Citroen Ami | Range Test & Review!

Is the Citroen Ami only for cities? Well, we probably know the answer already, but we still decided to test it out on a 60km journey home! Will it make it on a single charge, or will we have to use the extension cable we brought with us?

The Citroen Ami has a 5.5kWh battery. This gives a WLTP range of 75km (46 miles), but that can be quite optimistic. It has an 8 horsepower electric motor and a top speed of 45km/h (28mph).

Huge thanks to the team in DC EV that loaned this Ami to us for a few days to film. They currently have the Ami to rent for €395 per month, which includes tax and insurance! I think that's whopper value considering the smile this will put on your face!

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[gtm]

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. 😅

[arklowdashcam]

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!

[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

[smoothsilk]

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!

[manpetepetrop]

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.

[lucius]

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

[anglemorelas]

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

[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

[alre]

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

[keithlivingstone]

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.

[johncrosbarry]

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

[reinekewf]

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.

[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.

[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

[conogrady]

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

[ikbalhussain]

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

[yhonezjorsie]

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

[TheMackDong]

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

[saqibmunir]

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 -_-