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<p ALIGN="CENTER">&nbsp;</p>
<p ALIGN="CENTER">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
February 4, 2010</p>
<p ALIGN="CENTER">&nbsp;</p>
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<p ALIGN="RIGHT">Registration No. 333-___________</p>
<p ALIGN="RIGHT">&nbsp;</p>
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<p ALIGN="CENTER">UNITED STATES</p>
<p ALIGN="CENTER">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</p>
<p ALIGN="CENTER">Washington, D.C. 20549</p>
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<p ALIGN="CENTER">_______________________________</p>
<b><font SIZE="4">
<p ALIGN="CENTER">FORM S-8</p>
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<p ALIGN="CENTER">REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</p>
<b><font SIZE="4">
<p ALIGN="CENTER">UQM TECHNOLOGIES,&nbsp;INC.</p>
</font></b><font SIZE="2">
<p ALIGN="CENTER">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</p>
</font><font SIZE="3"></font><center>
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      <p ALIGN="CENTER">Colorado</font></b></td>
    <td WIDTH="48%" VALIGN="TOP"><b><font SIZE="2">
      <p ALIGN="CENTER">84-0579156</font></b></td>
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    <td WIDTH="52%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="1">
      <p ALIGN="CENTER">(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or
      organization)</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="48%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="1">
      <p ALIGN="CENTER">(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</font></td>
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    <td WIDTH="52%" VALIGN="TOP">&nbsp;</td>
    <td WIDTH="48%" VALIGN="TOP">&nbsp;</td>
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    <td VALIGN="TOP" COLSPAN="2" HEIGHT="58"><b><font SIZE="2">
      <p ALIGN="CENTER">7501 Miller Drive</p>
      <p ALIGN="CENTER">Frederick, Colorado 80530</p>
      <p ALIGN="CENTER">(303) 682-4900</p>
      </font></b><font SIZE="1">
      <p ALIGN="CENTER">(Address, including zip code and telephone number,
      including area code, of registrant's principal executive office)</font></td>
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<p ALIGN="CENTER">&nbsp;</p>
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<p ALIGN="CENTER">_______________________________</p>
<a NAME="OLE_LINK1">
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<p ALIGN="CENTER">UQM Technologies, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan</p>
</font></b><font SIZE="1">
<p ALIGN="CENTER"></font></a><font SIZE="1">(Full title of the plan)</p>
</font>
<p ALIGN="CENTER">_______________________________</p>
<b><font SIZE="2">
<p ALIGN="CENTER">Donald A. French, Treasurer</p>
<p ALIGN="CENTER">7501 Miller Drive</p>
<p ALIGN="CENTER">Frederick, Colorado 80530</p>
<p ALIGN="CENTER">(303) 682-4900</p>
</font></b><font SIZE="1">
<p ALIGN="CENTER">(Name, address, including zip code and telephone number,
including area code, of agent for service)</p>
</font>
<p ALIGN="CENTER">_______________________________</p>
<font SIZE="2">
<p>Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer,
an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company.&nbsp;
See definition of &quot;large accelerated filer&quot;, &quot;accelerated
filer&quot; and &quot;smaller reporting company&quot; in Rule 12b-2 of the
Exchange Act. (Check one):</p>
<p align="center">Large accelerated filer&nbsp;&nbsp;[ &nbsp;&nbsp;]
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Accelerated
filer&nbsp;&nbsp;[ X
]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Non-accelerated
filer&nbsp;&nbsp;[&nbsp;&nbsp; ]
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Smaller
reporting company&nbsp;&nbsp;[ &nbsp;&nbsp;]</p>
<p><br>
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)</p>
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<p ALIGN="CENTER">_______________________________</p>
<b><font SIZE="2">
<p ALIGN="CENTER">CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</p>
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        <p ALIGN="CENTER">Title of Securities to be Registered</font></b></td>
      <td WIDTH="16%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><b><font SIZE="1">
        <p ALIGN="CENTER">Amount to be Registered (1)</font></b></td>
      <td WIDTH="18%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><b><font SIZE="1">
        <p ALIGN="CENTER">Proposed Maximum Offering Price<br>
        Per Share (2)</font></b></td>
      <td WIDTH="18%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><b><font SIZE="1">
        <p ALIGN="CENTER">Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering Price (2)</font></b></td>
      <td WIDTH="14%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><b><font SIZE="1">
        <p ALIGN="CENTER">Amount of Registration Fee</font></b></td>
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      <td WIDTH="34%" VALIGN="MIDDLE"><font SIZE="1">
        <p>Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share</font></td>
      <td WIDTH="16%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="1">
        <p ALIGN="CENTER">500,000 shares (3)</font></td>
      <td WIDTH="18%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="1">
        <p ALIGN="CENTER">$4.76</font></td>
      <td WIDTH="18%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="1">
        <p ALIGN="CENTER">$2,380,000</font></td>
      <td WIDTH="14%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="1">
        <p ALIGN="CENTER">$169.99</font></td>
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<p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">&nbsp;</p>
<blockquote>
  <p>(1) This Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of
  Common Stock which become issuable by reason of any stock dividend, stock
  split, recapitalization or other similar transaction effected without the
  receipt of consideration which results in an increase in the number of the
  Registrant's outstanding shares of common stock.</p>
