Document:

“THE 2012 AMENDED AND RESTATED

 

COLLABORATION AND STRATEGIC SUPPLIER
RELATIONSHIP FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT”

 

between

 

ABB INC.

 

and

 

ECOtality, INC.

 

March 13, 2012

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

	LEXICON	2
	RECITALS	3
	1 – OVERVIEW	5
	2 – ECOTALITY EV CHARGING SYSTEMS COLLABORATION	5
	3 - THE SUPPLIER RELATIONSHIP	7
	4 – SPECIFIC TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE SUPPLIER RELATIONSHIP IN THE NORTH AMERICAN MARKET	8
	5 - GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE SUPPLIER RELATIONSHIP	10
	6 - SPECIFIC COUNTRIES/REGIONS	11
	7 – OTHER CONCERNS	12
	8 – CONFIDENTIALITY	13
	9 – CHOICE OF LAW	13
	10 – TERM	13
	11 - NOTICES	14
	12 – THE ENTIRE AGREEMENT	14
	 	 
	EXHIBIT A – GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE	 
	EXHIBIT B – THE Blink License	 
	EXHIBIT C – THE Service Functionality License	 
	EXHIBIT D – THE DCFC Development terms	 

 

 

	 

 

    	 

    	 

    

 

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LEXICON

 

ABB Assemblies: See Section 3(a) (THE SUPPLIER RELATIONSHIP)

ABB Charging Units: See Section 3(a) (THE SUPPLIER
RELATIONSHIP

ABB Components: See Section (3a) (THE SUPPLIER RELATIONSHIP)

ABB EV Charging Systems: See Section 3(a) (THE SUPPLIER
RELATIONSHIP

ABB Group: See the Initial Recital

ABB NAM Parties: See Section 2(d) (ECOTALITY EV
CHARGING SYSTEMS COLLABORATION)

ABB Product / ABB Products: See Section 3(a) (THE
SUPPLIER RELATIONSHIP)

ABB Service Functionality License: See Section 2(g)
(ECOTALITY EV CHARGING SYSTEMS COLLABORATION)

ABB Service Functionality: See the Initial Recital

ABB/ECOtality Collaboration: See Section 2(a) (ECOTALITY
EV CHARGING SYSTEMS COLLABORATION)

ABB: See the Initial Recital

ABB Warrants:  See the Initial Recital

Additional Investment:  See the Initial Recital

Affiliate / Affiliates: See the Initial Recital

April Deadline: See the (EXHIBIT D - TERMS OF THE
DCFC DEVELOPMENT)

B2C Exclusivity Right: See the Initial Recital

BLINK License: See the Initial Recital

BLINK License Fee: See the Initial Recital

BLINK Functionality: See the Initial Recital

BLINK Network Products: See the Initial Recital

China Market: See Section 6(a) (SPECIFIC COUNTRIES/REGIONS)

Co-Branding Provision: See the Initial Recital

Collaboration Agreements: See the Initial Recital

Consumer-Oriented Functionality: See the Initial
Recital

DCFC Development: See the Initial Recital

DCFC Schedule: See the (EXHIBIT D - TERMS OF THE
DCFC DEVELOPMENT)

DCFC Systems: See the Initial Recital

ECOtality DCFC Base System: See the Initial Recital

ECOtality Proprietary Technology: See Section 3(c)(v)
(THE SUPPLIER RELATIONSHIP)

ECOtality: See the Initial Recital

Effective Date: See the Initial Recital

ECOtality Deliverable: See the (EXHIBIT D - TERMS
OF THE DCFC DEVELOPMENT)

ECOtality EV Charging Systems: See the (INITIAL
RECITAL

ECOtality Requirements: See Section 4 (SPECIFIC
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE SUPPLIER COLLABORATION INT HE NORTH AMERICAN MARKET)

EV Charging Systems: See the Initial Recital

Exclusivity Period: See the Initial Recital

Exclusivity Provision: See the Initial Recital

Framework Agreement: See the Initial Recital

L2 Systems: See the Initial Recital

Local Agreement / Local Agreements: See Section
1(c) (OVERVIEW)

NAM Agreement: See the Initial Recital

NAM Customers: See Section 4(d) (SPECIFIC TERMS
AND CONDITIONS OF THE SUPPLIER COLLABORATION IN THE NORTH AMERICAN MARKET)

NAM: See the Initial Recital

OEMs: See Section 3(c)(i) (THE SUPPLIER RELATIONSHIP)

Party / Parties: See the Initial Recital

Power Boxes: See Section 3(c)(ii)(b) (THE SUPPLIER
RELATIONSHIP)

Prior Framework Agreement: See the Initial Recital

Service Functionality License: See the Initial
Recital 

 

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Sole Business Purpose: See Section 4(e)(iii) (SPECIFIC
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE SUPPLIER COLLABORATION IN THE NORTH AMERICAN MARKET)

Specific Applications: See Section 3(b) (THE SUPPLIER
RELATIONSHIP)

Supplier Relationship: See the Initial Recital

Waiver: See the Initial Recital

Warrant Repricing: See the
Initial Recital

	 

 

This “The 2012 Amended and Restated
Collaboration and Strategic Supplier Relationship Framework Agreement” (this “Framework Agreement”) is
entered into as of March 13, 2012 (the “Effective Date”), by, and between ABB Inc. (“ABB”),
and ECOtality, Inc. (“ECOtality”). Each of ABB and ECOtality shall hereinafter be referred to as a “Party,”
and collectively as the “Parties. 

 

RECITALS

 

A.           The
Parties are parties to:

 

(i)          The
“Collaboration and Strategic Supplier Relationship Framework Agreement,” dated as of January 10, 2011, between the
Parties (the “Prior Framework Agreement”), and

 

(ii)         “The
Collaboration and Strategic Supplier Relationship for NAM Agreement,” dated as of January 10, 2011 (the “NAM Agreement,”
with the Prior Framework Agreement and the NAM Agreement being referred to herein collectively as the “Collaboration Agreements”).

 

B.           In
relation to electric vehicle charging systems (“EV Charging Systems”), under the Collaboration Agreements and
in connection with ABB’s prior investments in ECOtality (including its investment in certain warrants to purchase ECOtality
common stock (the “ABB Warrants”)), the Parties and their respective affiliates (with each such affiliate, an
“Affiliate,” and collectively the “Affiliates,” and ABB and its Affiliates collectively the
“ABB Group”) have been collaborating on certain aspects of the design and/or improvement, and production and
supply, of EV Charging Systems, including the Level 2 type EV Charging Systems (“L2 Systems”) and DC fast charger
type EV Charging Systems (“DCFC Systems”).

 

C.           The
Collaboration Agreements (and in particular the NAM Agreement) provide that, subject to various terms and conditions, ABB, via
any Affiliate of the ABB Group, has a right of first refusal to supply products of the ABB Group to ECOtality (the “Supplier
Relationship”) for use in EV Charging Systems of ECOtality (the “ECOtality Charging Systems”). In
consideration of the Supplier Relationship, the NAM Agreement further provides that:

 

(i)          Neither
ABB nor its Affiliates shall design, produce, market or sell in NAM (as this term is defined in the Collaboration Agreements) any
EV Charging Systems (the “Exclusivity Provision”), and

 

(ii)         The ECOtality EV
Charging Systems marketed and sold by ECOtality that use two or more (2/2+) products of the ABB Group will be co-branded with the
brands of both the ABB Group and ECOtality (the “Co-Branding Provision”).

 

D.           In
connection with EV Charging Systems, ECOtality has developed, and solely owns, a set of products and systems (the “Blink
Network Products”) to provide networking functionality (including “Consumer-Orientated Functionality”)
and service and maintenance monitoring functionality for EV Charging Systems (with all such functionality for EV Charging Systems
provided by ECOtality being referred to herein as the “Blink Functionality”). In this Framework Agreement, the
term “Consumer-Orientated Functionality” shall mean the functionality included in EV Charging Systems offering
“Business-to-Consumer” networking and communication, which functionality requires or allows consumer-oriented
user interaction that is separate from the charging event and the communications related solely to the charging event. For avoidance
of doubt: user interaction that is required solely to execute and/or enable the charging event such as user-identification provisions
and other means to enable the management of the charging event are excluded from the definition of Consumer-Oriented Functionality.

