Vu1 Corporation Provides Update on R30 Bulb Shipments

NEW YORK, March 31, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Vu1 Corporation (OTCBB: VUOC), a developer and manufacturer of mercury-free, energy-efficient general illumination lighting technology, today announced that it is currently undergoing a final round of additional life testing with its nextgen R30 light bulb bulbs prior to commencing shipping.

The Company's engineers recently identified a faulty chipset that caused a small, but unacceptable number of the bulbs to burn out prematurely.  While the chipset for the nextgen bulbs is sourced from a different supplier, Vu1 is focused on delivering the highest quality standards for all of its products from the outset and determined that additional testing should be undertaken prior to shipping. The Company will be completing the tests in the next few days and will begin producing the bulbs the week of April 4th.  The bulbs will be delivered to a processing site in the US and customer shipments will commence April 13th.

The Company has also increased the estimated life of the bulb to approximately 11,000 hours, instead of the previously announced 10,000 hours.  

About Vu1 Corporation

New York City-based Vu1 Corporation is dedicated to applying its technology to produce energy efficient, environmentally friendly lighting solutions worldwide. Vu1 has developed a new energy efficient light bulb to provide the consumer market with the first affordable, non-toxic light bulb with features consumers are demanding and not receiving from existing products. Learn more about Vu1 at www.Vu1.com. For the latest news, find Vu1 on Facebook and follow us on Twitter.

For investor inquiries, please contact Ian Bailey at (212) 359-9587 or Michael Polyviou at (913) 789-9978. For product enquiries, please contact: Integrated Sales Solutions at (678) 385-5385.

Safe Harbor Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: This press release includes forward-looking statements including, but not limited to, our ability to obtain future funding required for our operations, the future demonstration and commercial availability of our light bulb, timing for bulb production and sales, manufacturing capability of our facility, future interest of channel partners and distributors, our strategic planning and business development plans, future applications of the technology, and the viability, pricing and acceptance of our products in the market. These forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements. The words "may," "would," "will," "expect," "estimate," "anticipate," "believe," "intend"  and similar expressions and variations thereof are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Investors are cautioned that any such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond the company's ability to control, as well as the risks and other factors set forth in our periodic filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (including our Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009 and our other periodic reports as filed from time to time).

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