  <p>(2) Estimated solely for the purposes of calculating the registration fee
  pursuant to Rule 457(c) and (h) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
  (the &quot;Securities Act&quot;), based on based upon the average of the high
  and low prices of the Registrant's common stock on the NYSE Amex on February
  3, 2010.</p>
  <p>(3) Increase in authorized number of shares underlying the UQM
  Technologies, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan.</p>
</blockquote>
</font><b><font SIZE="2">
<p ALIGN="CENTER">&nbsp;</p>
<p ALIGN="CENTER">FORM S-8 PURSUANT TO GENERAL INSTRUCTION E</p>
</font></b><font SIZE="2">
<p>This Form S-8 is filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
&quot;Commission&quot;) pursuant to General Instruction&nbsp;E to Form S-8 to
register an additional 500,000 shares of Common Stock that may be issued to
participants under the UQM Technologies, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan
effective April 1, 1990, as amended November 12, 2009 (the &quot;Plan&quot;).</p>
<b>
<p ALIGN="CENTER">PART II</p>
<p ALIGN="CENTER">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</p>
<p>Item 3.&nbsp; Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</p>
</b>
<p>The following documents filed by UQM Technologies, Inc. (the
&quot;Registrant&quot;) with the Commission are incorporated by reference in
this Registration Statement:</p>
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  <blockquote>
    <p>(a) The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
    March 31, 2009;</p>
    <p>(b) The Registrant's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters
    ended June 30, September 30, and December 31, 2009;</p>
    <p>(c) The Registrant's certain Report on Form 8-K filed with the
    Commission on October 28, 2009, December 15, 2009 and January 20, 2010;</p>
    <p>(d) The Registrant's Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed
    with the Commission on June 30, 2009 for the Annual Meeting of Shareholders
    held on August 11, 2009; and</p>
    <p>(e) The description of the Registrant's common stock contained in its
    Registration Statement on Form 8-A (file no. 0-9146), as amended.</p>
  </blockquote>
</blockquote>
<p>All reports and other documents subsequently filed with the Commission by the
Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act,
prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all
securities offered herein have been sold or which deregisters all securities
then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such
documents, excluding any information furnished under Item 7.01 or Item 2.02 of
any Current Report on Form 8-K.</p>
<p>Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded
for the purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement
contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document that also is or is
deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or replaces such
statement.&nbsp; Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed,
except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration
Statement.</p>
<b>
<p>Item 8. Exhibits.</p>
</b>
<p>The following exhibits are submitted herewith or incorporated by reference
herein.</p>
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<p ALIGN="LEFT">&nbsp;
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      <p ALIGN="CENTER">Exhibit No.</font></u></b></td>
    <td WIDTH="3%" VALIGN="TOP">&nbsp;</td>
    <td WIDTH="78%" VALIGN="TOP"><b><u><font SIZE="2">
      <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Description</font></u></b></td>
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    <td WIDTH="19%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="2">
      <p ALIGN="RIGHT">4.1</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="3%" VALIGN="TOP">&nbsp;</td>
    <td WIDTH="78%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="2">
      <p>Amendment to UQM Technologies, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan.</font></td>
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    <td WIDTH="19%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="2">
      <p ALIGN="RIGHT">5.1</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="3%" VALIGN="TOP">&nbsp;</td>
    <td WIDTH="78%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="2">
      <p>Opinion and Consent of Holme Roberts &amp; Owen LLP.</font></td>
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    <td WIDTH="19%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="2">
      <p ALIGN="RIGHT">23.1</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="3%" VALIGN="TOP">&nbsp;</td>
    <td WIDTH="78%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="2">
      <p>Consent of Grant Thornton LLP.</font></td>
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    <td WIDTH="19%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="2">
      <p ALIGN="RIGHT">24.1</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="3%" VALIGN="TOP">&nbsp;</td>
    <td WIDTH="78%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="2">
      <p>Power of Attorney (included on the signature page).</font></td>
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<p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">&nbsp;</p>
<p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">&nbsp;</p>
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<p ALIGN="CENTER">SIGNATURES</p>
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<p>Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the registrant certifies
that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements
for filing on Form&nbsp;S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to
be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the
City of Frederick, State of Colorado, on this 3<sup>rd</sup> day of February,
2010.</p>
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<p ALIGN="RIGHT">&nbsp;
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    <td WIDTH="87%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="2">
      <p>UQM TECHNOLOGIES, INC.</font></td>
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    <td WIDTH="13%" VALIGN="BOTTOM" HEIGHT="28"><font SIZE="2">
