EXHIBIT 10.116
                       ELECTROSOURCE, INC.
                      CONSULTING AGREEMENT

                             95C-078

           THIS  CONSULTING  AGREEMENT  (the  "Agreement"),  made
effective   the   1st   day  of  December,   1995,   is   between
Electrosource,  Inc.,  a Delaware corporation,  having  principal
offices  at  3800-B  Drossett Drive,  Austin,  Texas  78744-1131,
U.S.A.   ("Electrosource")  and,  William  Griffin,  (Consultant)
having  principal  place of business at  10938  Blue  Roan  Road,
Oakton, Virginia 22124.

                      W I T N E S S E T H:

      WHEREAS, Consultant has knowledge and experience  in  sales
and marketing of battery technology; and

     WHEREAS,  Electrosource desires the assistance of Consultant
for sales and marketing.

      NOW,  THEREFORE, in consideration of the promises  and  the
mutual agreements hereinafter contained, the parties hereto agree
as follows:

     Electrosource and Consultant, intending to be legally bound,
agree as follows:

     1.    Term.   Electrosource  hereby  engages  Consultant  as
     independent contractor for a term commencing on December  1,
     1995, and ending on March 31, 1996.

           Electrosource  shall  have the right  to  extend  this
     Agreement by written notification in accordance with one  of
     the  following  (as  mutually agreed):   the  same  rate  of
     compensation provided for in Section 3 by written notice not
     less  than  two weeks prior to the last day of  the  initial
     term  of this Agreement or Amendment to same; a non-retainer
     daily rate; or as a $1.00 per year Consultant.

           Electrosource may cancel this Agreement  at  its  sole
     discretion with thirty (30) days advance written  notice  to
     Consultant.   Electrosource's sole  liability  will  be  for
     hours  worked  at  the rate specified,  and  for  reasonable
     travel  or  business  expenses incurred in  accordance  with
     Section 4.

           Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement,
     if  Consultant breaches any of its provisions, Electrosource
     may terminate this Agreement immediately upon written notice
     to Consultant.

           Upon termination of this Agreement in accordance  with
     any   of   its  provisions,  Electrosource  shall  have   no
     obligation  to  make  further  payments  to  Consultant  for
     services  performed after notice is received by  Consultant.
     Notice  may  be  hand  carried or sent  by  certified  mail.
     Notice  is  effective upon receipt or within  five  days  of
     mailing, whichever is earlier.

     2.   Duties.   Consultant shall use his best efforts to assist
     Electrosource  with  respect to all  matters  pertaining  to
     sales  and marketing as directed by the President  and  CEO.
     Consultant  shall  not, during the term of  this  Agreement,
     accept any other engagement as consultant, or enter into any
     employment  relationship, with respect to which any  portion
     of his duties would entail assisting any other entity in the
     field of battery sales and marketing.  Consultant is engaged
     and  shall be available on a full time basis to perform  his
     duties   hereunder.   Such  consulting  services  shall   be
     provided   either   at  the  offices  of  Electrosource   or
     Consultant,  or  at  such other locations  as  Electrosource
     shall direct.

     3.    Compensation.  As full compensation for  the  services
     which   Consultant  renders  to  Electrosource  under   this
     Agreement,   Electrosource  shall  pay  to Consultant Twelve
     Thousand   and  NO/100  Dollars  ($12,000.00)   per   month.
     Invoices  Consultant submits to Electrosource  for  services
     rendered   shall   include  the  heading   "a   professional
     consulting   firm  (or  individual)."   In   addition,   the
     Compensation/Stock Option Committee is expected  to  make  a
     grant  of  30,000 shares to Consultant under the  terms  and
     conditions of the 1993 Non-Employee Consultant Stock  Option
     Plan.