 

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E.           The
ABB Group has developed and is developing, and solely owns, a set of products and systems to provide service and maintenance monitoring
functionality for EV Charging Systems (the “ABB Service Functionality”), which is more extensive than that currently
included in the Blink Functionality but which does not include any Consumer-Orientated Functionality.

 

F.           ECOtality
has developed and is marketing an ECOtality-branded L2 System, with supply assistance from the ABB Group.

 

G.           ECOtality
and the ABB Group have been separately developing DCFC Systems, but the ABB Group and ECOtality have also been collaborating on
the development of a basic platform or base system for a DCFC System to be sold and distributed by ECOtality in NAM (the “ECOtality
DCFC Base System”). The ECOtality DCFC Base System shall include the ABB Service Functionality but will not include any
Consumer-Orientated Functionality, unless it is separately supplied by ECOtality.

 

H.           The
ABB Group is interested in marketing and selling L2 Systems and DCFC Systems into the North American market (“NAM”)
independently of ECOtality. To do so, however, ABB has need of a waiver from ECOtality of the Exclusivity Provision for that specific
purpose (the “Waiver”). In addition, ABB is interested in:

 

(i)          Receiving
a license for the ABB Group from ECOtality to permit any ABB EV Charging Systems that the ABB Group may sell to be enabled for
access and use of Blink Functionality (the “Blink License”), and

 

(ii)         Having
those of the ABB Warrants that have exercise prices higher than USD$2.50 per share be repriced to an exercise price of USD$2.50
per share (the “Warrant Repricing”).

 

I.           ECOtality
is willing to grant the Waiver, the Blink License, and the Warrant Repricing, subject to various terms, conditions, and limitations,
in consideration of:

 

(i)          An
additional investment of USD$5,000,000 in ECOtality by the ABB Group (the “Additional Investment”), a current
shareholder;

 

(ii)         ABB’s
payment to ECOtality of a one-time, single license fee of USD$5,000,000 in consideration of the grant of the Blink License (the
“Blink License Fee”);

 

(iii)        ABB’s
grant to ECOtality of the exclusive right (the “B2C Exclusivity Right”), for a period of three years (the “Exclusivity
Period”) and subject to certain limitations, for ECOtality to market and sell in NAM “Business-to-Consumer”
ECOtality EV Charging Systems that have Consumer-Orientated Functionality;

 

(iv)        ABB’s
agreement that the price of each ECOtality DCFC Base System sold to ECOtality by the ABB Group will be no higher than the then-current
lowest price of any EV Charging System offering of the ABB Group, with equivalent features and conditions, that is then being sold
by the ABB Group to any third party in or for use in NAM;

 

(v)         ABB’s
grant to ECOtality of a royalty-free (other than the user fees described below) perpetual license (the “Service Functionality
License”) to include ABB Service Functionality in the ECOtality EV Charging Systems, with any usage rights to the ABB
Service Functionality made available by the appropriate Affiliate of the ABB Group to users for a fee that is at least ten percent
(10%) lower than the lowest fee then being charged by the ABB Group to other users in similar circumstances using the ABB Service
Functionality; and

 

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(vi)        A
modification to the Co-Branding Provision so that, after the effectiveness of the Waiver and upon the first sale by the ABB Group
of non-ECOtality EV Charging System in NAM, such co-branding will become optional at ECOtality’s sole discretion.

 

J.           In
addition, as a further condition to the effectiveness of the various agreements described above, the Parties have reached an agreement
for the ABB Group’s development of the ECOtality DCFC Base System for on-road passenger vehicles that meets ECOtality’s
requirements that shall be marketed and sold by ECOtality (the “DCFC Development”).

 

AGREEMENT

 

NOW THEREFORE, the Parties agree
as follows:

 

1.           OVERVIEW

 

a.           This
Framework Agreement hereby amends, restates and supersedes in its entirety the Prior Framework Agreement and completely supersedes
the NAM Agreement, and:

 

(i)          Neither
Party nor any of its Affiliates has any unfulfilled obligations under the Collaboration Agreements, and

 

(ii)         Neither
Party nor any of its Affiliates shall pursue any claim whatsoever they had, have, or shall have under the Collaboration Agreements.
For the avoidance of doubt, the above provisions shall be construed as granting an unequivocal general release between the Parties
and their respective Affiliates with regard to any and all claims associated with the Collaboration Agreements or any associated
agreement between the Parties and their Affiliates prior to the Effective Date.

 

b.           Each
Party is responsible for ensuring that its Affiliates are aware of this Framework Agreement and act in accordance with its terms,
to the extent legally permissible.

 

c.           Although
this Framework Agreement sets forth the general terms of the Supplier Relationship, the Supplier Relationship outside of NAM will
be effectuated via a series of country/region-specific, definitive, written, mutually-executed agreements (each an “Local
Agreement,” and collectively the “Local Agreements”) between the Parties and/or the appropriate Affiliate(s)
of each Party.

 

d.           Except
for NAM, which is covered by this Framework Agreement, the Supplier Relationship for any country/region shall only be fully effective
upon the execution of a Local Agreement between the Parties and/or their respective Affiliate(s) for such country/region.

 

2.           ECOTALITY
EV CHARGING SYSTEMS COLLABORATION

 

a.           As
part of the Supplier Relationship, the ABB Group shall collaborate with ECOtality and its Affiliates in regard to EV Charging
Systems (the “ABB/ECOtality Collaboration”). The ABB/ECOtality Collaboration shall further the development,
expansion, and acceptance, as well as the design and/or improvement, production, and supply of market-leading ECOtality EV Charging
Systems with:

 

(i)          Consumer-Oriented
Functionality, and

 

(ii)         The
communications related to the charging event, including, Level 2 Systems and DCFC Systems.

 

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b.           The
ABB/ECOtality Collaboration shall be documented in this Framework Agreement, the Blink License, the Service Functionality License,
the other Local Agreements, and such other agreements as may be appropriate, and shall:

 

i)            Only
apply to EV Charging Systems;

 

ii)           Be
associated with products and services of either Party and their Affiliates that:

 

(1)         Incorporate,
use or rely on ECOtality’s Proprietary Technology (as this term is defined below in Section 3(c)(v) (THE SUPPLIER
RELATIONSHIP), and/or

 

(2)         Incorporate,
provide or enable all or a portion of the Blink Functionality.

 

c.           As
part of the ABB/ECOtality Collaboration, the Parties and their Affiliates shall use reasonable business efforts and their respective
sales channels for the ABB/ECOtality Collaboration.

 

d.           Specifically,
so long as there is no uncorrected material default by ECOtality under this Framework Agreement (which is expressly understood,
to include, but is not limited to, any violation of Section 4(c) (SPECIFIC TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE SUPPLIER RELATIONSHIP IN
THE NORTH AMERICAN MARKET) below), ABB and/or one of its Affiliates (the “ABB NAM Parties”) shall market the
BLINK Network Products in NAM as follows.

 

i)            The
ABB NAM Parties can include BLINK Network Products and ECOtality’s MicroClimates program in the applicable public relations,
marketing communications and sales training programs of the ABB Group in NAM;

 

ii)           ECOtality
and its Affiliates can advise the ABB NAM Parties of all of its utility contacts and customers and may endeavor to introduce the
ABB Group as part of ECOtality’s overall EV Charging Systems program for utilities in conjunction with the BLINK Network
Products;

 

iii)          ECOtality
may provide, at its Tempe offices, an office for an ABB Group coordination employee, who will then be invited to participate in
product and sales meetings related to BLINK Network Products; and

 

iv)          The
Parties shall provide, to each other, reasonable Contact Update Reports, from time to time, outlining when contacts are underway
and what potential opportunities in NAM may exist to allow for common action and resource planning in relation to the BLINK Network.

 

e.           For
all countries/regions other than NAM, the Parties will evaluate whether or not a joint sales and marketing collaboration between
the appropriate Affiliates of each Party is to be implemented for BLINK Network Products in the Local Agreements of each such country/region.

 

f.            As
part of the ABB/ECOtality Collaboration, ECOtality and ABB shall enter into:

 

(i)           The
Blink License Agreement in form and substance attached hereto as EXHIBIT B (THE BLINK LICENSE), AND

 

(ii)          The
Service Functionality License in form and substance attached hereto as EXHIBIT C (THE SERVICE FUNCTIONALITY LICENSE),

 

with each such agreement
to be executed concurrently with this Framework Agreement.

