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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Washington, D.C.&nbsp;20549</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>FORM&nbsp;8-K</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>CURRENT REPORT</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d)&nbsp;of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):<B>&nbsp;&nbsp;September
12, 2012</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 24pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>ECOTALITY, INC.</B></P>

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its charter)</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 33%; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">Nevada</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 34%; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">000-50983</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 33%; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">68-0515422</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">(State of Other Jurisdiction of <BR> Incorporation)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">(Commission File Number)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">(IRS Employer Identification No.)</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 50%; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">One Montgomery Street, Suite 2525</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold; text-align: center">San Francisco, CA</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold; text-align: center">94104</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">(Zip Code)</TD></TR>
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area code:<B> (415) 992-3000</B></P>

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Since Last Report)</P>

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is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>I<FONT STYLE="color: black">tem 1.01. Entry into a Material
Definitive Agreement.</FONT></B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">On September 12, 2012, Ecotality, Inc. (the
&ldquo;Company&rdquo;) named H. Ravi Brar its new President and Chief Executive Officer and the Company and Mr. Brar entered into an
amendment (the &ldquo;Brar Employment Agreement Amendment&rdquo;) to Mr. Brar&rsquo;s Executive Management Employment
Agreement, dated as of November 19, 2010, to document Mr. Brar&rsquo;s new role as President and Chief Executive Officer. A
copy of the Brar Employment Agreement Amendment is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">On September 12, 2012, the Company
and Jonathan R. Read, its President and Chief Executive Officer, entered into a Separation Agreement and Release of Claims (the
&ldquo;Separation Agreement&rdquo;), pursuant to which Mr. Read has resigned from the Company effective as of September 12, 2012
(the &ldquo;Separation Date&rdquo;). A copy of the Separation Agreement is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.2. The following summary
is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Separation Agreement.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Under the Separation Agreement, in exchange for certain releases
of claims and compliance with certain restrictive covenants, Mr. Read is eligible to receive an amount equal to $29,340.50 per
month to be paid out on the Company&rsquo;s regular pay cycle (the &ldquo;Separation Payments&rdquo;) from the Separation Date
until October 31, 2013. While Mr. Read is receiving Separation Payments, the Company will continue his vehicle allowance of up
to $1,000 per month and contribute to his group health insurance premiums in the same percentage of the monthly cost that it paid
immediately prior to the Separation Date. Mr. Read and the Company mutually agreed to terminate Mr. Read&rsquo;s Employment Agreement,
dated as of November 1, 2011 (the &ldquo;Employment Agreement&rdquo;), other than the provisions of that agreement that survive
termination as specified in Section 7.8 of the Employment Agreement.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item 1.02. Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">The disclosure in Item 1.01 is incorporated herein by reference.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election
of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">The disclosure in Item 1.01 is incorporated herein by reference.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">On September 12, 2012, the Company&rsquo;s Board of Directors
unanimously appointed H. Ravi Brar, age 43, as a Director to fill the vacancy on the Board created by Mr. Read&rsquo;s resignation.
Mr. Brar will serve as a director until the Company&rsquo;s next annual meeting of shareholders. Mr. Brar joined the Company as
Chief Financial Officer commencing on November 19, 2010. Mr. Brar most recently served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer at Exigen Services, Inc., a global software development outsourcing company based in Russia and China, from September 2007
to June 2010. Prior to that, from 1999 to July 2007, he held various executive positions at Pac-West Telecomm, Inc., including
Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer. Before Pac-West, Mr. Brar spent eight years with the Xerox Corporation, most
recently as Director of Business Development for China, Russia and India from 1998 to 1999 and in other finance, sales and operational
roles from 1991 to 1997. Mr. Brar holds a B.S. in Managerial Economics from the University of California, Davis and an MBA from
the Katz Graduate School of Business at the University of Pittsburgh. Mr. Brar was appointed to serve as a director due to his
deep familiarity with the Company&rsquo;s business, his substantial financial and accounting experience and many years of senior
management experience in a variety of sectors.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">On September 12, 2012, the Company named Susie Herrmann, age
43, its acting Chief Financial Officer. Ms. Herrmann will receive an annual salary of $185,000 and will be eligible to receive
a performance bonus. Ms. Herrmann previously served as Ecotality&rsquo;s Vice President of Corporate Finance and has been with
the Company since February 21, 2008. From September 2006 to February 2008, Ms. Herrmann was Controller for Innovative Brands, a
consumer products start-up company in Phoenix, Arizona. From 2002 to 2006 Ms. Herrmann held various financial leadership positions
at Cytec Engineered Materials, a multinational manufacturer of advanced materials, including Manager of Financial Planning and
Analysis. Prior to Cytec, Ms. Herrmann provided finance and accounting services in various capacities for The Dial Corporation,
Belae Brands, and Dover Electronics. Ms. Herrmann has her Bachelor&rsquo;s degree in Accounting from Binghamton University in New
York and is a Certified Public Accountant in the state of Arizona.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">In accordance with the terms of the Separation Agreement, Mr.
