SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT

                       PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
                       THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

       Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): February 20, 2002

                               ENOVA SYSTEMS, INC.
               (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

                                   California
                 (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

         0-25184                                        95-3056150
(Commission File Number)                    (IRS Employer Identification No.)


      19850 South Magellan Drive
          Torrance, California                            90502
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)                (Zip Code)

       Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (310) 527-2800

                                 Not Applicable
          (Former name or former address, if Changed Since Last Report)


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Item 5. Other Events.

                  In December 2001, Enova Systems,  Inc. (the "Company") settled
a lawsuit  brought as  previously  disclosed  in our prior SEC filings by Fontal
International  ("Fontal")  in June 2000 in the  United  States  District  Court,
Central District of California. The suit alleged breach of contract with respect
to certain warrants to purchase  10,833,332 shares of the Company's common stock
as  previously  disclosed in our prior SEC  filings.  In  consideration  for the
settlement,  the Company  issued to Fontal,  in a private  placement,  6,000,000
shares of the Company's  common stock.  The settlement  agreement  required that
such shares be registered  pursuant to the  Securities  Act of 1933 on or before
March 31, 2002.

                  As provided  in the  settlement  agreement  with  Fontal,  the
Company  filed a  registration  statement  on Form S-1 with the  Securities  and
Exchange Commission on February 19, 2002 with respect to the 6,000,000 shares of
common  stock issued to Fontal in the  settlement.  The Company will not receive
any proceeds from the sale of these shares by Fontal.


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                                    SIGNATURE

                  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934,  the  registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


Date:  February 20, 2002

                                            ENOVA SYSTEMS, INC.


                                            By: /s/ Carl D. Perry
                                                --------------------------------
                                                 Name: Carl D. Perry
                                                 Title:  Chief Executive Officer


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