 

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g.           As
part of the ABB/ECOtality Collaboration, the terms of the DCFC Development are set forth in Exhibit D and incorporated herein by
reference (THE DCFC DEVELOPMENT).

 

3.           THE
SUPPLIER RELATIONSHIP

 

a.           ECOtality
and its Affiliates design, manufacture, deliver, operate, and service ECOtality EV Charging Systems. As part of the Supplier Relationship,
the ABB Group shall have the ability to supply ECOtality with components (“ABB Components”), assemblies
(“ABB Assemblies”), charging units (“ABB Charging Units”), and systems (the “ABB
EV Charging Systems”) for the ECOtality EV Charging Systems. The ABB Components, the ABB Assemblies, the ABB Charging
Units, and the ABB EV Charging Systems are each an “ABB Product,” and collectively “ABB Products.”

 

b.           Under
the Supplier Relationship, subject to:

 

i)           The
terms, conditions and limitations of this Framework Agreement;

 

ii)          The
ABB Products meeting the commercially-reasonable requirements of ECOtality and its Affiliates for the ECOtality EV Charging Systems
that the ABB Group and ECOtality mutually develop in a timely manner, utilizing good faith efforts; and

 

iii)         The
ability of the ABB Group to supply the ABB Products to ECOtality and its Affiliates without violating any preexisting requirement
of the ABB Group to the contrary,

 

ECOtality shall purchase
from the ABB Group all ABB Products that can be incorporated into its ECOtality EV Charging Systems intended for “light-duty
on-road” vehicles, airport ground equipment, industrial vehicles, and industrial applications (the “Specific Applications”).

 

c.           Under
this Framework Agreement and the Local Agreements:

 

i)            ABB
Components shall generally consist of:

 

- All commercial, industrial
and residential electrical, electro-mechanical and electronic control and conversion devices such as, but not limited to, loose
switches, circuit breakers, transformers, DIN-rail mounted products, power electronics building blocks (PEBBs), empty enclosures,
communications and gateway devices, connectors and similar products that can be used in assemblies made by a variety of panel builders,
Original Equipment Manufacturers (“OEMs”) or purchased directly by distributors or end user customers for connection
to electricity distribution networks, regardless of applied voltages.

 

ii)           ABB
Assemblies are generally defined as a collection of components typically supplied by a systems integrator, panel builder, or OEM.
Examples of ABB Assemblies include, but are not limited to:

 

(a)          Battery
Charging Solution dispensing equipment pedestals, panels or enclosures and related accessories for all levels of charging.

 

(b)          Power
boxes (“Power Boxes”), also known as “charging engines,” which are comprised of multiple
components integrated into enclosures, for the express purpose of conditioning and supplying electricity to dispensers.

 

iii)         ABB
Charging Units are defined as integrated products ready to be connected to the grid and vehicle with all functionality and network,
user, and vehicle interfaces included; and consisting of ABB Assemblies and ABB Components as defined above. Examples of ABB Charging
Units include, but are not limited to:

 

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(a)          AC
Level 1 and Level 2 Chargers

 

(b)          DC
Fast Chargers

 

iv)          The
ABB EV Charging Systems shall generally consist of an ABB Charging Unit, or several interconnected ABB Charging Units, together
with the associated back-end IT systems (such as billing systems), communications networks, and consumer interfaces, including,
but not limited to related commercial software and applications, but excluding Consumer-Oriented Functionality.

 

v)       The proprietary technology
of ECOtality and its Affiliates (the “ECOtality Proprietary Technology”) includes any one or more of the following
items.

 

(a)          Network
communications systems, software and interfaces, and combinations thereof;

 

(b)          Back
office applications for data collection, customer interface and network functionality;

 

(c)          Charging
methods and programs;

 

(d)          Design
and packaging features;

 

(e)          Cord,
cord handles, and cord management systems; and

 

(f)          All
BLINK Network Functionality.

 

For the avoidance of doubt,
the ECOtality Propriety Technology, only extends to items which incorporate, use or rely on any intellectual property (including,
without limitation, items covered by patents, copyrights, trademarks and the like and information that is identified as confidential,
proprietary or protected as a trade secret) that are or shall be invented, developed, or acquired (either via purchase or license)
by ECOtality, except to the extent that any such proprietary technology is:

 

(v)         the
intellectual property a third party;

 

(w)         Owned
by ABB and/or its Affiliates;

 

(x)          Licensed
or sublicensed from ABB and/or its Affiliates;

 

(y)          Independently
developed by ABB and/or its Affiliates;

 

(z)          Publicly
available to ABB and/or its Affiliates, without restriction and free of any charge (except for nominal ones), on or after the time
of disclosure by ECOtality and/or its Affiliates to ABB and/or its Affiliates.

 

4.           SPECIFIC
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE SUPPLIER COLLABORATION IN THE NORTH AMERICAN MARKET

 

a.           Under
this Framework Agreement, the United States, Canada, and Mexico shall constitute the countries of NAM.

 

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b.           Subject
to the other terms, conditions and limitations of this Framework Agreement, ECOtality and its Affiliates, to the greatest extent
possible, but without violation of any Federal, State or local procurement regulations or other applicable laws, rules or regulations,
shall purchase or specify to others to purchase on their behalf ABB Products for all ECOtality EV Charging Systems where applicable,
unless ECOtality or its Affiliates can reasonably demonstrate that the ABB Products do not meet the necessary design and performance
specifications, quantity requirements, quality requirements and/or delivery schedule requirements of ECOtality and its Affiliates
(the “ECOtality Requirements”).

 

c.           Additionally,
for each ABB Product ordered by ECOtality or its Affiliates from ABB, whether it is an ABB Component, ABB Assembly, ABB Charging
Unit or ABB System, IF the pricing by ABB or its Affiliates (including delivery and taxes) is five percent (5%) or
more than the pricing, including delivery and taxes, that ECOtality or its Affiliates either has negotiated with, or can reasonably
demonstrate would be available to ECOtality and its Affiliates from, a third party not affiliated with the ABB Group for an offering
materially and technically equivalent to the ABB Product in question, ECOtality and/or its Affiliates shall have no obligation
to purchase any such ABB Product from the ABB Group, although ECOtality and its Affiliates may purchase any such ABB Product, if
they so desire.

 

d.           Except
as stated in this Framework Agreement, in NAM, the ABB Group will have the unrestricted right to sell to customers in NAM and for
the use in NAM (“NAM Customers”) any ABB Product starting July 1, 2012, with the ABB Group permitted to commence
the marketing of any such ABB Product starting April 1, 2012.

 

e.           ABB
hereby covenants and agrees that for a period of three (3) years from the Effective Date (the “Exclusivity Period”),
ECOtality shall have the exclusive right to market and sell in NAM “Business-to-Consumer” EV Charging Systems
that offer Consumer-Orientated Functionality. During the Exclusivity Period, the sale in NAM by the ABB Group of EV Charging Systems
shall be permitted via the Waiver, and shall not be in violation of this Framework Agreement, but only to the extent such sales
by the ABB Group are in strict compliance with all of the following limitations. For avoidance of doubt, the grant of exclusivity
during the Exclusivity Period means that, except to the limited extent specifically permitted under the following limitations,
the ABB Group shall not sell, manufacture, and distribute in NAM, or for sale in NAM, any Consumer-Orientated Functionality (including
media functionality) for any EV Charging Systems and shall not market any such Consumer Orientated Functionality in NAM as a product
or service of the ABB Group. Specifically:

 

(i)          Any
such EV Charging Systems sold in NAM by the ABB Group during the Exclusivity Period are permitted to include a user interface screen
and communication connections to implement device operation, maintenance, software/firmware upgrades, operational data and any
other service/maintenance functionality, so long as such functionality does not include any Consumer-Orientated Functionality (including
media functionality).

 

(ii)         The
ABB Group may interact and co-market with unaffiliated third parties engaged in the development and sale of EV Charging Systems
in NAM (but may not joint venture with or have any ownership interests in such third parties); provided, that any such unaffiliated
third party does not have the development and sale of EV Charging Systems as its sole and exclusive business purpose (“Sole
Business Purpose”). A third party’s Sole Business Purpose shall be determined by the third party’s percentage
of revenue. If revenues of the third party and its affiliates that are derived from the development and sale of EV Charging Systems
exceed seventy-five percent (75%) of the total revenues of the third party, such third party shall be considered by the Parties
to have the development and sale of EV Charging Systems as its Sole Business Purpose.

