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SAO PAULO, Feb. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/--

-- Partnership aims to develop innovative applications in various components

Boost performance and speed. This is the goal that led Lightning Motorcycles,

known for being pioneers in the e-mobility industry and electric motorcycles

innovators, to team up with the Brazilian company CBMM, world's leading

supplier of niobium products and technology.

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Signed in January, the partnership with the Silicon Valley-based company aims

to leverage the applications of niobium in the mobility sector and to create an

electric two-wheeler to break the current commercial motorcycle Land Speed

Record (LSR). The initiative intends to innovate and test the metal in various

components of the vehicle, in order to improve its performance and, eventually,

exceed the 250 mph (around 403 km/h) mark.

According to CBMM's Market Development Manager, Mariana Perez de Oliveira, the

partnership with Lightning Motorcycles is especially strategic, as it will

serve as a platform for experimenting and testing niobium technologies in

high-performance vehicles. "The idea is to demonstrate, in practice, the

advantages of niobium applications, since the addition of the metal can bring

numerous benefits to the project, aiming at weight reduction and greater energy

efficiency, as well as contributing directly to safety." Mariana adds that the

agreement is long-term, since the prototype will also serve as a concept for

future projects.

"Light weight and high efficiency are essential for high-performance

motorcycles, we have used some applications of niobium to achieve these goals,"

says Lightning Motorcycles CEO and Founder Richard Hatfield. Confident in the

partnership, he states. "We are excited to work with CBMM to further innovate

niobium technologies that can be translated into meaningful benefits to not

just high performance electric motorcycles but to all types of vehicles".

ELECTROMOBILITY

Niobium allow a true revolution in mobility. In the steel industry, for

example, the application is already a reality in the manufacture of

high-strength steel. It allows the development of more resistant components,

playing a crucial role in increasing vehicle safety.

In addition, the metal can enable improvements in the braking system such as

reduced wear, greater durability, and better efficiency; to its use in the

cathodes and anodes of vehicle batteries in order to obtain unique

characteristics, such as ultra-fast charging and greater energy density,

compared to technologies used in traditional lithium-ion batteries.

SOURCE: CBMM

CONTACT: CBMM information to the press, Oficina Consultoria,

         imprensacbmm@oficina.ci

         Denise Mello: +55-11-99832-4877