      <p>By:</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="87%" VALIGN="BOTTOM" HEIGHT="28"><font SIZE="2">
      <p><u>/s/ DONALD A. FRENCH</u></font></td>
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    <td WIDTH="13%" VALIGN="TOP">&nbsp;</td>
    <td WIDTH="87%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="2">
      <p>Donald A. French</font></td>
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    <td WIDTH="13%" VALIGN="TOP">&nbsp;</td>
    <td WIDTH="87%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="2">
      <p>Treasurer, Secretary and Chief Financial Officer</font></td>
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<p ALIGN="CENTER">POWER OF ATTORNEY</p>
</b>
<p>Each person whose signature appears below does hereby make, constitute and
appoint William G. Rankin and Donald A. French, and each of them, his true and
lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution to execute, deliver and file with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, for and on his behalf, and in any and all capacities, any and all
amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement
with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, granting
unto said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform
each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done as fully to all
intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent or his substitute may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.</p>
<p>Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this registration
statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and
on the dates indicated.</p>
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          <b><u><font SIZE="2">
          <p>Signature
          </blockquote>
          </font></u></b></td>
      <td WIDTH="41%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><b><u><font SIZE="2">
        <p ALIGN="CENTER">Title</font></u></b></td>
      <td WIDTH="21%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><b><u><font SIZE="2">
        <p ALIGN="CENTER">Date</font></u></b></td>
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      <td WIDTH="38%" VALIGN="TOP" HEIGHT="61"><u><font SIZE="2">
        <p>/s/WILLIAM G. RANKIN</font></u><font SIZE="2"><br>
        William G. Rankin</font></td>
      <td WIDTH="41%" VALIGN="TOP" HEIGHT="61"><font SIZE="2">
        <p>Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer<br>
        <i>(Principal Executive Officer)</i></font></td>
      <td WIDTH="21%" VALIGN="TOP" HEIGHT="61"><font SIZE="2">
        <p ALIGN="CENTER">February 3, 2010</font></td>
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      <td WIDTH="38%" VALIGN="TOP" HEIGHT="51"><u><font SIZE="2">
        <p>/s/DONALD A. FRENCH</font></u><font SIZE="2"><br>
        Donald A. French</font></td>
      <td WIDTH="41%" VALIGN="TOP" HEIGHT="51"><font SIZE="2">
        <p>Director, Treasurer, Secretary and Chief Financial Officer<br>
        <i>(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)</i></font></td>
      <td WIDTH="21%" VALIGN="TOP" HEIGHT="51"><font SIZE="2">
        <p ALIGN="CENTER">February 3, 2010</font></td>
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      <td WIDTH="38%" VALIGN="TOP" HEIGHT="57"><u><font SIZE="2">
        <p>/s/JEROME H. GRANRUD</font></u><font SIZE="2"><br>
        Jerome H. Granrud</font></td>
      <td WIDTH="41%" VALIGN="TOP" HEIGHT="57"><font SIZE="2">
        <p>Director</font></td>
      <td WIDTH="21%" VALIGN="TOP" HEIGHT="57"><font SIZE="2">
        <p ALIGN="CENTER">February 3, 2010</font></td>
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      <td WIDTH="38%" VALIGN="TOP" HEIGHT="51"><u><font SIZE="2">
        <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>
        </font></u><font SIZE="2">Stephen J. Roy</font></td>
      <td WIDTH="41%" VALIGN="TOP" HEIGHT="51"><font SIZE="2">
        <p>Director</font></td>
      <td WIDTH="21%" VALIGN="TOP" HEIGHT="51"><font SIZE="2">
        <p ALIGN="CENTER">February 3, 2010</font></td>
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      <td WIDTH="38%" VALIGN="TOP" HEIGHT="46"><u><font SIZE="2">
        <p>/s/JOSEPH P. SELLINGER</font></u><font SIZE="2"><br>
        Joseph P. Sellinger</font></td>
      <td WIDTH="41%" VALIGN="TOP" HEIGHT="46"><font SIZE="2">
        <p>Director</font></td>
      <td WIDTH="21%" VALIGN="TOP" HEIGHT="46"><font SIZE="2">
        <p ALIGN="CENTER">February 3, 2010</font></td>
    </tr>
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      <td WIDTH="38%" VALIGN="TOP" HEIGHT="40"><p><u><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></u><font SIZE="2"><br>
        Donald W. Vanlandingham</font></td>
      <td WIDTH="41%" VALIGN="TOP" HEIGHT="40"><font SIZE="2">
        <p>Director</font></td>
      <td WIDTH="21%" VALIGN="TOP" HEIGHT="40"><font SIZE="2">
        <p ALIGN="CENTER">February 3, 2010</font></td>
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UQM Technologies Form S-8
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
February 4, 2010
Registration No. 333-___________
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
_______________________________
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
UQM TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Colorado
84-0579156
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or
      organization)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
7501 Miller Drive
Frederick, Colorado 80530
(303) 682-4900
(Address, including zip code and telephone number,
      including area code, of registrant's principal executive office)
_______________________________
UQM Technologies, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan
(Full title of the plan)
_______________________________
Donald A. French, Treasurer
7501 Miller Drive
Frederick, Colorado 80530
(303) 682-4900
(Name, address, including zip code and telephone number,
including area code, of agent for service)
_______________________________
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer,
an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. 