     4.   Expenses.  Electrosource shall reimburse Consultant for
     all  proper and reasonable expenses incurred by him pursuant
     to   Consultant's  consulting  duties.   Such  expenses  may
     include  necessary  actual  expenses of out-of-town  travel,
     communications, hotel accommodations, meals  and  the  like,
     provided   that   Consultant   shall   keep   and    provide
     Electrosource  an  accurate and complete accounting  of  all
     such  expenses so incurred, and shall obtain Electrosource's
     prior  written  consent to any such expenses.  Reimbursement
     of  expenses will be issued within ten (10) days of  receipt
     of complete accounting of same.

     5.    Confidential and Proprietary Information.  The parties
     agree  that  from  time to time during performance  of  this
     Agreement confidential or proprietary technical or  business
     information may be provided either orally or in written form
     to  Consultant  or  may be developed by  Consultant  in  the
     course  of  his duties.  Consultant shall keep  confidential
     all  such information and safeguard same from disclosure  or
     use  by  any unauthorized individuals for any purpose  other
     than in performance of this Agreement.

           In  event  of  termination  or  cancellation  of  this
     Agreement  for  any  reason  whatsoever,  Consultant  agrees
     promptly to deliver to Electrosource all written information
     of  any sort made available to Consultant or created  by  it
     under the terms of this Agreement.

           Work  product created by Consultant shall  become  the
     confidential    proprietary   property   of   Electrosource.
     Consultant  agrees to treat such work product  in  the  same
     manner   as   confidential   proprietary   information    of
     Electrosource.   Consultant agrees that any  remedy  at  law
     would  be  inadequate  or  a violation  of  this  provision;
     consequently,   Consultant  agrees  that  Electrosource   is
     entitled   to  obtain  an  injunction  against  Consultant's
     disclosure of any confidential proprietary information.

           Neither  expiration of this Agreement nor its  earlier
     termination for any reason shall release Consultant from its
     obligations under this Section 5.

     6.    Classified  Information.  Except  in  connection  with
     authorized   visits,  classified  material  shall   not   be
     possessed by the Consultant off the premises of the Company.
     The  Company  shall not furnish classified material  to  the
     Consultant  at any other location than the premises  of  the
     Company  and performance of the consulting services  by  the
     Consultant  shall  be accomplished at the  premises  of  the
     Company; and classification guidance will be provided by the
     Company.

           The Consultant and his certifying employees shall  not
     disclose classified information to unauthorized persons.

           Electrosource  shall brief the Consultant  as  to  the
     security   controls   and  procedures  applicable   to   the
     Consultant's performance.

     7.    Works of Authorship and Inventions.  Consultant  shall
     convey   to  Electrosource  all  rights  to  each  work   of
     authorship,  whether or not patentable, which is  conceived,
     developed, written, or reduced to practice by Consultant  in
     performing  the requirements of this agreement.   Consultant
     agrees   to  execute  all  necessary  patent  and  copyright
     applications,   assignments   and   other   instruments   at
     Electrosource's  expense and to give all lawful  and  proper
     testimony  in aid of Electrosource obtaining and maintaining
     in  its name full and complete patent protection on any such
     invention.    Before  final  payment  is  made  under   this
     Agreement,  Consultant shall furnish Electrosource  complete
     information  with  respect to any  invention  and  all  work
     product subject to this Section.

          Consultant hereby irrevocably appoints each officer and
     director  of  Electrosource  as  his  attorney-in-fact   for
     purposes of filing any applications or assignments necessary
     to  properly reflect the sole ownership by Electrosource  of
     any invention or work of authorship subject to this Section.

     8.    Assignment and Subcontracting.  Neither this Agreement
     nor  its  performance, either in whole or in part, shall  be
     assigned  or  subcontracted by Consultant to a  third  party
     without,  in  each  case,  the  prior  written  consent   of
     Electrosource.

     9.   No Conflicts.  Consultant represents and warrants that:

          (a)   He  has full authority to enter  into  this
                Agreement and to perform his obligations hereunder; and

          (b)   Performance by Consultant of his obligations
                hereunder will not be in conflict with any other of his
                obligations.

