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Related Party Transactions
 9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2023
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]  
Related Party Transactions Related Party Transactions
(a)Transactions with Dr. Wu and his affiliates

Dr. Wu
As of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the Company has receivables of $0.2 million, respectively, due from Dr. Wu, the former Chairman of the Company, and his affiliates recorded in “Amounts due from related parties” in the consolidated balance sheets.

As of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the Company has payables of $0.7 million, respectively, due to Dr. Wu, the former Chairman of the Company, and his affiliates recorded in “Amounts due to related parties” in the consolidated balance sheets.

Service agreement with SSSIG
The Company entered a consulting service agreement with SSSIG on April 20, 2021 for the period from April 1, 2021 through June 30, 2021 for $0.4 million. The service agreement includes employment transfer, financial transition, corporate documents handover, legal representative and board member change for the Company's subsidiaries and affiliates. As of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the Company recorded $0.4 million in “Current liabilities of discontinued operations” in the consolidated balance sheets.
(b) Amounts due from and due to Glory
As of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the Company has payables of $0.2 million and $0.2 million, respectively, due to Glory as a result of the transactions incurred in 2020 and is recorded in “Current liabilities of discontinued operations” in the unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets.
(c) Receivable due from Tree Technology minority shareholders
In the nine months ended September 30, 2023, the Company entered $10.5 million senior convertible note with Tree Technology and fully converted this note into Tree Technology equity, then the Company used $0.3 million to settle the previous receivable due from Tree Technology minority shareholders., which was recorded in “Current liabilities of discontinued operations” in the consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2022.
(d) Transactions with Energica management and their affiliates
Energica management stock options

The Company loaned $1.8 million to Energica senior management to exercise their stock options during the three months ended March 31 2022. In the second quarter of 2022, the Company purchased 0.8 million shares from options exercised for an additional $1.3 million during the three months ended June 30, 2022. The total of the disbursements, $3.1 million, is considered part of the purchase price of Energica.

Materials and services from CRP Meccanica S.r.l., CRP Service S.r.l. and CRP Technology S.r.l.

Energica has purchased $0.1 million and $0.4 million of material and services from three entities owned by one of its senior management team during the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and September 30, 2022, respectively, The outstanding payable as of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, with these three entities is $1.4 million and $1.3 million, respectively, and recorded in “Amounts due to related parties” in the consolidated balance sheets.

Lease agreement with EMCH S.r.l.

Energica entered a lease agreement with EMCH S.r.l., an entity owned by one of its senior management team. The lease period
is from February 1, 2023 through January 31, 2029. This lease agreement is reflected in the consolidated balance sheets and statement of operations as follows (in thousands):

September 30, 2023
Operating lease right of use assets$286 
Current portion of operating lease liabilities46 
Operating lease liabilities - long term240 
Selling, general and administrative expenses42 
(e) Promissory notes with Tillou
On December 13, 2022, the Company entered into a promissory note with Tilllou in the amount of $2.0 million. Tillou is an entity controlled by Vince McMahon, the father of our Executive Chairman. The principal and interest is payable on demand any time after January 15, 2023. The note bears interest at a rate of 20% per annum. The Company granted to the Noteholder a security interest in the secured collateral. The subordinate agreement among the Company, Tillou and YA PN II agreed to subordinate YA PN II’s security interest in the Inobat Note to Tillou’s security interest up to an aggregate of $2.4 million, subject to the other provisions. The Company recorded the note in “Amounts due to related parties” in the consolidated balance sheets as of December 31, 2022. The Company repaid the principal and the accrued interest of less than $0.1 million on January 13, 2023.

On March 19, 2023, the Company entered into a promissory note with Tilllou in the amount of $2.0 million. The principal and interest is payable on demand any time after April 20, 2023. The note bears interest at a rate of 20% per annum. If any amount payable under the Note is not paid when due, such overdue amount shall bear interest at the Interest Rate plus 2%. The Company granted to the Noteholder a security interest in a purchase obligation of YA II PN, Ltd as collateral. The Company
recorded the note in “promissory note due to related party-short term” in the consolidated balance sheets as of September 30, 2023.
(f) Promissory notes with Therese Lee Carabillo
On April 6, 2023, the Company entered into a secured negotiable promissory note with Therese Lee Carabillo in the amount of $1.0 million. The maturity date is June 6 2023. the applicable interest rate is 20% . If any amount payable under the Note is not paid when due, such overdue amount shall bear interest at the applicable interest rate plus 2%. Our Executive Chairman provided the personal guarantee of the note The Company recorded the note in “Promissory note due to third parties” in the consolidated balance sheets as of September 30, 2023.
(g) Promissory notes with the CEO of one subsidiary
On August 31, 2023, one of the Company's subsidiaries entered into a promissory note with its CEO in the amount of $50,000. the note bears interest at a rate of 7% per annum, compounded monthly. there is no maturity date on this note The Company recorded the note in “promissory note due to related party-short term” in the consolidated balance sheets as of September 30, 2023.
(h) Disposal of SSE
On February 9, 2022, the Company transferred its 51.0% interest in SSE to Fan Yurong, a current shareholder of SSE, for a nominal amount. The Company recognized a disposal loss of $0.2 million as a result of the deconsolidation of SSE and such loss was recorded in “Other income, net” in the consolidated statements of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2022. The Company is not involved in the operations of SSE after the disposal and is no longer considered a related party subsequent to disposition.

(i) Promissory note with FNL

On June 7, 2022, the Company entered into a secured negotiable promissory note of $1.0 million with FNL. The note bore an interest rate of 6% and matured on March 7, 2023, or with a change of control of FNL, or in the event of default. The Company transferred the note to a third party at the price of $0.4 million and recorded $0.6 million impairment of this note during the three months ended September 30, 2022.