 

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(iii)        The
ABB Group shall not accept any orders from any third party for the sale in NAM of any entire “Business-to-Consumer”
EV Charging System fully-packed solution of any third party, but shall limit its order intake in NAM in respect of any third party
to the sale of the ABB Group’s products and services required for such third party’s EV Charging Systems, and the ongoing
support required for the ABB Group’s products and services incorporated into the EV Charging Systems of this third party.

 

(iv)        Any
ABB Group co-branding of a third party’s EV Charging Systems sold in NAM shall be limited so that the scale and prominence
of the ABB Group’s trademarks including the phrase “powered by ABB”') is limited to a size that does not
exceed thirty-three percent (33%) of the third party’s EV Charging System branding so that the EV Charging System is not
identified as primarily an ABB Group product.

 

f.            BLINK
Network Products that use any ABB Product may be labeled by ECOtality, at its discretion, as “Powered by ABB,”
at ECOtality’s sole discretion. For the avoidance of doubt, ECOtality and its Affiliates have the non-exclusive right to
sell ABB Assemblies and ABB Charging Units for other ECOtality EV Charging Systems’ applications besides the Specific Applications
in NAM.

 

g.           ECOtality
may obtain its supply of independently developed EV Charging Systems from parties other than the ABB Group; provided, that:

 

(i)          ECOtality
first offers the ABB Group the opportunity to bid upon any such EV Charging Systems and the ABB Group is unable to meet the associated
supply requirements for these EV Charging Systems, and

 

(ii)         The
pricing offered by the ABB Group in its bid is less favorable than the pricing available to ECOtality from another party under
materially the same terms and conditions.

 

h.           The
price of each ECOtality DCFC Base System that the ABB Group sells to ECOtality shall be no higher than the then-current lowest
price of any EV Charging System offering of the ABB Group with equivalent features and conditions then being sold by the ABB Group
to third parties in or for use in NAM under materially the same terms and conditions.

 

i.            The
commercial terms for any sale of ABB Products to ECOtality and its Affiliates under the NAM Agreement shall be generally consistent
with the relevant ABB Group’s general terms and conditions for sale for the associated ABB Product. For example, the “ABB
Inc. ‘General Terms and Conditions of Sale’,” attached below as Exhibit A (GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF
SALE), shall apply to ABB Products, to the extent those terms and conditions are not inconsistent with specific provisions of this
Framework Agreement.

 

5.           GENERAL
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE SUPPLIER RELATIONSHIP

 

The following shall apply
to each Local Agreement, to the greatest extent legally permissible.

 

a.           No
Affiliate of the ABB Group shall be required to accept any order for any ABB Product under any Local Agreement, if, in the reasonable
opinion of the Affiliate of the ABB Group, it would be unable to meet the ECOtality Requirements. If the ABB Group is unable to
meet the ECOtality Requirements for any of the ABB Products, ECOtality shall notify ABB of such inability in writing. Thereafter,
ECOtality and its Affiliates shall be under no obligation to purchase the non-conforming ABB Product under the associated Local
Agreement; provided that in the event that, thereafter, ABB notifies ECOtality, in writing, of the ABB Group’s ability to
fulfill the associated ECOtality Requirements for the ABB Product, then unless ECOtality reasonably determines that the ABB Product
does not fulfill the associated ECOtality Requirements, ECOtality shall again have the obligation to purchase the ABB Product,
subject in any event, however, to any alternative supply arrangements that ECOtality may have entered into with respect to the
non-conforming ABB Product until the end of the term of such alternative supply arrangements.

 

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b.           For
the avoidance of doubt, ECOtality and its Affiliates shall have the right to make all sourcing decisions for components or other
items in a Battery Charging Solution.

 

c.           If
the Parties unanimously agree to implement the Supplier Relationship in a country/region, then the NAM Agreement shall be used
as basis for any such Local Agreement, but only to the extent:

 

i)         Legally-permissible
for that country/region;

 

ii)        Unanimously
permitted by the Parties; and

 

iii)      Consistent
with this Framework Agreement.

 

d.           Each
Local Agreement shall have a term equal to the remainder of this Framework Agreement’s term, wherever legally permissible.

 

e.           All
extensions of any Local Agreement shall be via a written, mutually-executed amendment to the Local Agreement.

 

f.            To
the extent applicable to ABB Products, the ABB Group shall have the first right of refusal to participate in ECOtality's MicroClimate
initiatives in each country/region.

 

g.           Globally,
and in each country/region where there is a Local Agreement, the appropriate Affiliates of ABB and ECOtality shall discuss collaboration
on relevant industry standards committees and working groups related to ECOtality EV Charging Systems utilizing ABB Products.

 

h.           In
each Local Agreement, the Parties’ decisions shall govern the joint sales and marketing collaboration of the parties to each
such Local Agreement.

 

i.            BLINK
Network Products that use any ABB Product may be prominently labeled by ECOtality as “Powered by ABB,” at ECOtality’s
sole discretion.

 

6.           SPECIFIC
COUNTRIES/REGIONS

 

a.           For
the China Market (the “China Market”):

 

i)            Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in this Framework Agreement, the Parties expressly acknowledge and agree that ECOtality has an existing
exclusivity arrangement in the China Market and the ABB Group shall not be permitted to sell ABB EV Charging Systems in the China
Market that incorporate the Blink Functionality. However the ABB Group shall be free to sell any other ABB EV Charging Systems,
such as EV Charging Systems that contain functionality developed by the ABB Group or by third parties.

 

ii)           Any
Local Agreement for the China Market shall be developed by the Parties using commercially-reasonable, good faith efforts and this
Framework Agreement.

 

ii)           If
the Local Agreement for the China Market is not mutually acceptable to, and executed by the appropriate Affiliates of each of the
Parties before the end of this Framework Agreement, thereafter, the Parties and their Affiliates will have no obligation to implement
the Supplier Relationship in the China Market.

 

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b.           For
All Other Countries/Regions:

 

i)            Any
Local Agreements for all other countries/regions, outside of NAM and the China Market, shall be developed by the Parties and/or
their appropriate Affiliates in a timely manner, if the ABB Group and ECOtality mutually agree to enter into a Local Agreement
for any such country/region, using commercially-reasonable good faith efforts and this Framework Agreement.

 

ii)           In
any country/region for which there is no effective Local Agreement between the appropriate Affiliates of the Parties:

 

(a)          The
sale of any products marketed by ECOtality, including ECOtality EV Charging Systems, shall not be governed by this Framework Agreement;

 

(b)          ECOtality
and its Affiliates shall have no obligation to purchase any ABB Products; and

 

(c)          No
Affiliate of the ABB Group shall have any obligation to fulfill any purchase orders for the ABB Products from ECOtality and its
Affiliates.

 

7.           OTHER
CONCERNS

 

a.           Neither
Party is aware of any customer or business partner relationships that would prohibit it from entering into this Framework Agreement
or prevent it from executing any Local Agreement.

 

b.           To
the extent that legal requirements, including, but not limited to laws with respect to restraints on competition, prevent either
Party and their Affiliates from incorporating the provisions of this Framework Agreement into any Local Agreement, the Parties
and their Affiliates shall fully comply with any such legal requirements in drafting the Local Agreement.

 

c.           To
the extent that this Framework Agreement or any Local Agreement violates any existing or future legal requirement, the nonperformance
by the affected Party or its Affiliates is fully excused and this Framework Agreement and/or the Local Agreement (as may be applicable)
shall be promptly amended by the appropriate entities to address the violation. If no mutually satisfactory, commercially reasonable
amendment can be made to this Framework Agreement or the Local Agreements (as may be applicable), the Supplier Relationship in
such country/region shall be immediately terminated.

 

d.           The
failure to exercise a right or delay in exercising a right or remedy provided in this Framework Agreement or by law does not constitute
a waiver of the right or remedy or a waiver of other rights or remedies. A waiver of a breach of any of the terms of this Framework
Agreement or of a default under this Framework Agreement does not constitute a waiver of any other breach or default and shall
not affect the other terms of the Framework Agreement. Similarly, a waiver of a breach of any of the terms of this Framework Agreement
or of a default under this Framework Agreement will not prevent a Party from subsequently requiring compliance with the waived
obligation.

