DRAG RACE: Citroen Ami vs Renault Twizy & more - mini electric car battle | What Car?
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What are electric quadricycles and should you buy one? And, more importantly, which is the fastest in a drag race between a Citroen Ami, Renault Twizy, Reva G-Wiz and Micro Electric (me)? Watch our mini electric car test to find out.
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Which of these beasts would you be taking home? Ami, Twizy, G-Wiz, or Micro Electric?? 🤔
The old G-Wiz still running without much problems after years, can't guarantee that with others.
I wouldn’t but if it was a case of which one would I rent once I’d got to my destination city as in London then it would be the Citroen Ami particularly if it’s raining and a Boris bike wasn’t a desirable option. Now just for city councils to sort out the parking and charging infrastructure
Twizy. Its narrow body must be ace in the city.
Chinese made Cevo EV, Today Sunshine mini EV, Zhidou D2, Wuling Mini EV and Chinese own look like Twizy, are the best overall and very affordable EV.
The Micro is the best looking imo. It seems to be an oddly sized Jeep.
"...if you want something that is faster, better quality and quite a lot cheaper than the G-Wiz, then get yourself a table"_ Jeremy Clarkson.
The Hammerhead Eagle i-Thrust aka Geoff
One of the best top gear moments 😆
@@IvoTrausch I love that car cause my name is actually Geoff
That`s ok for him to mock when he`s a multi millionaire.
Yup
The Ami car has precise specifications because it is intended for young motorists who do not yet have their driving license and therefore French legislation imposes a speed limit, which is why it is slower.
I'm just really surprised it's ended up behind the G-wiz despite being about two decades newer
You could swap out the engine for a Hayebusa, get a higher speed limit and a car legal on motorways and carriageways.
In Spain we have the same legislation for those cars. I actually own a Ligier which is basically the same but not an EV (although there are EV‘s as you can see). Here you can drive those cars if you’re older than 15 with a special license
That is right. But Stellantis group plans to sell the AMI in Germany under the Opel Brand, and specifications will probably be a bet different, especially for the speed limit which could be greather (200 km/h? :-) The faster Opel model could also be sold in UK under the Vauxhall brand... May be... May be... Hush hush...
It might be legal on the road for 14 year olds in France bit it isn't in the UK. Speed limiters are easily disabled.
For City travel only: Just like with the e-scooters you pick up with a credit card and drop off when finished, the quadracycle will be available in the same way. I'd choose the Citroen Ami for this purpose.
E-Scooters are a terrible plague of chinese electro-trash and will (hopefully) not be around much longer
@@drillerkiller9 could you explain why? Profit for china? Unusable?
@@at9670 maybe he thinks it's an e-waste/abandonment issue?
@@at9670 Mainly because of all the boneheads leaving them in the middle of the sidewalks, bike lanes, streets, bridges, crosswalks, hedges, parks, lakes, etc. Not that it's their fault really, but humanity can't be trusted with taking care of things. Also they are terribly inefficient since they don't last all that long even if people don't trash them and they need to get picked up to charge every night, they are quite unsafe both to the rider and to others, and they don't solve the problem they were meant to.
@@IvoTrausch Also they just discourage people from using sidewalks so they end up driving from A-B instead, or just joining them.
The Citroen Ami is the next generation Boris Bike
i literally just burst out laughing whenever I hear “Boris bike” lol
@@isaacsrandomvideos667 Instead of Lyft's mustache, they should equip all Boris Bike's with flappy bonde hair
The Boris bikes introduced by Ken Livingston.
@@isaacsrandomvideos667 wait till you hear about the boris bus
@@slurpii4669 it’s like 30x boris bikes! Absolute “boris bliss”
I like the AMI it looks like a mini MINIVAN and you could notice the suspension doing a proper job, to me it seems like they aimed at a Citroen C3 level and I believe they succeeded: you can notice the response and body roll being similar to a real Citroen car in the slalom, a company that knows what is doing.
Hmmm... potentially a 2CV “remaster”?
it uses peugeot 208 parts at the front, so good handling...
@@olivierfranceschi252 it handles really good, only thing is that atleast on mine the rear suspensions (somewhere, i still dont understand where) kind of make a noise. Might be from all the handbrake turns ive done tho
Citroën seem to always be on the ball when it comes to suspension, they know their stuff.
