UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              WASHINGTON, DC 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)         April 3, 2006
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                               ENOVA SYSTEMS, INC.
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             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)


                                   California
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                 (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)


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


19850 South Magellan Drive Suite 305, Torrance, CA                  90502
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     (Address of Principal Executive Offices)                    (Zip Code)

                                  310-527-2800
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              (Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)


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          (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

Pursuant  to a  letter  agreement  entered  into on March  13,  2006  (the  "CFO
Agreement"),  effective  April 3, 2006,  Corinne Trott Bertrand was appointed as
the Chief Financial Officer of Enova Systems, Inc. (the "Company").  Pursuant to
the CFO Agreement,  Ms. Bertrand is entitled to an annual salary of $170,000 and
a signing  bonus of $5,000.  In  addition,  Ms.  Bertrand  will be eligible  for
performance-based  cash bonuses of up to $60,000 in 2006. Ms.  Bertrand has also
received  unvested  options to purchase  23,000 shares of the  Company's  common
stock at an exercise  price of $5.25 per share.  Subject to the  achievement  of
certain performance-based revenue targets for the year ending December 31, 2006,
either all or a portion of these stock options will vest as of January 15, 2007,
so long as Ms. Bertrand  remains  employed by the Company on such date, with the
remaining  unvested options,  if any, to be ineligible for vesting in the future
and the  grant  of such  unvested  options  to  terminate  immediately.  The CFO
Agreement also provides for certain health  benefits,  a standard life insurance
policy and enrollment in the Company's 401(k) plan. Ms. Bertrand's employment is
at-will  and may be  terminated  by either Ms.  Bertrand  or the Company for any
reason and at any time.

Item 5.02.   Departure  of  Directors   or  Principal   Officers;   Election  of
             Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers.

(c)

Effective April 3, 2006, the Company appointed  Corinne Trott Bertrand,  age 45,
as Chief  Financial  Officer of the Company.  Ms.  Bertrand was appointed  Chief
Financial  Officer of the Company pursuant to the Agreement.  The material terms
of the Agreement  are described in Item 1.01 of this Current  Report on Form 8-K
and are incorporated herein by reference.

Prior to joining the Company,  Ms. Bertrand served as a financial  consultant to
Resources Global  Professionals  since June 2005. From January 2005 to May 2005,
Ms. Bertrand served as the Chief Financial Officer of Island Pacific,  Inc. From
September 2003 to January 2005, Ms. Bertrand served as a financial consultant to
Resources  Global  Professionals.  From August 2002 to March 2003, Ms.  Bertrand
served as an  independent  consultant  to Targus  Inc.  From June 1999 to August
2002,  Ms  Bertrand  served as Vice  President,  Finance and  Administration  of
eMachines,  Inc. Ms.  Bertrand has a B.S. in Accounting  from  California  State
University, Long Beach and is a Certified Public Accountant.

Item 8.01.        Other Events

Pursuant to a letter  agreement  entered into on March 8, 2006 (the  "Controller
Agreement"),  effective April 3, 2006, the Company appointed Lorena Gutierrez as
its Controller. Pursuant to the Controller Agreement, Ms. Guitierrez is entitled
to an annual salary of $85,000. Ms. Gutierrez's employment is at-will and may be
terminated  by either Ms.  Guttierez  or the  Company  for any reason and at any
time.



                                   SIGNATURES

     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.


                                    Enova Systems, Inc.
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                                        (Registrant)


Date:   April 4, 2006               /s/ Edwin Riddell
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                                    By:    Edwin Riddell
                                    Title: President and Chief Executive Officer