Exhibit 23.1







                         Consent of Independent Auditors







The Board of Directors and Shareholders
Unique Mobility, Inc.:

Our  report  dated May 8,  2000,  states  that we did not  audit  the  financial
statements of Taiwan UQM Electric Co., Ltd. (a 38.25% owned  investee  company).
The  financial  statements of Taiwan UQM Electric Co, Ltd. were audited by other
auditors whose report has been  furnished to us, and our opinion,  insofar as it
relates to the amounts included for Taiwan UQM Electric,  Co., Ltd. for the year
ended  March  31,  1999 and 1998 is based  solely  on the  report  of the  other
auditors.

We consent to the  incorporation by reference in the registration  statements on
Form S-8 (Nos.  33-23113,  33-24071,  33-34612,  33-35055,  33-34613,  33-41325,
33-64852, 33-47454, 33-81430 and 33-92288) and in the registration statements on
Form S-3 (Nos. 33-6116, 33-63399, 333-01919,  333-13883,  333-44597,  333-23843,
33-50393,  333-52861,  333-67313 and 333-78525) of Unique Mobility,  Inc. of our
report dated May 8, 2000 relating to the  consolidated  balance sheets of Unique
Mobility,  Inc. and  subsidiaries as of March 31, 2000 and 1999, and the related
consolidated  statements of operations,  stockholders'  equity and comprehensive
income  (loss),  and cash flows for each of the years in the  three-year  period
ended March 31, 2000,  which report  appears in the March 31, 2000 Annual Report
on Form-K of Unique Mobility, Inc.


                                         /s/KPMG LLP
                                            KPMG LLP