I'd like to say you're right, but...I've got this AMI and I really love it, but the suspensions are terrible...it's like there are none, really.
2:56 A reversing camera... really?! 🤣 Love these types of cars. Tizzy wins for me, always loved how they look.
in itself its super cheap to do, just usb camera on a longer cable. Just that car maker are robbing us with options
Ridiculous option to squeeze more profit 😂
"This car is so big ugh i can't reverse park properly"
"Loved how they look" is why engineering goes down the drain. Some cars are just barbies for men...
Citroën Ami really makes me smile in a good way. Love the playfulness in it.
Same here.
It's so funny so see people's faces when I am running my AMI. Some are smiling, most of them, some are surprised, and some show a kind of fear :D lol and some act as if they don't watch you :) so funny to see the reactions around.
Citroën Ami by far! Amazing design and such a great concept for city mobility! Congrats Citroen
Agreed. Do feel free to tell them that on Twitter too.
Yeah, and for most people they can go to their local shop and back easily
It is a useful vehicle. No question. But I think it's ugly.
Nay, it’s far to slow to be used even in a city. It needs to go at least 40 to 45 mph for it to be usable
@@phillippie9737 lol, you'd be lucky to go 30mph with all the traffic in our Cities here in the UK, think the average vehicle movement speed is 15mph, plus speed limits of 20mph.
Interesting tidbit : in France anything over 6 Kw (8 bhp) and 45 kph max speed (28 mph) is considered a proper car, so the Twizy is sold in a power and speed-limited variant that is spec'd identically to the AMI. The 17 BHP version on the other hand requires a driving license, meaning that unlike the AMI, the Twizy also has to conform to all the regular passenger car regulations.
....so many will now die in the fires..... curse you French standards....😂😊
I've had an Ami 2 since July 2021, I live in rural France and it's ideal. Side by side seating which is great for my slightly incapacitated wife (the Renault Twizy is a no, no for her). The best bit is that there is loads of storage space, on the dashboard, on the floor, behind the seats. This quad is built for personalisation ... go ahead and make it into whatever you want.
Thnx for comment im in line to get amy..... I hope it will serve us for some time....cheers from Ukraine
One of the most fun cars I ever had was. Hillman Imp. So slow I could drive it flat out all of the time and stay legal. Much more fun than the frustration of a really fast car you can't use anywhere near it's potential. Twizy would be a great toy.
If only they weren’t so rare nowadays. I’d have snagged one.
I had a Sunbeam Stiletto... fast Imp!
It's always more fun to drive a slow car fast than a fast car slow
My daily driver is a Hillman Avenger. But that's surprisingly quick.
@@isaacsrandomvideos667 I've seen you so many times in comment sections from My Summer Car to BeamNG I think too
Pretty sure the guy in the ME jumped the start. Taking this into account, it still definitely had the fastest initial acceleration, but I think had they all set off at the same time, the Twizy would have taken the win. Twizy would be my choice for its mad looks and 50mph performance, but surely it wouldn't be too difficult to engineer in some proper doors?.
One of the few ones writing a comment about it, the twizy would have won by about half a second
But have you seen how the passenger gets in?
This just takes drag races to a whole other level when it comes to quality
@@eirik5242 no. Quality, really.
@@eirik5242 you aren't succeeding
Wussy races?
4:03 for the actual drag race
For me, the Citroën Ami is a real game changer in this quadricycle category.
Couldn't agree more.
Why? It clearly performs much worse (actually curious)
Just too slow.. needs to hit 40 mph minimum
I've driven a Twizzy. So much fun. The one I drove had trouble stopping wheel spin it accelerated so fast. Ideal for shopping. The only problem it's has very little room for any shopping.
The twizzy cargo sorts that problem
A pathetic pod car for people who live in pods, what were you shopping for exactly? Bugs?
I bet your wife's boyfriend bought it for you...
@@rulingmoss5599 The cargo ie minus the rear seat can carry 70 Kg more shopping than I ever have.
Plenty of room unless you've got a passenger, a bag of shopping fits either side of the seat and two on the back seat
A certain amount of “quickness” is required even in the city. Unless you prefer not being able to make it from one light to the next before it turns yellow.