 

e.           The
Parties acknowledge that the Framework Agreement does not grant any intellectual property rights to their respective intellectual
property to the other Party. Any such rights shall be granted under separate and independent agreements, such as the Blink License
and the ABB Service Functionality License.

 

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f.            The
relationship of the Parties is that of independent parties dealing at arm’s length and nothing
in this Framework Agreement shall be construed so as to constitute any kind of partnership, joint ventures, or agency. Accordingly,
neither Party nor their Affiliates have any authorization to represent the other, except as expressly stated in the Framework Agreement.

 

g.           Each
Party shall be responsible for compliance with and any breach of the terms of this Framework Agreement by its Affiliates.

 

h.           The
Parties agree to regular good faith discussions about this Framework Agreement, the ABB/ECOtality Collaboration, and the Supplier
Relationship between senior managers of the Parties.

 

i.            The
Parties shall attempt to resolve any disputes related to this Framework Agreement, including, but not limited to, the ABB/ECOtality
Collaboration, and the Supplier Relationship, by timely, good faith negotiations by senior managers of each Party before escalating
any such dispute to litigation.

 

8.           CONFIDENTIALITY

 

Each
of the Parties and its Affiliates agrees not to use any Confidential Information (as defined below) disclosed to it by the other
Party for its own use or for any purpose other than to carry out the undertaking of the ABB/ECOtality Collaboration as contemplated
this Framework Agreement and in other related agreements. The Party receiving Confidential Information shall not disclose or permit
disclosure of any Confidential Information of the disclosing Party to any third parties, except its Affiliates or as may be required
by applicable law (including, without limitation, securities laws with respect to the disclosure of material information). The
receiving Party agrees that it shall take all reasonable measures to protect the secrecy of and avoid disclosure or use of Confidential
Information of the other Party in order to prevent it from falling into the public domain or the possession of any third persons
or parties, and that its Affiliates shall do the same. Such measures shall include, but not be limited to, the highest degree of
care that the receiving Party utilizes to protect its own Confidential Information of a similar nature, which shall be no less
than reasonable care. “Confidential Information” means any oral, written, graphic or machine-readable information
including, but not limited to, that which relates to material non-public information, patents, patent applications, research, product
plans, products, developments, inventions, processes, designs, drawings, engineering, formulae, markets, software (including source
and object code), hardware configuration, computer programs, algorithms, regulatory information, medical reports, clinical data
and analysis business plans and prospects, agreements with third parties, services, customers, marketing or finances of the disclosing
Party, and the terms of this Framework Agreement, unless the Confidential Information:

 

(i)          Is
or becomes public information through no fault of the receiving Party and its Affiliates,

 

(ii)         Was
or is developed independently by the receiving Party and its Affiliates, or

 

(iii)        Was
or is received from a third party and the receiving Party and its Affiliates had no reasonable basis for knowing such was Confidential
Information of the other Party.

 

9.           CHOICE
OF LAW

 

This Framework Agreement
shall be governed by and subject to the laws of the State of New York.

 

10.          TERM

 

This Framework Agreement
shall terminate three (3) years from the Effective Date, but may be terminated by either Party for “cause.”
Only Sections 8 (CONFIDENTIALITY) and 9 (CHOICE OF LAW), in addition to the Blink License and the Service Functionality License,
shall survive the Framework Agreement’s termination. 

 

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11.         NOTICES

 

Notices under this NAM Agreement
shall be sent to:

 

i)             For
ABB:

 

ABB Inc.

12040 Regency Parkway, Suite
#200

Cary, NC 27518

 

Attention: Chief Executive
Officer/General Counsel

 

ii)            For
ECOtality:

 

ECOtality, Inc.

Post Montgomery Center

One Montgomery Center, Suite 2525

San Francisco, CA 94104

 

Attention: CEO

 

12.         THE
ENTIRE AGREEMENT

 

This Framework Agreement:

 

(i)          Contains
the entire agreement and understanding among the Parties as to the subject matter of this Framework Agreement;

 

(ii)         Supersedes
in their entirety any and all previous communications among the Parties, including, but not limited to, the Prior Framework Agreement;
and

 

(iii)        Shall
only be modified in writing by the Parties.

 

	 

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have entered
into this Framework Agreement as of the Effective Date.

 

	 	ABB Inc.
	 	 
	 	By:	/s/ David Onuscheck
	 	 	 
	 	Name:	David Onuscheck
	 	 	 
	 	Title:	Senior VP, GC and Secretary
	 	 	 
	 	By:	/s/ Greg Scheu
	 	 	 
	 	Name:	Greg Scheu
	 	 	 
	 	Title:	Region Divisional Manager, Discrete Automation and
    Motion, North America
	 	 
	 	ECOtality, Inc.
	 	 
	 	By:	/s/ Jonathan Read
	 	 	 
	 	Name:	Jonathan Read
	 	 	 
	 	Title:	President and CEO

 

ABB GROUP BUSINESS AREA ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

 

	This Framework Agreement has been reviewed by the DM and the LP Business Areas of the ABB Group and its terms unconditionally accepted.

 

	By:	/s/ Remo Leutolf	 	By:	/s/ Bernhard Schmeing
	 	 	 	 	 
	Name:	Remo Leutolf	 	Name:	Bernhard Schmeing
	 	 	 	 	 
	Title:	BU DMPE Manager	 	Title:	BU LPED
	(Acting for DM)	(Acting for LP)

 

	EXECUTION VERSIONBLINK LICENSE AGREEMENT

 

	EXECUTION VERSION

 

This Blink License Agreement (this “Agreement”)
is entered into as of March 13, 2012, to be effective on the Effective Date (as defined below), by and between ECOtality, Inc.,
a Nevada corporation (“Licensor”), and ABB Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Licensee”). Licensor
and Licensee are referred to herein from time to time individually as a “Party” and collectively as the “Parties.”
Affiliates of either Party shall be referred to herein as “Affiliates,” with ABB and its Affiliates referred
to herein as the “ABB Group.”

 

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

	RECITALS	1
	1 – LICENSE	2
	1.1 – Grant	2
	A – The Blink API License	2
	B – The Licensed Patents’ License	3
	1.2 – Restrictions and Reservations	3
	1.3 – License Fee; No Royalties	4
	A – One Time License Fee	4
	B – Royalty-Free	4
	2 – TERM	5
	3 – REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES; DISCLAIMERS; AND LIMITATIONS	5
	3.1 – Representations, Warranties, and Covenants of Licensor	5
	3.2 – Representations, Warranties, and Covenants	5
	3.3 – Disclaimer of Warranties	6
	3.4 – Limitation of Liability	6
	4 – LICENSE COVENANTS	7
	4.1 – Reports	7
	4.2 –Quality Standards and Controls for Use of Marks	7
	4.34 – Protection of Intellectual Property Rights	7
	5 – INDEMNIFICATION	8
	5.1 – Indemnification Obligations	8
	5.2 – Procedure	8
	5.3 – Survival	8
	6 –CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION	8
	7 – TERMINATION	9
	7.1 – Termination by Licensor	9
	7.2 – Effect of Termination	9
	8 – RESOLUTION OF DISPUTES	9
	9 – MISCELLANEOUS	9
	9.1 – Entire Agreement	9
	9.2 – Assignment	10
	9.3 – Severability	10
	9.4 – Waiver	10
	9.5 – Relationship of the Parties	10
	9.6 – Governing Law	10
	9.7 – Notices	10
	9.8 – Counterparts	11
	 	 
	EXHIBIT A – THE LICENSED PATENTS	 

 

 

 

RECITALS

 

		A.	The Parties are parties to:

 

(i)          A
Collaboration and Strategic Supplier Relationship Framework Agreement (the “Framework Agreement”), and

 

(ii)         A
Collaboration and Strategic Supplier Relationship for NAM Agreement (the “NAM Agreement” and, together with
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each dated January 10, 2011. Concurrently
herewith, the Parties are entering into an amended and restated Framework Agreement that amends and restates both the Framework
Agreement and the NAM Agreement into one document, dated concurrently with the date hereof (the “Restated Collaboration
Agreement”).

