Citroen Ami | Range Test & Review!

[@arklowdashcam5155]

Really enjoyed this review, probably the first one that includes a fast food stopover! The car itself is so unique and it looks like it’s fun to nip around in. Your range test, as you say, isn’t really realistic to this type of EV but it shows that it can be done. I hope it didn’t take too long for your posterior to recover!

[@evplatform]

Spot on...an amazing machine in the right circumstances! Yep, took a few hours but a bit like a bike saddle, I got used to it! Thanks for the comment and glad you liked the video!

[@arklowdashcam5155]

@@evplatform Exactly, I like the little green version in the background at the beginning of your video. My mum used to have a 2CV many years ago and I like how Citroen have the same windows in this car. Although, as your fast food stopover showed, they’re not ideal for ordering drinks at a drive through! Love your channel by the way, your presentation style is great, you’re very informative and honest about what you’re reviewing and I enjoy your sense of humour as well. Glad your posterior recovered!

[@gtm559]

I live in Bulgaria in a village.my work is 27 km to the city. Thank god the road is 2 lanes 80 km limit. My little ami drive perfectly fine. The only issue i have is the foggy windows. 😅

[@evplatform]

Oh, nice...perfect use-case scenario! And yeah, I feel your pain on the foggy windows! Thanks for the comment!

[@manpetepetrop8034]

All of the reviews I have seen so far for this vehicle are in the wrong environment and wrong utilization that this "car" is made for. This quadricycle is for Urban use, it's made to "live" inside densely populated cities, with heavy traffic and narrow streets, where street parking is the norm (and difficult to find). I live in Central Athens, Greece, which is having all these problems and somebody in my neighborhood is using a Citroën Ami as his main commute vehicle inside the city which, he told me, is well over 90% of his yearly traveled kilometers. When he wants to travel outside of the city he's using his family car a normal petrol one. I asked him if he regretted buying it and said Absolutely no ! He and his wife used to have 2 "normal" petrol cars, now his wife is using daily the family car, he is mostly using the Ami going to work and daily chores... with minimal cost and much much less Hussle as he can find a place to park easily.

[@evplatform]

How else was I supposed to get it back to my house? Put it in my pocket and take it on the train? And I have recorded another video which is based in the town that I live in, where I talk about it as an amazing city run-around. This video was a bit of fun to see how it got on with the journey home. Either way...this is built for whatever the owner of it wants to do with it...within legal limits of course! Thanks for the comment and hope you enjoyed the video anyway!

[@chatters7969]

I’ve had mine a year, do 20 miles a day commuting on rural and urban roads, just done 6000 miles no issues

[@chatters7969]

Basically I don’t care who’s queued behind me, doesn’t have a rear view mirror so can’t see them anyway….

[@lucius574]

I have both an Ami and a Tesla for the longer distances and our trips. Best decision ever made to go full electric!👍

[@lucius574]

We have both an ami and a Tesla for the longer distances and our trips. Best decision ever to go full electric!👍

[@evplatform]

That is a top quality driveway! Thanks for the comment!

[@BrianJeard]

My ami was 8 months old with 8,000 kilometres on the clock when it needed a new battery pack was sent to France got it back in six months to the day

[@keithlegge6848]

Why so long?

[@lucius574]

How much did it cost the new battery?

[@BrianJeard]

@@lucius574 6100 € but citreon paid for it

[@smoothsilk47]

I know the reasons for the AMI being limited in max speed, ( so students & youngsters can drive it without a licence ) but can't see why for us qualified drivers it can't be increased so we don't hold up traffic. seems crazy, I'd buy one tomorrow!

[@evplatform]

I think there's some other micro cars out there that go faster. Good point about accessing more speed...but after a week with it I very rarely found that I wanted more speed. 45kmh feels fast enough in it! Thanks for the comment.

[@Myamiadventures]

There are L7e Quadricycles like the Microlino and Silent S04, they do 56mph, have more range but are more than double the price. Go but one of them, I doubt you will.

