In Bologna, the fleet of Enjoy, Eni's car sharing, also becomes electric with the introduction of the XEV YOYO city cars with battery swapping. The novelty was presented today at Palazzo Gnudi in the presence of Valentina Orioli, Councilor for New Mobility of the Municipality of Bologna, who spoke together with Giuseppe Ricci, Eni's General Manager of Energy Evolution. The meeting took place as part of the Bologna edition of the European Mobility Week, scheduled from 16 to 22 September.
In Bologna, through the Enjoy app, it is now possible to rent one of the 50 brand new XEV YOYOs in an unmistakable lime green color that join the fleet already available in the city, consisting of 155 vehicles including cars and cargo. Thanks to the agreement between Eni and XEV, a car manufacturer founded in Turin in 2018, the advantages of electric mobility over urban life are combined with the convenience of free floating car sharing, which allows you to start and end rentals anywhere within the Enjoy coverage area, with no predefined pick-up or drop-off points. In addition, Enjoy takes care of refueling: the XEV YOYO city cars allow customers to move around in total freedom because they are always available with a battery charge of more than 30%.
"Eni is pleased that the Municipality of Bologna has enthusiastically welcomed the new electric car sharing Enjoy, which was launched in Turin in recent months and will soon be extended to other cities where the service is present: Florence, Milan and Rome" , declared Giuseppe Ricci, Eni's General Manager of Energy Evolution. “We are also happy that the presentation took place in the context of the European Mobility Week, whose 2022 theme is Better Connections: creating better connections between citizens and between the different subjects of urban mobility is also the intent of car sharing. From today Enjoy contributes to a further evolution of city travel because it provides the Bolognese with cars that can be used only for the time and the necessary journey, with zero CO2 emissions on the road, and very manageable. The new electric car sharing service enriches Eni's offer of sustainable products and that of its service stations, where the batteries of the new Enjoy are changed. This is a further step on our path towards the goal, by 2050, of the total decarbonisation not only of our processes but also of products for our customers. "
Since its arrival in Bologna in 2018, with over 340.000 rentals in the city, Enjoy has made car sharing a popular alternative mobility solution to the use of private vehicles, with benefits on traffic decongestion and the quality of life of those who live and works in the city. The use of Enjoy vehicles in Bologna allows advantages such as free parking on the blue lines and in the parking areas reserved for residents, and free access to the main ZTL of the city.
In Italy Enjoy has over 1 million customers and about 29 million rentals made from 2013 to today. With a total fleet of 2.500 vehicles, Enjoy is also present in the cities of Turin, Florence, Milan and Rome; in Florence, Milan and Rome, electric car sharing with XEV YOYO city cars will be introduced in the coming months.
How Enjoy works
To rent Enjoy vehicles, you need to download the app available in the Android, iOS and Huawei stores. After registration, it is possible to search, view and book the vehicles available in the surroundings or in the area of interest, or rent an Enjoy vehicle located along your route by entering the license plate number and the code visible on the windscreen in the app. Once the vehicle is reached and unlocked, the entire rental takes place via the smartphone, until arrival at the destination. At the end of the trip, you can view the summary of the expense incurred for the rental.
All Enjoy vehicle rental rates are available online. For the XEV YOYO city cars, as for the other cars in the fleet, the rate is € 0,29 / min to which, from 29 September, a fixed cost of € 1,00 will be added to unlock the vehicle at the beginning of the rental. .
The XEV YOYO city car
XEV YOYO is a fully electric city car with a maximum speed of 80 km / h and an autonomy of up to 150 km: equipped with a small and agile panoramic roof, it is the ideal car for getting around the historic city centers. As regards refueling, in addition to traditional recharging at the plug-in columns, the XEV YOYO are designed for 'battery swapping' (the replacement of discharged batteries with charged batteries that can be carried out in a few minutes), for which 5 Eni service stations are set up in Bologna. Enjoy will always take care of refueling with battery swapping.
The XEV YOYOs of the Enjoy fleet are provided through a long-term rental service by SIFÀ, the Italian Company Fleet Company - BPER Banca Group.