 

B.          The
“Blink Functionality” is the networking functionality of Licensor associated with electric vehicle charging
systems (“EV Charging Systems”) including consumer-oriented networking functionality, and service and maintenance
monitoring functionality, which is embodied in Licensor’s associated intellectual property. The Blink Functionality can be
modified or changed, from time to time, by Licensor, in its absolute sole discretion

 

C.          As
part of the Blink Functionality, Licensor has developed a proprietary application programming interface and platform that enables
software programs (subject to hardware limitations and such other requirements and specifications set forth therein) to provide
some or all of the Blink Functionality (the “Blink API”), which may facilitate information sharing, demand response,
charging reservations, home energy management, memberships, payments, load management, mapping, and media communications.

 

D.          Licensor
also owns or has rights to use certain (and in the future may own or acquire rights to use additional) registered and unregistered
trademarks, service marks, logos and other such marks that Licensor has associated with, may elect to associate with or intends
to associate with the Blink Functionality and the Blink API(collectively, the “Marks”).

 

E.          Under
the Restated Collaboration Agreement, the ABB Group has certain rights to market and sell components (“ABB Components”),
assemblies (“ABB Assemblies”), charging units (“ABB Charging Units”), and systems (the “ABB
EV Charging Systems”) for ECOtality’s EV Charging Systems. The ABB Components, the ABB Assemblies, the ABB Charging
Units, and the ABB EV Charging Systems are each an “ABB Product,” and collectively “ABB Products.”.

 

F.          In
conjunction with the Restated Collaboration Agreement, Licensee has requested a license to the Blink API for Licensee, its Affiliates,
and the Sublicensees (as this term is defined below in Section 1.1(a) (LICENSE, Grant, The Blink API License), (with the ABB Group,
and the Sublicensees’ collectively, the “Licensee Group”) to use in connection with ABB Products so that
such ABB Products can be activated by their hosts or end users to utilize the Blink Functionality, and Licensor is willing to grant
the requested license under the terms and conditions set forth below.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration
of the foregoing recitals, the mutual covenants contained herein, and other good and valuable consideration, the adequacy of which
is hereby acknowledged, the Parties hereby agree as follows:

 

		1.	License

 

		1.1	Grant.

 

		(a)	The Blink API License

 

Licensor hereby grants to Licensee
and all other members of the ABB Group, a non-exclusive, non-transferable (except as permitted by this Agreement) right and license
(the “Blink API License”), during the Term (as defined below) and subject to the restrictions and reservations
set forth in Section 1.2 (LICENSE; Restrictions and Reservations) below, as follows:

 

(i)          At
the sole discretion of the ABB Group, to use the Blink API to develop software applications to be incorporated into the ABB Products,
to be marketed and sold in NAM, so that hosts and users of such ABB Products have the ability to activate the Blink Functionality
(with such ABB Products enabled with the Blink API software referred to herein as the “Covered Products”);

 

    	 

    	 

    

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(ii)         To
use the Marks in connection with the marketing and sale of the Covered Products, to the extent that the Licensee Group markets
and sells the Covered Products; and

 

(iii)        With
the prior written approval of Licensor, for any member of the ABB Group to grant sublicenses with respect to the rights granted
under (i) and (ii) above to third parties in NAM for the purpose of furthering the sale of the Covered Products, which approval
shall not be unreasonably withheld (any third party so approved as a sublicensee being referred to herein as a “Sublicensee”).

 

		(b)	The Licensed Patents’ License

 

Subject to the terms and conditions
set forth in this Agreement, Licensor hereby grants to Licensee and all other members of the ABB Group a limited, worldwide, non-exclusive
license (without the right to sublicense, and without the right to assign), to the “Licensed Patents,” delineated
in Exhibit A (THE LICENSED PATENTS) attached hereto, to practice, make and use the inventions, ideas and information embodied therein
for any of the ABB Products solely in connection with the businesses of the ABB Group. The Parties’ expressly and specifically
agree that the Licensed Patents granted herein are personal to Licensee and all other members of the ABB Group only, and shall
be limited to, shall not be used except as permitted by this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary in this Agreement,
the Licensed Patents’ license is limited to the territory or jurisdiction in which such registered patent has been issued,
except in the China and Australia markets.

 

		1.2	Restrictions and Reservations 

 

		(a)	No member of the Licensee Group shall have any right to modify, adapt, or change:

 

		(1)	The Blink API,

 

		(2)	The Marks, or

 

		(3)	The Licensed Patents

 

in any way whatsoever, except to
incorporate the software based on the Blink API in the Covered Products or, in connection with the Licensed Patents, to otherwise
use them as set forth in this Agreement. Except for these permitted uses, the Licensee Group shall not reverse assemble, reverse
compile or reverse engineer any portion of the Blink Functionality, including the Blink API, or the Licensed Patents whatsoever.

 

(b)          The
activation of any Blink Functionality in any Covered Product by a host or user of such Covered Products shall be subject to such
terms and conditions (“Blink Contracts”) as Licensor, in its sole discretion, may impose generally on hosts
or users of these Covered Products. In no event, however, shall the Licensee Group be required to have its customers for the Covered
Products subject to a mandatory activation with Licensor of the Blink Functionality, either via a Blink Contract or otherwise.
No member of the Licensee Group shall have any independent right to activate (or permit the activation of the Blink Functionality
within the Covered Products, and no member of the Licensee Group shall have any right or interest, financial or otherwise, in the
relationship between Licensor and any hosts or users of the Covered Products’ Blink Functionality. For the avoidance of doubt,
the Blink API License granted hereunder is solely to permit the Licensee Group to enable the hosts and users of the Covered Products
to activate and utilize the Blink Functionality (via a Blink Contract), so that such hosts and users may obtain the benefits of
the Blink Functionality, including by way of example, but without limitation and/or obligation, demand response, charging reservations,
home energy management, and media communications. Control and ownership of, and access to, any and all data, information, and communications
generated by the Covered Products, due to the associated host or user’s usage of the Blink Functionality, via the Covered
Products, shall be governed entirely by the terms and conditions of the Blink Contracts, and no member of the Licensee Group shall
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(d)          The
license granted hereunder is non-exclusive. Licensor expressly reserves the unfettered right and discretion to use, and to authorize
others to use, any portion of the Blink Functionality, the Blink API, the Licensed Patents and the Marks anywhere and in any way.

 

(e)          All
rights not granted herein are expressly reserved to Licensor. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to constitute the grant
of any license or other right to, or to use, the Blink API, Blink Functionality or the Licensed Patent, except as expressly set
forth herein.

 

(f)          Neither
Licensor nor any of its affiliates is required to file any patent application, or to secure any patent or patent rights, or to
maintain any Licensed Patents in force. Payment of maintenance fees and the taking of any other appropriate maintenance action
for the Licensed Patents shall be at the sole discretion of, and is the financial responsibility of, Licensor; provided,
however, that Licensor agrees that if Licensor elects not to pay maintenance fees and/or take any and all other appropriate
maintenance action for the Licensed Patents, Licensor will give Licensee written notice of such decision at least three (3) months
prior to the date that appropriate maintenance action must be taken, in which case, if Licensor decides not to maintain such patent
application, Licensee will have the option of assuming the ownership of such Licensed Patents and maintaining the application or
registration to such Licensed Patents and Licensor shall forthwith execute any necessary documents or instruments for transferring
and assigning all right, title and interest that Licensor has in such Licensed Patents to Licensee at Licensee’s cost and
expense. If Licensee does not take such maintenance action before the deadline for taking such action, then such Licensed Patents
will be permitted to lapse.

 

		1.3	License Fee; No Royalties

 

		(a)	One-Time License Fee.

 

As full consideration for the
rights granted hereunder, Licensee shall pay Licensor, as a one-time, single license fee, the non-refundable sum of FIVE MILLION
U.S. DOLLARS ($5,000,000) (the “License Fee”). Payment of the License Fee is required for this Agreement to
become effective.

 

		(b)	Royalty-Free.

 

Other than the payment of the
License Fee, Licensee shall not be required to pay any royalties, other fees, or other such payments for the rights granted hereunder.
Nothing herein shall be deemed to restrict Licensor’s ability to charge fees or otherwise collect royalties or any other
amounts from hosts or users of the Blink Functionality or in connection with the Blink Contracts.

