GoVolt's scooter sharing service has launched another 150 electric vehicles in Milan, which will grow to 1,700 in the coming months. Italian design and a two-storey headquarters in the Lombard capital for the sharing mobility company.
The company GoVolt has unveiled 150 new electric sharing scooters in Milan, adding to its own fleet and to those of the other four scooter sharing operators present in the city. There are now 1,200 electric scooters with Italian design and technology available in the Lombard capital, a figure that will continue to rise over the coming months to reach 1,700 vehicles. The company is already promising a further three hundred scooters on Milan's streets by May.
GoVolt's electric scooters are equipped with dual disc brakes, wide tyres, an electrified top box with a backrest, and dual mirrors. A distinctive feature of the vehicles is their green livery, intended to represent the eco-friendly nature of the sharing mobility service.
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To use the service, users must download the dedicated smartphone app, which allows them to book the nearest scooter with a tap on the application, with fifteen minutes to confirm the reservation. Once the "Unlock" button — which appears when the user reaches the electric scooter — is pressed, the top box opens automatically and it is then possible to tap "Start rental". At the end of the ride, users pay only for the actual minutes of rental (twenty cents per minute, plus a one-euro registration fee and fifteen minutes of riding included), with a simple click on "End" and then "End rental". There are also package deals for those who decide to use the electric scooter sharing system regularly. The company also promises a battery charge always kept at its best and two helmets always present in the top box.
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GoVolt has opened a nearly three-hundred-square-metre, two-storey headquarters in Milan, where a team of fourteen people works. Those who took advantage of the opportunity to visit GoVolt's premises were able to see the open workshop and a dedicated battery-charging area.
"With this initiative we are taking part in the evolutionary process of mobility in our city, providing an innovative, easy, fast and above all sustainable solution that I am convinced will incrementally contribute to improving the quality of life of my fellow Milanese citizens," declared Giuliano Blei, managing director of GoVolt, during the venue's launch event.
"Sharing mobility in Milan is undoubtedly a success – states Marco Granelli, councillor for Mobility and the Environment – thanks to those who use it, but also thanks to the operators who take part in our tenders and accept the rules we set for road safety."