REGGIO EMILIA, Italy--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Helbiz, a global leader in micro-mobility that is the business combination target of GreenVision Acquisition Corp. (Nasdaq: GRNV), today announced that it has partnered with Telepass to launch a fleet of 300 safe and innovative electric scooters throughout the inner city and surrounding areas of Reggio Emilia. This supports Helbiz’s continued expansion efforts across Italy, now offering its services across 25 cities.
“As the city with the most cycle paths in Italy, Reggio Emilia is the ideal market for our sustainable e-scooters,” said Matteo Tanzilli, Head of Institutional Relations at Helbiz. “We are thrilled to expand our operations throughout the Emilia Romagna region and look forward to generating new jobs across Italy to support the post-pandemic revival."
Helbiz has opened a Reggio Emilia-based office and warehouse to run its operations on-the-ground, employing a full-time team to ensure its fleet is charged, repaired and well-maintained. As part of the company’s ongoing safety guidelines, each device is cleaned and disinfected multiple times a day.
Users can download the Helbiz or TelepassPay mobile apps on iOS and Android to instantly geolocate, rent and unlock e-scooters directly from their smartphones with just a tap. The rate to rent an e-scooter is €1 for the initial unlock + €0.20 per minute. With a Helbiz UNLIMITED subscription, users can take an unlimited number of daily trips for a flat rate of €39.99 per month. Helbiz has also implemented special parking areas throughout the city of Reggio Emilia.
"Shared scooters provide a sustainable transportation option for citizens to go from place to place," said Mobility Commissioner Carlotta Bonvicini. "We are nothing short of pleased to implement this new micro-mobility offering. It is agile in the urban fabric, has a minimal environmental impact, and abides by the policies of the municipal administration. Similarly to the city’s cycling policies, the municipal administration has the duty to promote this new type of mobility, while educating and communicating its rules of use.”
Helbiz currently has over 1,500 electric scooters, electric bicycles and MiMoto electric mopeds throughout the Emilia Romagna region, including the cities of Parma, Ravenna, Cesena, Rimini and Santarcangelo di Romagna.
ABOUT HELBIZ
Helbiz is a global leader in micro-mobility services. Launched in 2016 and headquartered in New York City, the company operates e-scooters, e-bicycles and e-mopeds in nearly 30 cities around the world including Washington, D.C., Alexandria, Arlington, Miami, Milan and Rome. Helbiz utilizes a customized, proprietary fleet management platform, artificial intelligence and environmental mapping to optimize operations and business sustainability. In Q1 2021, Helbiz Inc announced a merger with SPAC GreenVision Acquisition Corp. (Nasdaq: GRNV), which will result in it becoming the first micro-mobility company listed on NASDAQ when the business combination is completed, which is expected to occur in August 2021.
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Additional Information about the Transaction and Where to Find It
In connection with the proposed business combination, GreenVision filed a preliminary proxy statement with the SEC. Additionally, GreenVision will file other relevant materials with the SEC in connection with the business combination. Copies may be obtained free of charge at the SEC’s web site at www.sec.gov. Security holders of GreenVision are urged to read the preliminary proxy statement, the definitive proxy statement and the other relevant materials when they become available before making any voting decision with respect to the proposed business combination because they will contain important information about the business combination and the parties to the business combination. The information contained on, or that may be accessed through, the websites referenced in this press release is not incorporated by reference into, and is not a part of, this press release. GreenVision’s stockholders may also obtain a copy of the preliminary or definitive proxy statement, once available as well as other documents filed with the SEC by GreenVision, without charge, at the SEC’s website located at www.sec.gov or by directing a request to: GreenVision Acquisition Corp., 8 The Green, Suite #4966, Dover, DE 19901, Attention: Chief Financial Officer, Tel. (302 289-8280).
Participants in Solicitation
GreenVision and its directors and officers may be deemed participants in the solicitation of proxies of GreenVision’s shareholders in connection with the proposed business combination. A list of the names of those directors and executive officers and a description of their interests in GreenVision is contained in the preliminary proxy statement with respect to the proposed business combination filed on April 8, 2021 with the SEC, and in GreenVision’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020 and subsequently amended, which was filed with the SEC Security holders may obtain more detailed information regarding the names, affiliations and interests of certain of GreenVision’s executive officers and directors in the solicitation by reading GreenVision’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020, and the definitive proxy statement and other relevant materials filed with the SEC in connection with the business combination when they become available. Information concerning the interests of GreenVision’s participants in the solicitation, which may, in some cases, be different than those of their stockholders generally, will be set forth in the definitive proxy statement relating to the business combination when it becomes available.
Helbiz and its officers and directors may also be deemed participants in such solicitation. A list of the names of such directors and executive officers and information regarding their interests in the business combination are set forth in the preliminary proxy statement, which was filed on April 8, 2021 with the SEC and the definitive proxy statement for the business combination when it is filed with the SEC. These documents can be obtained free of charge from the sources indicated above.
Non-Solicitation
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