, manufacturing in excess of 1,000,000 vehicles annually. The Enova drive system will be integrated and branded under the name of Jiefang. The Jiefang 12 meter hybrid bus can carry 103 passengers and travel at a maximum speed of 85 kilometers an hour. The bus meets Euro III emission standards. It will consume only 30 liters of fuel every 100 kilometers and discharge 20 percent less emissions.

These hybrid power buses are part of China's initiative to produce 500,000 electric and hybrid power vehicles. The initiative will account for 5 percent of the automobile market, which is in accordance with China's three-year development plan for the auto industry, released in February.

China is offering subsidies in 13 trial cities, including Beijing, Shanghai, Changchun, Dalian and Shenzhen. Each energy-saving or new energy vehicle used in public services attracts a subsidy of up to 600,000 yuan, according to a new policy jointly issued by Ministry of Science and Technology and Ministry of Finance.

The municipal government of Dalian and the city of Changchun has ordered many of the hybrid buses. Fifty (50) buses will be running in the city during the Summer Davos event, all of which will incorporate Enova’s drive system.

About Enova:

Enova Systems Inc., an international company headquartered in Torrance, Calif., is the leading developer of electric and hybrid drive systems for buses and medium-duty vehicles. Enova (www.enovasystems.com) produces four drive configurations (Pure Electric, Series Hybrid with Diesel Generator, Pre and Posts Transmission Parallel Hybrids) for customers including Navistar’s IC Bus Division, Smith Electric Vehicles and the China FAW Group Corporation. Enova’s drive systems have powered thousands of electric and hybrid vehicles since 1980.

Additional Information:

This news release contains forward-looking statements relating to Enova Systems and its products that are intended to be covered by the safe harbor for forward-looking statements provided by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements are statements that are not historical facts. These statements can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "believe," "expect," "may," "will," "should,'' “could,” "project," "plan,'' "seek," "intend,'' or "anticipate'' or the negative thereof or comparable terminology and statements about industry trends and Enova’s future performance, operations and products. These forward-looking statements are subject to and qualified by certain risks and uncertainties. These and other risks and uncertainties are detailed from time to time in Enova Systems’ periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including but not limited to Enova's annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008.

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