           Consultant shall advise Electrosource's President  and
     CEO  or  Vice  President and General Counsel of all  clients
     under  similar agreement to him within five (5)  days  after
     execution of this Agreement.  Consultant shall not  contract
     for   additional  clients  without  first  having   notified
     Electrosource in writing.

           Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement,
     Electrosource  shall  have  the  right  to  terminate   this
     Agreement if, in Electrosource's sole opinion, a conflict of
     interest   rises   or   may   arise   between   Consultant's
     representation  of  Electrosource and its representation  of
     its  other clients.  Such termination shall become effective
     upon five (5) days written notification by Electrosource.

     10.   Independent Contractor.  Consultant's relationship  to
     Electrosource  shall be solely to provide personal  services
     on  an  independent  contractor basis.   In  this  capacity,
     Consultant  will not be a regular employee of  Electrosource
     and  will not be entitled to worker's compensation coverage,
     unemployment  insurance,  or  any  other  type  or  form  of
     insurance or benefit normally provided by Electrosource  for
     its employees, and Electrosource will not be responsible for
     withholding federal income or social security taxes from the
     fees  paid  to  Consultant.  The Consultant will  be  solely
     responsible for reporting and paying all federal, state  and
     local  taxes arising from his performance of this agreement.
     The  consultant  is generally free to perform  the  services
     hereunder  in  any manner desired, subject  to  satisfactory
     completion of the subject task.

     11.   Notice.  A notice communicated to Electrosource  shall
     be  sent  to  James  M.  Rosel, Vice President  and  General
     Counsel, Electrosource, Inc., 3800-B Drossett Drive, Austin,
     TX   78744-1131,  or  to  such  other  place  or  places  as
     Electrosource  by  notice  in writing  shall  specify.   Any
     notice to be served shall be deemed to be served if the same
     be  sent by registered or certified mail through the  United
     States mail, addressed to the party on which service  is  to
     be  effected  at  the  address  stated  in  the  immediately
     preceding  sentences  and  shall  be  deemed  to  have  been
     received on the day indicated on the return receipt relating
     thereto.

     12.   Binding  Agreement.  This Agreement shall  be  binding
     upon  and inure to the benefit of the successors and assigns
     of  Electrosource,  and  to the successors  and  assigns  of
     Consultant.

     13.   Modification.   This Agreement  supersedes  all  prior
     agreements   or   understandings  between   Consultant   and
     Electrosource relating to the subject matter hereof, and  no
     change,  termination  or attempted  waiver  of  any  of  the
     provisions hereof shall be binding unless reduced to writing
     and  signed by duly authorized officers of Electrosource and
     by Consultant.

     14.   Construction.  This Agreement shall  be  construed  in
     accordance  with the laws of the State of Texas.  Consultant
     hereby  submits to the continuing jurisdiction of  the  laws
     and  the courts of the State of Texas in the prosecution  of
     any  interpretation or dispute under or arising out of  this
     Agreement.  Should any portion of this Agreement be adjudged
     or  held to be invalid, unenforceable or void, such judgment
     shall  not  have the effect of invalidating or  voiding  the
     remainder  of  this Agreement, and the parties hereto  agree
     that  the portion to be held invalid, unenforceable or  void
     shall, if possible be deemed amended or reduced in scope  or
     to  otherwise be stricken from this Agreement to the  extent
     required  for  the  purposes  of  validity  and  enforcement
     thereof.


     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement is dated and is effective
the date and year first above written.

ELECTROSOURCE, INC.


By:        /s/                    By:       /s/
   James M. Rosel                    William Griffin
   Vice President, General Counsel   Consultant

Date:     January 2, 1996         Date:    December 21, 1995

                                   SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER OR
                                   FEDERAL IDENTIFICATION NUMBER:

                                   ###-##-####