See definition of "large accelerated filer", "accelerated
filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the
Exchange Act. (Check one):
Large accelerated filer  [   ]
              Accelerated
filer  [ X
]            Non-accelerated
filer  [   ]
              Smaller
reporting company  [   ]
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
_______________________________
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Securities to be Registered
Amount to be Registered (1)
Proposed Maximum Offering Price
Per Share (2)
Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering Price (2)
Amount of Registration Fee
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share
500,000 shares (3)
$4.76
$2,380,000
$169.99
(1) This Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of
  Common Stock which become issuable by reason of any stock dividend, stock
  split, recapitalization or other similar transaction effected without the
  receipt of consideration which results in an increase in the number of the
  Registrant's outstanding shares of common stock.
(2) Estimated solely for the purposes of calculating the registration fee
  pursuant to Rule 457(c) and (h) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
  (the "Securities Act"), based on based upon the average of the high
  and low prices of the Registrant's common stock on the NYSE Amex on February
  3, 2010.
(3) Increase in authorized number of shares underlying the UQM
  Technologies, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
FORM S-8 PURSUANT TO GENERAL INSTRUCTION E
This Form S-8 is filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission") pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8 to
register an additional 500,000 shares of Common Stock that may be issued to
participants under the UQM Technologies, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan
effective April 1, 1990, as amended November 12, 2009 (the "Plan").
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.  Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents filed by UQM Technologies, Inc. (the
"Registrant") with the Commission are incorporated by reference in
this Registration Statement:
(a) The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
    March 31, 2009;
(b) The Registrant's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters
    ended June 30, September 30, and December 31, 2009;
(c) The Registrant's certain Report on Form 8-K filed with the
    Commission on October 28, 2009, December 15, 2009 and January 20, 2010;
(d) The Registrant's Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed
    with the Commission on June 30, 2009 for the Annual Meeting of Shareholders
    held on August 11, 2009; and
(e) The description of the Registrant's common stock contained in its
    Registration Statement on Form 8-A (file no. 0-9146), as amended.
All reports and other documents subsequently filed with the Commission by the
Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act,
prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all
securities offered herein have been sold or which deregisters all securities
then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such
documents, excluding any information furnished under Item 7.01 or Item 2.02 of
any Current Report on Form 8-K.
Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded
for the purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement
contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document that also is or is
deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or replaces such
statement.  Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed,
except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration
Statement.
Item 8. Exhibits.
The following exhibits are submitted herewith or incorporated by reference
herein.
Exhibit No.
Description
4.1
Amendment to UQM Technologies, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
5.1
Opinion and Consent of Holme Roberts & Owen LLP.
23.1
Consent of Grant Thornton LLP.
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on the signature page).
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the registrant certifies
that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements
for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to
be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the
City of Frederick, State of Colorado, on this 3
rd
day of February,
2010.
UQM TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
By:
/s/ DONALD A. FRENCH
Donald A. French
Treasurer, Secretary and Chief Financial Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below does hereby make, constitute and
appoint William G. Rankin and Donald A. French, and each of them, his true and
lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution to execute, deliver and file with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, for and on his behalf, and in any and all capacities, any and all
amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement
with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, granting
unto said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform
each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done as fully to all
intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent or his substitute may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this registration
statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and
on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/WILLIAM G. RANKIN
William G. Rankin
Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
February 3, 2010
/s/DONALD A. FRENCH
Donald A. French
Director, Treasurer, Secretary and Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
February 3, 2010
/s/JEROME H. GRANRUD
Jerome H. Granrud
Director
February 3, 2010
Stephen J. Roy
Director
February 3, 2010
/s/JOSEPH P. SELLINGER
Joseph P. Sellinger
Director
February 3, 2010
Donald W. Vanlandingham
Director
February 3, 2010