This is just a necessity you have to follow to let anyone drive it. Don't forget you don't need driver's license for it
@@rybbah how can someone follow the road rules without having a license? All the signs and rules? I dont get it
@@AutumnWind92 An interesting question as regardless of an objects mass or potential for damage it may be the cause of an accident because it wasn’t being operated properly.
But they all looked quick enough at speeds up to 28mph
this up to goverment to decide , not up to citroen
Still remember when i first saw Reva on the roads of India.... i was so thrilled to see something like that.... felt like a toy car........
There are many in Bangalore. Sad that the company didn't succeed. I love small cars. Would love one with Lithium ion battery
@@ArpanMukhopadhyay93 Mahindra owns it now, few years back i heard they're bringing it back with a range of different class of scooters and qudracycles. But then they used the funds in housekeeping and later started classic legends so the Reva brand got shelved
@@shiajinn2509 oh!
It IS a toy car.
@@rulingmoss5599 but still better than ENGLISH D0Gs offerings
When the Ami gets old (and cheap) I will own and modify one (I live in France). They are resonably popular - I live up at 1000m above see level and some of the neighbours have them! There is talk of a higher powered version, current one has the very low top speed to fit into a certain car class in France - the Chassis is capable of quite a lot more.
Same If i had enough money i would buy one then modify the hell out of it
the chassis has reliatibilty issues... some cars have to go back to factory
@@rigoloweb4762 Still want one
Looking forward to seeing this upgrade happen, would likely silence people who say it can't do 40-60mph.
As a fun city runabout I think the Ami is great. I'd prefer to see more range or at least options to expand the battery.
I've kind of had my eye on a G-Wiz lately, partly because there's a guy who lives somewhere between my home and work and drives one, which really brought it into focus. You mention the improvements of the second generation; I did read on Wikipedia that a third generation does exist, with further tweaks and most importantly, an upgrade to lithium batteries. I don't know how many there are in the UK, if they were even available over here, but that would be the one I'd aim for.
Back in 2014, there was a G wiz (known in India as Mahindra Reva), which used to take the same path I took to school. It did fascinate people, but didn't look out of place in the city traffic. The other ones in this video probably do.
I’ve seen Alex from Car Throttle drive a Citroën Ami at one time.
So can we expect to see Vin Diesel driving the Micro Electric in Fast 10?
The Last and the Spurious
2Small2Go
The family and the electricity ⚡️
2 Family 2 Economius
The Twizy is awesome! I had one for nearly 2 years. So much fun to drive especially with a tuning kit. Yes it's not practical, it has no windows and it can't be locked but that just makes it even more quirky. I found all sorts in my Twizy of a morning, leaves, animals and even snow. Just be prepared for the constant attention :)
How do you handle bird poo?
You've never felt the touch of a woman.
Window "add ons" are available after market
No windows? How did you see out off it?🤣
I really want a Twizy...but with the added windows...but I'd still be worried about big spiders getting in 😱
I will choose the Twizy simply because I had one since new in 2016 with more than 40,000 miles and in the summer on hot days without the windows it's really fun. You also forgot to mention the rear wheel drive and when you tune your Twizy like I did with 100 Newton metric torque , it is really really fun to drive with a top speed of 60 / 65 mph. The mapping also increases the regenerative braking and increases mileage when driven carefully... And it is completely legal.
The G-Wiz all the way it is so goofy looking it just warms my heart
I kinda like the look and room of the Ami, The 28 mph speed limit is the only thing holding me back to be honest, especially in a national speed limit area.
Even in a 40mph limit going 28mph someone is probably going to ram you off the road thinking you're just being an ashole and holding everyone up. Some people actually believe going slower is more dangerous!
@gilburton you can't get very far in the UK without leaving a 30mph limit. I know I had a moped for a year. Its a bit like how sooner or later you come across roads with no footpath.
That and no air conditioning
I live in a village and I really want to replace my 125cc petrol scooter with an electric one, but electric bikes and quadricycles are mainly aimed at city commuters who rarely get over 50mph. If you want to drive something electric that goes fast, you'll need a dang car.