[@uweinhamburg]

A car is a complex technical system (even the Ami). Each component is tuned to the 45km speed limit. If you want it to be faster, the breaks, the chassis, even the tires would have to be adapted, it would be a completely different system. The microcars which have two versions are constructed to the higher speed version and then stripped down for the low speed one, which is of course much easier.

[@anglemorelas5393]

Could a solar panel be install on the roof for a constant charge and with that extending the travek distant? Just thinking

[@anglemorelas5393]

Sorry meant to say travel distance

[@evplatform]

I suppose in theory you could...but you're looking at significant costs. And considering how frugal it is with the battery you'd get good range from solar! Thanks for the comment!

[@Romiman1]

Not seriously. Also a problem, to convert the power correctly, (Ami needs 230V to charge). But to empower and refresh the 12V battery (which also drains the high voltage battery), it could make sense.

[@jonevansauthor]

The Squad Solar is exactly that - however it's not going to let you drive all day without using chargers. What it will do is get you enough range during a day to either commute to work (if you are rational and live near work) or have enough power to get to a charger. There's no way that solar panels will fully charge even a quadricycle within a day - possibly not ever, but definitely not in any predictable future as the panel would need to be many times more efficient than they are now. If there were a technology on the horizon that might do that, we'd all know about it.

[@jonevansauthor]

To clarify, the Squad Solar is better than the Ami which is one of the worst quadricycle designs to date, as you'd expect from Citroen. It does popularise the concept though and hopefully other companies vehicles will be more successful and actually produced in quantity one day. I didn't mean to imply by 'exactly that' that the Squad Solar isn't wildly superior to the Ami. Although the Silence 04 has obvious advantages over both.

[@mysteriousmat]

I have aixam coupe s and I have same problem on faster roads as it's top speed is 30mph so it's bit slow .great car for city driving .great review.

[@BrianJeard]

The ami battery pack was €6100 bur warranty covered it the max range ie 75 k I did 67 k the other day had 28 k left on range it’s a different car with the new pack Well done citreon Alicante

[@alre9766]

Ami = 69€ (£57) per month with 0€ deposit here in France for a 36-months lease and 15,000km (9300 miles). That's a bargain

[@andrestrindade]

I had this video suggested to me, and I live very close to you (Bettystown) - what a coincidence! This is called a quadricycle; it is not even a car. I hated everything about it, but your video was great. The concept of a super tiny, affordable car is interesting, but I think this was applied in a bad way. The same concept with a hybrid car would be great.

[@evplatform]

Howdi neighbour!! I can see why you wouldn't like some of the features for sure...but I loved it! A great alternative to the car for the appropriate use! Thanks for the comment!

[@liv2ska8]

what a cool quadro... fun,fun,fun!!

[@conogrady9254]

Would love ❤️ one, but no Citroën dealers in Limerick City!😢

[@evplatform]

Don't let that stop ya! I'm sure they get one down to ya if you wanted one!

[@conogrady9254]

It's getting it serviced!​@@evplatform

[@ziggarillo]

You don't need a dealer, they deliver to your door.

[@johncrosbarry]

I’d imagine driving out on open roads is fairly uncomfortable with such low speeds but was it ok in the city?

[@jamespaul2587]

Yes, it looks like a child's car made for the sidewalks 😊

[@evplatform]

The padding on the seats isn't great so I struggled on the 2+ hour journeys. Little frustrating doing 45 on 80kph roads. But around the city on short hops it's brilliant. Park it anywhere, tiny turning circle, 1c per kilometre in electricity. I really did love my time with it! Thanks for the comment John!

[@TheMackDong]

@@evplatform you counting the McDonalds in that journey time?