Read resigned from the Company&rsquo;s Board of Directors effective as of the Separation Date.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item 8.01. Other Events.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">On September 12, 2012, the Company issued a press release that
publicly announced the appointment of Mr. Brar to serve as Director, President and Chief Executive Officer and the resignation
of Mr. Read as Director, President and Chief Executive Officer. A copy of the press release is furnished with this Current Report
on Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1 attached hereto and is incorporated by reference herein.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">(d) Exhibits.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">10.1 First Amendment to Executive Management Employment
Agreement by and between H. Ravi Brar and the Company, dated September 12, 2012.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">10.2 Separation Agreement and Release of Claims by and between
Jonathan R. Read and the Company, dated September 12, 2012.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">99.1 Press Release</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>SIGNATURES</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 1.1in">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, the Company has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>ECOTALITY, INC.</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(Company)</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 5%; vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 30%; vertical-align: top; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">Title</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 5%; vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 30%; vertical-align: top; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">Date</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; vertical-align: top; text-align: center">/s/ H. Ravi Brar</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center">President and CEO</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center">September 12, 2012</TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center">H. Ravi Brar</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; vertical-align: top; text-align: center">/s/ Susie Herrmann</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center">Chief Financial Officer</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center">September 12, 2012</TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center">Susie Herrmann</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>EXHIBIT INDEX</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 10%; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">Exhibit Number</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 2%; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 88%; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; font-weight: bold"><BR>Name and/or Identification of Exhibit</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">10.1</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>First Amendment to Executive Management Employment
Agreement by and between H. Ravi Brar and the Company, dated September 12, 2012.</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">10.2</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Separation Agreement and Release of Claims by and between
Jonathan R. Read and the Company, dated September 12, 2012.</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">99.1</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Press Release</TD></TR>
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):
September
12, 2012
ECOTALITY, INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in
its charter)
Nevada
000-50983
68-0515422
(State of Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
One Montgomery Street, Suite 2525
San Francisco, CA
94104
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including
area code:
(415) 992-3000
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed
Since Last Report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing
is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
o
Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
o
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o
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o
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I
tem 1.01. Entry into a Material
Definitive Agreement.
On September 12, 2012, Ecotality, Inc. (the
"Company") named H. Ravi Brar its new President and Chief Executive Officer and the Company and Mr. Brar entered into an
amendment (the "Brar Employment Agreement Amendment") to Mr. Brar's Executive Management Employment
Agreement, dated as of November 19, 2010, to document Mr. Brar's new role as President and Chief Executive Officer. A
copy of the Brar Employment Agreement Amendment is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1.
On September 12, 2012, the Company
and Jonathan R. Read, its President and Chief Executive Officer, entered into a Separation Agreement and Release of Claims (the
"Separation Agreement"), pursuant to which Mr. Read has resigned from the Company effective as of September 12, 2012
(the "Separation Date"). A copy of the Separation Agreement is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.2. The following summary
is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Separation Agreement.