 

    	 

    	 

    

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		2.	Term.

 

The term of this Agreement (the
“Term”) shall begin on the first date (the “Effective Date”) that both of the following have
occurred:

 

		(A)	The Restated Collaboration Agreement has become effective, and

 

		(B)	Licensee has paid the License Fee.

 

Following the Effective Date,
this Agreement shall continue indefinitely unless earlier terminated as provided in Section 8 (TERMINATION), or by mutual agreement
of the Parties. Regardless of any such termination, however, all Covered Products sold by the Licensee Group prior to the termination
date shall be permitted to continue to be enabled for activation by the hosts or users of such Covered Products for access to or
use of the Blink Functionality as contemplated in this Agreement, in perpetuity, subject to the terms of the Blink Contracts with
respect to such access or use.

 

		3.	Representations and Warranties; Disclaimers; and Limitations.

 

		3.1	Representations, Warranties, and Covenants of Licensor.

 

Licensor represents, warrants and
covenants to Licensee that:

 

(a)          Licensor
owns all right title and interest in the Blink API, the Licensed Patents, and the Marks;

 

(b)          Licensor
has the full right, power, and authority to enter into this Agreement and grant the rights contained herein;

 

(c)          The
execution, delivery, and performance of this Agreement by Licensor has been duly and properly authorized by all necessary entity
actions on the part of Licensor;

 

(d)          This
Agreement constitutes the valid and binding obligation of Licensor, enforceable in accordance with its terms;

 

(e)          Neither
the execution, delivery nor performance of this Agreement by Licensor shall conflict with any license or other rights granted by
Licensor to any other party;

 

(f)          The
person signing this Agreement on behalf of Licensor has been authorized to execute this Agreement for and on behalf of Licensor
and has full authority to so bind Licensor; and

 

(g)          Licensor
shall comply with all applicable laws in connection with this Agreement.

 

		3.2	Representations, Warranties, and Covenants of Licensee.

 

Licensee represents, warrants and
covenants to Licensor that:

 

(a)          Licensee
has the full right, power, and authority to enter into this Agreement;

 

(b)          The
execution, delivery, and performance of this Agreement by the Licensee has been duly and properly authorized by all necessary entity
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(c)          This
Agreement constitutes the valid and binding obligation of Licensee, enforceable in accordance with its terms;

 

(d)          Neither
the execution, delivery nor performance of this Agreement by Licensee shall conflict with any obligation of Licensee under any
other agreement to which Licensee is a party;

 

(e)          Licensee
confirms that it does not have any rights, titles or interests in any to Blink Functionality, the Licensed Patents, the Marks or
Blink API except the rights, titles and interests specifically provided for under this Agreement;

 

(f)          The
person signing this Agreement on behalf of Licensee has been authorized to execute this Agreement for and on behalf of Licensee
and has full authority to so bind Licensee; and

 

(g)          Licensee
shall ensure that all other members of the Licensee Group shall comply with the terms of this Agreement and all applicable laws
in connection with the exercise of the rights granted under this Agreement, including with respect to the manufacture, marketing,
and sale of Covered Products.

 

		3.3	Disclaimer of Warranties.

 

(i)          LICENSOR
DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, WITH RESPECT TO THE BLINK API, THE LICENSED PATENTS, AND THE BLINK FUNCTIONALITY,
OR ANY USE THEREOF, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY WARRANTY AS TO NON-INFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY, OR FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR
PURPOSE.

 

(ii)         Although
Licensor offers no warranty with regard to the non-infringement of the Blink API, the Licensed Patents, and the Blink Functionality,
Licensor shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Licensee Group and their respective directors, officers, agents, employees,
members, shareholders, and insurers from any and all direct losses, claims, damages, costs and expenses (including reasonable attorney’s
fees), causes of action, suits, damages or demands whatsoever, by any third party, arising out of the infringement of such third
party’s intellectual property rights by the Blink Functionality, the Blink API, the Licensed Patents, and the Marks, with
the total amount of all such indemnification available to the Licensee Group capped at an amount equal to the License Fee.

 

(iii)        Licensor
shall in no event be responsible for indirect, consequential, incidental, or special losses of any kind resulting from the rights
granted under this Agreement, including, without limitation, any liability for business expenses, lost profits or other damages
caused to the Licensee Group or the hosts or end users of Covered Products.

 

		3.4	Limitation of Liability.

 

Unless Licensor expressly accepts
such terms and conditions in writing, no license or sale of Covered Products by any member of the Licensee Group shall cause Licensor
to be liable for any indirect, incidental, special or consequential damages associated with the incorporation into the Covered
Products of the Blink Functionality, or the ABB Group’s use of the Licensed Patents.

 

    	 

    	 

    

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		4.	Licensee Covenants.

 

Licensee covenants to Licensor
(for the benefit of Licensor and its Affiliates, and not for the benefit of any other third party unrelated to Licensor) as follows:

 

		4.1	Reports.

 

Upon Licensor’s request,
but no more than once per calendar quarter, Licensee shall provide a report detailing the license and sale of the Covered Products
by the Licensee Group for the immediately past calendar quarter, with the quantity of units sold, and the names and contacts of
the parties to whom the Covered Products were sold or licensed.

 

		4.2	Quality Standards and Controls for Use of Marks.

 

The Licensee Group shall use
the Marks only with Covered Products. The Licensee Group shall cooperate with Licensor in maintaining Licensor’s control
of the nature and quality of the use of the Marks, to permit reasonable inspection of the Licensee Group’s operations and
records in connection with Licensee Group’s use of the Marks, and to supply Licensor with specimens of all uses of the Marks
upon request (including, without limitation, specimens of all packaging, labeling, advertising and marketing materials which use
the Marks). If Licensor determines, in its discretion, that the nature and quality of a Covered Product is such that one or more
of the Marks should not be associated with that Covered Product, then, upon notice from Licensor, any such member of the Licensee
Group shall immediately discontinue (or shall not commence) any use of the identified Mark or Marks with that Covered Product unless
and until a different determination is made by Licensor.

 

		4.3	Protection of Intellectual Property Rights.

 

(a)          In
using any of the Blink Functionality or Blink API and/or any of the Marks in connection with the promotion and sale of Covered
Products, the Licensee Group shall fully comply with the marking provisions of the applicable trademark, patent, copyright and
other intellectual property laws of all applicable jurisdictions and shall include on the Covered Products, and/or their related
packaging materials, all appropriate legal notices required by law.

 

(b)          The
Licensee Group shall not do anything, or permit anything to be done, in the use of any of the Blink Functionality, Blink API, the
Licensed Patents, and/or any of the Marks, which would or could jeopardize the validity of their protection under applicable intellectual
property laws.

 

(c)          If
any member of the Licensee Group becomes aware of any infringement of any of Licensor’s intellectual property rights to any
of the Blink Functionality, Blink API, the Licensed Patents or any of the Marks, it shall promptly notify Licensor of such infringement,
providing Licensor with all information known to the Licensee Group regarding the infringement, and provide Licensor with all reasonable
assistance requested by Licensor with respect to any action Licensor may bring regarding such infringement, with any such member
of the Licensee Group reimbursed for all reasonable and documented expenses of such.

 

(d)          If
Licensor becomes aware of any infringement of any of intellectual property rights of the Licensee Group to any portion of the Covered
Products, it shall promptly notify Licensee of such infringement, providing Licensee with all information known to the Licensor
and its Affiliates regarding the infringement, and provide Licensee with all reasonable assistance requested by the Licensee Group
with respect to any action the Licensee Group may bring regarding such infringement, with Licensor and its Affiliates reimbursed
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		5.	Indemnification.

 

		5.1	Indemnification Obligations.

 

Unless expressly stated otherwise
in this Agreement, each Party agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless the other Party and its Affiliates, parent companies
and subsidiaries, and their respective directors, officers, agents, employees, insurers, advisors, members and shareholders from
any and all losses, claims, damages, costs and expenses (including reasonable attorney’s fees), causes of action, suits,
damages or demands whatsoever by any third party arising out of the promotion, sale or use of Covered Products (collectively, “Claims”),
which Claims are based on an alleged or actual breach of any of its obligations under this Agreement.