[@g-r-a-e-m-e-]

Could you carry a Jackery or Bluetti or whatever onboard, that is, a power station, which could recharge the car in an emergency or extend the range

[@SCYorks]

Yes you can

[@reinekewf7987]

i have the opel rocks e it is the opel variant of the ami. you can reach up to 90km. i managed to drive 85km at once with 10km of range left, multiple times. i was driving fom fulda to saabrücken and stoped for charging only 3 times, i drove 310km for this distance and needed 17h in total for this distance. It was a rainy day with a temperature of 16°C Interesting is if the batteries are warm the charging is at the beginning a bit slower but because you charge so slow anyway the battery is cooling down, so it showed me 3h and 50min charge time but needed in the end only 3h and 10min. ' also a qiuck technical note, it is 6kwh battery but 5.4kwh are usable. but even then you use only the portion of 100% to 20% capacity because you get usally a low charge warning at 25%(11km) and now you search for a opportunity to charge at 10% the car shows now 0km range and goes to turtle mode and at 0% it shuts off completely to prevent further potential battery damage. all this is only in the range of the usable 5.4kwh so the actual battery state of charge is more or less 10% to 15% or less depending on the state of health of your battery. if it would be actual 0% you would damaging your battery. i hope the battery will last for 10 to 15 years at least. Because a replacement battery does actual not exist on the market and may will never exist. all in all, parts for this vehicle are actual for the most part not available, even common consumable parts are not available or bad labeled so you are forced to by the "original part" even it is a standard part of a peugeot 206 like the rims and braking system.

[@ziggarillo]

They are the same car, in every respect.

[@yhonezjorsie7473]

So the fiat one has a longer range of 75kms?

[@evplatform]

Are they not the same vehicle but with different styling? The Topolino I presume you're referring to.

[@yhonezjorsie7473]

@@evplatform yeah , does the topolino have a longer range? We don't have this in Asia, wish they bring it here 👍

[@Myamiadventures]

75km is the sane as 46miles. They're the same car, with the same range 😂

[@keithlivingstone2525]

It’s not what you drive it’s how you drive it. My Q4’s WLTP range is 329m. Over the 7 months and 7000m I’ve had it I’ve yet to see under 350m on a full charge….which is costing me less than £7.

[@ikbalhussain1376]

They need to up the top speed to 40mph so you don't drive everyone else crazy behind you.

[@Mr_ZeroFuel]

Wait until the Microlino comes out, that will be a game changer.

[@Myamiadventures]

There are L7e Quadricycles like the S04 and Microlino that you can get. They do 56 mph and have better range. They are more than double the price.

[@TheMackDong]

8 bhp 🤣 Glorified Golf Cart. Can see the appeal for the City. Something similar to the eBike rentals perhaps

[@evplatform]

Wash your dirty mouth out Mr Mack! Ha! Driving it straight onto the golf course would be class!

[@martinbrookes1372]

Sad isnt it , in effect hoping for a tail wind and some downhill stretches .

[@evplatform]

No...it's in no way sad at all.

[@stevezodiac491]

Maybe get in the slip stream of a truck to save the battery range lol. Better still get behind a national express coach and nick their wi fi as well when you are slipstreaming lol. You are right, you would look like a sado driving it or a little weird.

[@saqibmunir7609]

I'm sorry what... 395 per month thats not a bargain.... I was really hoping they would do what they did in France where its like 20pm now thats a bargain -_-

[@richardmiddleton7770]

Maybe if it was for only 6 months!

[@Myamiadventures]

Mine is £96 a month, £1000 deposit

[@saqibmunir7609]

@@Myamiadventures amazing have a link ?

[@Myamiadventures]

​@saqibmunir7609 just Google citroen ami, you can set up the finance and order online. It's not complicated

[@alre9766]

69€ (£57) per month with 0€ deposit here in France. That's a bargain

[@Foersom_]

Miles??? Please use metric units.

[@evplatform]

I'll use whatever units make the most sense. The car is in miles so that's what I used on the fly while recording. But I added kms in editing on many occasions to help both audiences...but perhaps you didn't watch the video in full to realise before commenting.

[@Foersom_]

@@evplatform I saw the whole video, were you awake when edited this video? It was a mess with you reporting the range in miles, the graphics in miles and a few times with km. Please just provide metric units every time.

