-- 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 


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