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Invers outfits Zity’s carsharing fleet

INVERS will outfit Zity’s newest car sharing fleet in Milan

Zity by Mobilize, the electric carsharing service owned by Renault & Ferrovial groups, has chosen CloudBoxx, the dedicated sharing telematic unit from Invers, to digitize its fleet in the newly launched service in Milan. The Zity team has been won over by CloudBoxx’s reliability, Invers’s support, and the driving analysis feature.

Siegen/Madrid, June 28th, 2022 – Invers supports Zity by Mobilize in the operator’s global expansion. The IoT provider has equipped Zity’s carsharing fleet for its new service in Milan, which launched in June 2022. Invers will also outfit vehicles of the operator’s fleets in Madrid. Zity’s team has been convinced to go with CloudBoxx first and foremost due to its reliability. Being able to locate and access vehicles anywhere and at all times is critical for carsharing operators who want to efficiently manage operational costs. The quality of support provided by Invers has also been a deciding factor for Zity; with a business case built to a large extent on digital services, it is important for the operator’s tech team to get professional expert support on-demand. Finally, Zity has seen the benefit of being able to analyze trips in more detail with the driving analysis feature.

Zity by Mobilize has more than 500,000 registered users and operates a fleet of 1,300 electric vehicles in free-floating carsharing, including Renault Zoe and Dacia Spring. In 2021, Zity increased the number of rentals in Paris and Madrid by 7.5 percent to 1.5 million, while increasing its revenue by 19 percent to 8 million Euro. “The Zity team has done an impressive job over the last two years: they have adjusted their expansion plans to the new conditions of the pandemic and have grown the business of European shared e-mobility significantly”, says Alexander Kirn, CEO of Invers. “With its always-on connectivity, reliable access, and sharing-specific features, our CloudBoxx technology has been designed to run and scale this type of mobility operation.”

CloudBoxx is a dedicated sharing telematics unit that enables operators to digitize any vehicle to make it sharing-ready. The solution provides operators with real-time information from their vehicles and enables them to send commands such as to unlock and lock the vehicle or unlock and lock the immobilizer. “When it comes to operations, it is very important for us to have reliable connectivity”, says Javier Mateos, CEO of Zity. “In our tests, CloudBoxx has proved to be the most dependable sharing telematics unit, always delivering reliable connectivity to our vehicles, as well as the precise location details and comprehensive vehicle data for driving analysis. To scale our services across Europe, we need a reliable, dedicated technology that simply works.” Zity was founded, first launched in Madrid in 2017 and expanded to Paris in 2020, to Lyon in March 2022 and to Milan in June 2022.

About Invers

Invers, inventor of automated vehicle sharing, enables mobility service providers to launch, operate and scale their offerings with integrated hardware and software solutions specifically designed for developers of shared mobility services. As the world’s first shared mobility technology company, Invers is developing and reliably maintaining the fundamental building blocks at scale to offer its customers cost-efficient and easily implementable tech solutions.

The company acts as an independent and reliable partner for operators of services such as car sharing, scooter sharing, ride pooling and car rental with the vision to make the use of shared vehicles more convenient and affordable than ownership. Customers include Share Now, Clevershuttle, Miles, Getaround, Flinkster, TIER, Bounce and Emmy. The company was founded in 1993 and has locations in Siegen, Cologne and Vancouver. The development takes place entirely in Germany.

About Zity by Mobilize

Zity is the shared mobility company of Ferrovial and Renault Group. Present in Madrid, Paris, Lyon, and Milan. It has more than 550,000 users with a 100% electric fleet of 1,925 vehicles. Safety, sustainability, and technological innovation are the foundations of the project, which allows users to reserve, open and start or end the rental from a mobile app. Users can park the vehicle both inside and outside the service zone thanks to the super-reduced Stand by rate, and end the rental at any point and at any time within the Zity zone.

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