[@jonevansauthor]

@@Foersom_ so he did it some of the time, but not 100% of the time, and you also don't now how to type questions into Google if you absolutely need the conversion done for literally no reason at all? Sheesh. He's not some massive KZbinr with a team to do this stuff for him. Talk about entitled.

[@Foersom_]

@@jonevansauthor Are you British? Ireland stopped using miles more than 19 years ago. "how to type questions into Google" that is what you should tell @evplatform to do, not the viewers of this video. "He's not some massive KZbinr with a team to do this stuff for him." Good grief. What a silly argument. You just claimed it was easy.

[@williamstroker6805]

Shut up. Miles are the best and try a conversion if you have a brain.

[@thewaythingsare8158]

there is nothing more annoying than drivers that go much slower than the speed limit. Maybe this is really a 20/30 mph city commute car ?

[@yutuniopati]

This need 200km of range and 80km/h max speed (and better seats).

[@evplatform]

The seats...I fully agree! As for range and speed I don't. If you made those changes, it's no longer in that category...and you might as well buy a small car, which will be more expensive to buy and run. Thanks for the comment....Great to get various opinions!

[@richardmiddleton7770]

There are other electric cars for that.

[@yutuniopati]

@@richardmiddleton7770 No they are none.

[@Myamiadventures]

​@@yutuniopatiThere definitely are other quadricycles that do exactly what you describe. The Silent S04 and the Microlino are but two examples, there are many more. Do you not have Google where you live😂

[@yutuniopati]

@@Myamiadventures I know these one, they are either not praticable or awfully expensive (especislly the Microlino). We need something with the same size as the new discontinued fortwo.

[@mediamass1404]

ur audio is off balance, copy and flip the channels to balance it out

[@Omegaman1969]

A vehicle that can only do 30mph should not be allowed on any roads that have a speed limit above 30, so dangerous.

[@evplatform]

The idea is in the terminology...its a speed limit, not a speed target. There's nothing dangerous about a 450kg vehicle doing 28mph...maybe you're referring to some drivers that can't take proper precaution. But having said that...the lines do start to blur on roads that have 60, 70mph limits. For example, it would be a bad idea to put this on full motorways. Thanks for the comment...and a bit of healthy debate is always a good thing!

[@Omegaman1969]

@@evplatform Even taking a moped on a 60mph road in the countryside is dangerous. Driving one of these at or under 30MPH on a twisty A or B road would be extremely dangerous in my opinion. It would also cause a lot of frustration on roads where overtaking is difficult. They should be confined to Cities or Towns only.

[@Omegaman1969]

@@evplatform Quote from whatcar "n freely moving traffic on 30mph roads, though, it's hard not to feel like a nuisance - and on a 40mph road you feel positively exposed. In fact, we’d recommend avoiding 40mph roads entirely, because it can feel dangerous with large vans, lorries and buses driving past, and in some cases they might not be able to see you." Now change that to 60mph and it's an accident waiting to happen.

[@fetchstixRHD]

Considering bicycles and tractors aren't banned from said roads, would you suggest banning those too?

[@Omegaman1969]

@@fetchstixRHD You can pass a bicycle easily and tractors pull in to allow you to pass. I rarely see a tractor on the road and I live in the countryside. If thousands of these end up on the roads it will be a nightmare, a very dangerous one.

[@stevezodiac491]

The trouble is it looks so odd and owning one, you would mark yourself out as being weird or a misfit. I can just hear the mocking and laughing at owners in my imagination, as they drive down the road in it. You would need thick skin to drive it, I would think. It looks like a 'little tikes' kiddy car.

[@evplatform]

I can understand your point but don't agree. Personally, I'm a little disillusioned with the relatively standardised design of modern cars, and I fully welcome something different like this. It got a huge amount of attention when I had it, and it was nearly all inquisitive and positive! Thanks for the comment, appreciate you taking the time!