Westport Increases Revenue Expectations for Calendar 2011; Provides Revenue Outlook for Calendar 2012; and Announces Third Quarter and Year End Fiscal 2011 Conference Call for Wednesday, February 29, 2012

VANCOUVER, Feb. 21, 2012 /CNW/ - Westport Innovations Inc. (TSX: WPT) (NASDAQ: WPRT), the global leader in natural gas engines, today announced it is revising its revenue expectations for the calendar year ended December 31, 2011 with consolidated revenue expected to be between $260 and $264 million. The increase from the Company's previous revenue expectation of approximately $240 to $250 million now represents more than 80% growth compared to Westport's reported consolidated revenue of $144.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2010. For the twelve months ended December 31, 2011, Westport expects to report a net loss per share between $1.26 and $1.28. For the three months ended December 31, 2011, Westport expects to report consolidated revenue of $96 to $100 million and a net loss per share between $0.30 and $0.32.

For the calendar year ended December 31, 2012, Westport expects year over year revenue growth of approximately 50%, with consolidated revenue expected to be between $400 and $425 million.

Westport will disclose its financial results for the third quarter and fiscal year 2011 ended December 31, 2011 on Wednesday, February 29, 2012 after market close. To coincide with such disclosure, Westport has scheduled a conference call for Wednesday, February 29, 2012 at 2:00 pm Pacific Time (5:00 pm Eastern Time).

Live Conference Call & Webcast
The public is invited to listen to the conference call in real time by telephone or webcast. To access the conference call by telephone, please dial: 1-800-319-4610 (Canada & USA toll-free) or 604-638-5340. The live webcast of the conference call can be accessed through the Westport website at www.westport.com/investors.

Replay Conference Call & Webcast
To access the conference call replay, please dial 1-800-319-6413 (Canada & USA toll-free) or 604-638-9010 using the pass code 1847. The replay will be available until March 7, 2012. Shortly after the conference call, the webcast will be archived on the Company's website and replay will be available in streaming audio.

About Westport Innovations Inc.
Westport Innovations Inc. is a leading global supplier of proprietary solutions that allow engines to operate on clean-burning fuels such as compressed natural gas (CNG), liquefied natural gas (LNG), hydrogen, and renewable natural gas (RNG) fuels such as landfill gas and help reduce greenhouse gas emissions (GHG). Westport technology offers advanced LNG fueling systems with direct injection natural gas engine technology for heavy-duty vehicles such as highway trucks and off-road applications such as mining and rail.  Westport's joint venture with Cummins Inc., Cummins Westport Inc. designs, engineers and markets spark-ignited natural gas engines for North American urban work vehicles such as buses and refuse trucks. Westport LD division is one of the global leaders for natural gas and LPG fuel in passenger cars, light-duty trucks and industrial applications such as forklifts. To learn more about our business, visit our website or subscribe to our RSS feed at www.westport.com, or follow us on Twitter @WestportWPRT.

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The projections and outlook for future revenues contained in this document were approved by management of Westport as of the date hereof and have been included to provide readers with an estimate of certain financial results that may be generated by Westport as it moves into a new phase of its business.  Readers are cautioned that such information may not be appropriate for other purposes.

Inquiries:
Darren Seed
Vice President, Investor Relations & Communications
Westport Innovations Inc.
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