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EX-3.1 - EX-3.1 - B456 SYSTEMS, INC.a2202572zex-3_1.htm
EX-32.2 - EX-32.2 - B456 SYSTEMS, INC.a2202572zex-32_2.htm
EX-21.1 - EX-21.1 - B456 SYSTEMS, INC.a2202572zex-21_1.htm
EX-31.1 - EX-31.1 - B456 SYSTEMS, INC.a2202572zex-31_1.htm
EX-31.2 - EX-31.2 - B456 SYSTEMS, INC.a2202572zex-31_2.htm
EX-23.1 - EX-23.1 - B456 SYSTEMS, INC.a2202572zex-23_1.htm
EX-10.31 - EX-10.31 - B456 SYSTEMS, INC.a2202572zex-10_31.htm
EX-10.32 - EX-10.32 - B456 SYSTEMS, INC.a2202572zex-10_32.htm
EX-10.33 - EX-10.33 - B456 SYSTEMS, INC.a2202572zex-10_33.htm

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Exhibit 32.1

CERTIFICATION OF THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350, AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906
OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

        In connection with the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ending December 31, 2010 of A123 Systems, Inc. (the "Company"), as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I, David P. Vieau, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, to my knowledge, that:

(1)
The Report fully complies with the requirements of Sections 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and

(2)
The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

Date: March 11, 2011    

/s/ DAVID P. VIEAU

David P. Vieau
Chief Executive Officer

 

 



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