Under the Separation Agreement, in exchange for certain releases
of claims and compliance with certain restrictive covenants, Mr. Read is eligible to receive an amount equal to $29,340.50 per
month to be paid out on the Company's regular pay cycle (the "Separation Payments") from the Separation Date
until October 31, 2013. While Mr. Read is receiving Separation Payments, the Company will continue his vehicle allowance of up
to $1,000 per month and contribute to his group health insurance premiums in the same percentage of the monthly cost that it paid
immediately prior to the Separation Date. Mr. Read and the Company mutually agreed to terminate Mr. Read's Employment Agreement,
dated as of November 1, 2011 (the "Employment Agreement"), other than the provisions of that agreement that survive
termination as specified in Section 7.8 of the Employment Agreement.
Item 1.02. Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement.
The disclosure in Item 1.01 is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election
of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
The disclosure in Item 1.01 is incorporated herein by reference.
On September 12, 2012, the Company's Board of Directors
unanimously appointed H. Ravi Brar, age 43, as a Director to fill the vacancy on the Board created by Mr. Read's resignation.
Mr. Brar will serve as a director until the Company's next annual meeting of shareholders. Mr. Brar joined the Company as
Chief Financial Officer commencing on November 19, 2010. Mr. Brar most recently served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer at Exigen Services, Inc., a global software development outsourcing company based in Russia and China, from September 2007
to June 2010. Prior to that, from 1999 to July 2007, he held various executive positions at Pac-West Telecomm, Inc., including
Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer. Before Pac-West, Mr. Brar spent eight years with the Xerox Corporation, most
recently as Director of Business Development for China, Russia and India from 1998 to 1999 and in other finance, sales and operational
roles from 1991 to 1997. Mr. Brar holds a B.S. in Managerial Economics from the University of California, Davis and an MBA from
the Katz Graduate School of Business at the University of Pittsburgh. Mr. Brar was appointed to serve as a director due to his
deep familiarity with the Company's business, his substantial financial and accounting experience and many years of senior
management experience in a variety of sectors.
On September 12, 2012, the Company named Susie Herrmann, age
43, its acting Chief Financial Officer. Ms. Herrmann will receive an annual salary of $185,000 and will be eligible to receive
a performance bonus. Ms. Herrmann previously served as Ecotality's Vice President of Corporate Finance and has been with
the Company since February 21, 2008. From September 2006 to February 2008, Ms. Herrmann was Controller for Innovative Brands, a
consumer products start-up company in Phoenix, Arizona. From 2002 to 2006 Ms. Herrmann held various financial leadership positions
at Cytec Engineered Materials, a multinational manufacturer of advanced materials, including Manager of Financial Planning and
Analysis. Prior to Cytec, Ms. Herrmann provided finance and accounting services in various capacities for The Dial Corporation,
Belae Brands, and Dover Electronics. Ms. Herrmann has her Bachelor's degree in Accounting from Binghamton University in New
York and is a Certified Public Accountant in the state of Arizona.
In accordance with the terms of the Separation Agreement, Mr.
Read resigned from the Company's Board of Directors effective as of the Separation Date.
Item 8.01. Other Events.
On September 12, 2012, the Company issued a press release that
publicly announced the appointment of Mr. Brar to serve as Director, President and Chief Executive Officer and the resignation
of Mr. Read as Director, President and Chief Executive Officer. A copy of the press release is furnished with this Current Report
on Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1 attached hereto and is incorporated by reference herein.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
10.1 First Amendment to Executive Management Employment
Agreement by and between H. Ravi Brar and the Company, dated September 12, 2012.
10.2 Separation Agreement and Release of Claims by and between
Jonathan R. Read and the Company, dated September 12, 2012.
99.1 Press Release
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, the Company has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
ECOTALITY, INC.
(Company)
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ H. Ravi Brar
President and CEO
September 12, 2012
H. Ravi Brar
/s/ Susie Herrmann
Chief Financial Officer
September 12, 2012
Susie Herrmann
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit Number
Name and/or Identification of Exhibit
10.1
First Amendment to Executive Management Employment
Agreement by and between H. Ravi Brar and the Company, dated September 12, 2012.
10.2
Separation Agreement and Release of Claims by and between
Jonathan R. Read and the Company, dated September 12, 2012.
99.1
Press Release