 

		5.2	Procedure.

 

If any claim or action shall be
brought against either Party in respect to which indemnity may be sought from the other Party pursuant to the provisions of this
Section 5 (INDEMNIFICATION), the indemnified Party shall promptly notify the indemnifying Party in writing, specifying the nature
of the claim or action and the total monetary amount sought or other such relief as is sought therein. The indemnified Party shall
cooperate with the indemnifying Party in all reasonable respects in connection with the defense of any such claim or action. The
indemnifying Party may, upon written notice thereof to the indemnified Party, undertake to conduct all proceedings or negotiations
in connection therewith, assume the defense thereof and, if it so undertakes, also undertake all other required steps or proceedings
to settle or defend any such action, including the employment of counsel and payment of all expenses; provided that, the indemnifying
Party shall keep the indemnified Party informed in a timely manner, and, without the indemnified Party’s prior approval (which
shall not be unreasonably withheld), the indemnifying Party shall not enter into, or undertake or agree to enter into, any settlement
other than a settlement that provides for a full release of all claims against the indemnified Party and requires no admission,
undertaking or payment from the indemnified Party. The indemnified Party shall have the right to employ separate counsel and participate
in the defense thereof solely at its expense. The indemnifying Party shall reimburse the indemnified Party on demand for any documented
payments made or loss suffered by the indemnified Party based upon the final and non-appealable judgment of any court of competent
jurisdiction or pursuant to a bona fide and final compromise or settlement of claims, demands or actions, with respect to any damages
to which the foregoing relates.

 

		5.3	Survival.

 

The indemnification provisions
of this Section shall survive the termination of this Agreement.

 

		6.	Confidential Information.

 

During the Term, the Parties
shall exchange certain information relating to their respective business and operations that each Party considers its proprietary
and confidential information (“Confidential Information”). Each Party shall protect the other Party’s
Confidential Information in a manner equivalent to that by which it protects its own Confidential Information, and shall not, without
the prior express written consent of the other party or as may be required by law, regulation or judicial order, disclose, reveal,
or use any such Confidential Information except as permitted by this Agreement, or unless such Confidential Information is public
information through no fault of this Party, was developed independently by this Party, or was received from a third party and this
Party had no reasonable basis for knowing such was Confidential Information of the other Party. The provisions of this Section
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		7.	Termination.

 

		7.1	Termination by Licensor.

 

Licensor shall have the right to
terminate this Agreement and the license rights of Licensee granted hereunder upon:

 

(a) Licensee’s material
breach of this Agreement, or

 

(b) Licensee’s failure
to perform any material obligation under this Agreement,

 

unless Licensee formulates and
implements a remedial plan acceptable to Licensor (whose approval shall not be unreasonably withheld, based upon standards of commercial
reasonableness and timeliness) within thirty (30) days after Licensor’s notification of such to Licensee.

 

		7.2	Effect of Termination.

 

Upon the termination of this Agreement,
all rights granted under this Agreement to Licensee shall terminate and immediately revert to Licensor, and Licensee shall immediately
discontinue all further use of any and all of the Blink API, Licensed Patents and the Marks, except as permitted above in Section
2(b) (TERM).

 

		8.	Resolution of Disputes

 

In the event of any dispute under
this Agreement, the Parties shall first attempt to resolve their dispute by good faith negotiation, and if they do not reach such
solution within a period of 30 days, then the Parties shall submit the dispute for mediation to such mediator as the Parties may
agree upon, failing which a mediator shall be appointed by the Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Services (“JAMS”).
The mediation shall be held under the rules of JAMS and shall be conducted in San Francisco, California. If JAMS is no longer in
existence, the American Arbitration Association and its rules and procedures shall be substituted for JAMS and its rules and procedures
for all purposes under this Section 8 (RESOLUTION OF DISPUTES). The Parties shall participate in the mediation process in good
faith, and shall have a representative in attendance throughout the mediation with authority to settle the dispute. Statements
made during the mediation process shall be considered to be made in the context of settlement discussions, and shall not be admissible
in any subsequent judicial proceeding. The mutually agreed result of any such mediation shall be legally binding upon the Parties
and enforceable by judicial proceedings. Subject to the foregoing, the Parties reserve any and all rights they may have to subsequently
resort to such other judicial venues as shall be available to them in resolving disputes.

 

		9.	Miscellaneous

 

		9.1	Entire Agreement.

 

This Agreement constitutes the
entire understanding of the Parties relating to the license granted herein, revokes and supersedes all prior agreements between
the Parties relating to such license, and is intended as a final expression of their agreement relating to the license. This Agreement
may not be modified or amended except in a writing signed by both Parties and specifically referring to this Agreement.

 

    	 

    	 

    

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		9.2	Assignment.

 

Neither Party may assign or transfer
this Agreement or any of its rights or obligations hereunder, without the prior consent of the other Party. Further, Licensee may
not grant to any third party any sublicense with respect to any of the license rights under this Agreement, except as permitted
by this Agreement, or with the approval of Licensor.

 

		9.3	Severability.

 

If any term, clause, or provision
of this Agreement is held invalid or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, such invalidity shall not affect the validity
or operation of any other term, clause or provision, and such invalid term, clause or provision shall be deemed to be severed from
the Agreement.

 

		9.4	Waiver.

 

No
failure of either Party to exercise any power reserved to it by this Agreement, or to insist upon strict compliance by the other
Party with any obligation or condition hereunder, and no custom or practice of the Parties
at variance with the terms of this Agreement, shall constitute a waiver of such Party’s right to demand exact compliance
with any of the terms herein. Waiver by a Party of any particular default by the other Party shall not affect or impair the non-defaulting
Party’s rights with respect to such default or any subsequent default of the same, similar or a different nature.

 

		9.5	Relationship of the Parties.

 

Nothing in this Agreement shall
be deemed or construed by the Parties or by any third party as creating a partnership or joint venture between the Parties, it
being understood and agreed that no provision contained herein, and no act of the Parties, shall be deemed to create any relationship
between the Parties other than the relationship of licensor and licensee.

 

		9.5	Governing Law.

 

This Agreement and the license
granted hereby shall be governed by and in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without regard to conflict of laws
principles, except where the federal laws of the United States are applicable and have precedence.

 

		9.6	Notices.

 

Notices or other communications
required to be given by either Party pursuant to this Agreement shall be written in English and may be delivered personally, or
sent by registered airmail (postage prepaid) or by a recognized courier service, or sent by facsimile transmission, in each case
to the address or facsimile number of the recipient set forth on the signature page hereof, or such other address or facsimile
number as may be designated by a Party by written notice to the other Party given in accordance with the terms hereof. The dates
on which notices shall be deemed to have been effectively given shall be determined as follows:

 

(a)          Notices
given by personal delivery shall be deemed effectively given on the date of personal delivery (as indicated by certification of
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(b)          Notices
given by registered airmail (postage prepaid) shall be deemed effectively given on the seventh (7th) day after the date
on which they were mailed (as indicated by the postmark);

 

(c)          Notices
given by air courier shall be deemed effectively given on the date of delivery (as indicated by the airway bill); and

 

(d)          Notices
given by facsimile transmission shall be deemed effectively given on the first business day following the date of transmission;
provided that the notice is also sent to the recipient by registered airmail (postage prepaid) on the same day that the notice
is sent by facsimile.

 

		9.7	Counterparts.

 

This
Agreement may be
executed in counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original of this Agreement and all of which, when taken together,
shall be deemed to constitute one and the same Agreement.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Licensee and Licensor have executed
this Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

	LICENSOR:	 	LICENSEE:
	 	 	 
	ECOTALITY, INC.,	 	ABB INC.,
	a Nevada corporation	 	a Delaware corporation
	 	 	 
	By:	/s/ Jonathan Read	 	By:	/s/ David Onuscheck
	Name:	Jonathan Read	 	Name:	David Onuscheck
	Title:	President and CEO	 	Title:	Senior VP, GC and Secretary
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	By:	/s/ Greg Scheu
	 	 	Name:	Greg Scheu
	 	 	Title:	Region Divisional Manager, Discrete Automation and Motion, North America
	 	 	 
	Notice Address:	 	Notice Address:
	 	 	 
	Post Montgomery Center	 	12040 Regency Parkway
	One Montgomery Street – Suite 2525	 	Cary, NC 27518
	San Francisco, CA  94104	 	U.S.A.
	 	 	 
	 	 	Attention:  General Counsel

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