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Off Road: SuperBAT Inc. Purchases Race Car To Challenge Pike's Peak

1 December 1998

SuperBAT Inc. - Makers of TVT Antifriction Lubricants - Purchases Race Car To Challenge Pike's Peak

    CHULA VISTA, Calif., Nov. 30 -- BAT International
(OTC Bulletin Board: BAAT) announced today that several of its subsidiary
companies are teaming up to enter a broad spectrum of national races as
record-setting demonstrations of their auto technologies.  Multiple vehicles
will be used during BAT's 1999 schedule including a Pike's Peak challenge.
    SuperBAT TVT (Total Vehicle Treatment) has purchased an open wheel race
car to challenge the elusive "10 minute" racing goal at Pike's Peak this year.
    SuperBAT TVT has teamed up with the Keith Harper Racing Team for the
event.  Keith has extensive experience in uphill racing, is a test driver for
General Motors Corporation and recently has been put in charge of the General
Motors Test Center at Pike's Peak.  Keith has many racing credits including
being voted Rookie of the Year in 1991 at Pike's Peak and Rookie of the Year
in 1989 at Colorado Hill Climb.  Keith has finished in the top three at the
Colorado Hill Climb Association events for the last 8 years.
    The Pike's Peak race is one of the most dangerous racing events in the
world and is also an American tradition held on the 4th of July since 1921.
Indeed, the America the Beautiful song was written by Katherine Lee Bates on
the top of the Peak.
    The race course to the top at Pike's Peak (over 14,000 feet high) consists
of a 5,000 foot vertical rise, 12.2 miles covered with 156 switch-back turns
with no guard rails and mind-boggling drop-offs.  The race is well televised
and attended by top international race teams who seek the coveted trophy which
now stands at 10 minutes, 4 seconds.
    The Pike's Peak challenge is not new to BAT.  There are only 8 electric
vehicles in the world that have successfully climbed Pike's Peak and BAT has
designed and owns 4 of them.  Now BAT is entering the top gasoline-powered
division.  BAT's race car is currently being modified for the event and will
feature a Chevy-powered engine modified with BAT's Dolphin Pulse Charge
technology.  (see the web site at http://www.pulsecharge.com) and BAT's "TVT"
antifriction lubricants (visit http://www.superbat.com).
    BAT and the Keith Harper Race Team have only one goal:  "Break the 10
minute barrier."  The team is fully funded and is now negotiating with several
national corporations for sponsorship (Chevrolet has tentatively agreed to be
the first sponsor).
    A full 1999 Calendar of BAT Events will be posted in early January.
    BAT International is organized as a holding company with major ownership
position in a set of subsidiary companies now commercializing advanced
automotive and energy technology products developed by BAT over the last seven
years.  This includes electric vehicles, super-efficient and high-powered
engines, advanced batteries and power electronics, electric bicycles and
scooters, super anti-friction additives, and electric power generation. (for
more information, call (619) 409-8977 or visit BAT's