Verra Mobility Corporation, a provider of mobility technology, has partnered with global car rental company Sixt to offer electronic toll payments in Italy. 

Sixt will offer electronic tolling for vehicles rented in six major Italian cities: Milano, Roma, Firenze, Venezia, Bergamo, and Bologna. 

Rental car drivers can opt in to the program when renting a vehicle, which allows them to pay tolls automatically without having to wait in the toll booth line or pay cash.

Italy's extensive network of over 2,796 miles of toll motorways, coupled with its status as a top global tourist destination attracting a record-breaking 65 million international visitors in 2024, sees a lot of traffic, especially during peak travel seasons. 

This influx fuels a high demand for short-term rental vehicles, with an average of 137,000 and a peak of 164,000 using Italy's toll roads each year. By implementing electronic tolling, rental car users can now access "fast lanes," creating a safer, faster and seamless tolling experience. Verra Mobility's electronic tolling technology is enabled for 100% of the tolling network in Italy.

"The value of offering this technology is clear, as evidenced by successful rollouts of the technology throughout Europe,” said Tsjerk-Friso Roelfzema, senior vice president and general manager for Verra Mobility Europe. “Electronic tolling solves pain points for rental car companies and their drivers."
In 2023, Verra Mobility announced its partnership with Telepass, an Italian-based integrated mobility provider, to enable expanded toll payment coverage for short-term rentals. 

The partnership with Telepass enabled Verra Mobility to set up its automated tolling tool with multiple rental car companies in Italy. The payment system is used in the U.S., Ireland, Italy and Spain. 

Verra Mobility's toll management services automatically pay over 300 million annual toll transactions for more than seven million vehicles globally. The proprietary software technology matches tolls to a specific vehicle and driver so that tolls can be accurately and reliably billed and collected on behalf of or directly from customers.