@@estherstreet4582 hi! Theres some fast electric 125cc equivalent...you can even find KZhead channel who test that
I'd love to say 'Ami' and if all I did was to drive to the station and Tesco (which is close to the station) then it would be fine. But I think I could get to the next town (and choice of supermarket) by backroads in a Twizy without being a dangerous roadblock. So that would get my nod.
'Ami' means friend in French
Well, it is quite a feat that the G-Wiz from India was sold 20 years ago, considering the economy of India itself was opened up to the rest of the world exactly 30 years ago. It is sad to see what Mahindra did with all the technology they took over from Maini (the manufacturer of G-Wiz) and left the G-Wiz to die.
That Micro Electric I have seen actually. A red one with 2 pensioners in it drove past me yesterday. And since it is legally defined in the same way as my 50cc scooter, I should not be able to overtake them, but since my scooter is *cough* legal *cough* I overtook them fast as heck, and the man driving had the biggest grin
I've had a Twizy as my primary car for almost two years now. It's great.
Absolutely brilliant, love to see more videos with quirky cars.
Just waiting for my Ami delivery from Italy. Bought after analysing my vehicle journeys and figured out it should do 85% of them adequately and with less impact than driving the 5-seater 400 BHP 2,300 kg EV panzerwagen that I currently use. Plus it is the cutest of the line-up. 28 mph on an urban 40 mph zone is a non-issue imo - its a speed limit not a requirement and most of these zones are dual carriageways so do please feel free to pass me!
Agreed, most of the higher speed roads in "urban" areas I've seen are either pretty quiet, or have multiple lanes. You can overtake me safely, and it's not like I'm going to start racing you 😂
Citroën Ami: Lorry magnet. Brillant analogy
I'm wondering if the Ami is MECHANICALLY capable of doing more than 29 mph (= 45 km/h). In France, light quadricycles are like scooters : limited to 45 km/h, sometimes electronically or just even with the equivalent of a wedge under the accelerator pedal. I remember the cool kids in high-school there, modifying petrol scooters to get up to 70 km/h. But with different regulation (for example in the UK), maybe Citroën would decide to ditch the limitor ? Still, it does not accelerate as quickly as the Twizy, your video made it very clear. I'd still get an Ami, out of these four, if I were to buy one (it's not even a thing for me, light quadricycles are just non-existing here in Canada, although I wish it was different and find it very relevant for city cores or even short distance trips on suburban straods limited to 50 km/h anyways). It's cheap to buy and easy to charge at home, and your reporting of its interior space, fussless design and adequately responsive steering sounds better to my ear than winning a drag race with it. Who cares about longitudinal G-force in such a tiny thing ?
They can do about 72-74 kph
I'm surprised that the smart e for two wasn't featured too.saw one in a Sainsbury's car park at beckton London a few years ago alongside a Renault twizy.
From what I've seen elsewhere, the Citroen Ami is very hackable - the motor control software nerfs the acceleration and top speed, so that can be modified and the motor potentially over volted to up the top speed. A bit of effort and I reckon you can get ~80 out of it.
Won't it overheat?
@@virdiid8621 Not a long distance car. Hacked, its fine for moderate speed roads and the left hand lane of UK motorways/carriageways. Ideal for short distance commuting.
I freaking love the little Ami, As a city runabout it's perfect.
Exactly what some people need the most for their local shopping.
Rewa came with G-Wizz around early 2000 when no other car/bike manufacturers even dreamt of having one in their portfolio. For being a pioneer in getting into the then niche market I will vote for G-Wizz if it comes out with a Lithium battery.
I had rented a Twizy for 3 days in Bulgaria and covered about 150 (!!) km in it. It's absolutely ridiculous. The potholes were the biggest problem, but on nice roads this flies. Handling and cornering is genuinely sports car like and on light dirt its excellent fun doing burnouts. Tip: driving economically ≠ driving slowly. Taking the speed from a descent to climb a hill is essential to get a range of 50 miles when driving at the speed limit (and above) and definitely possible. Also, driving 80km/h an hour feels like 200 in a normal car. So yeah..
Btw: Just everyone stares and smiles at (ot better with) you.
I'm Bulgarian and I wouldn't risk driving on our roads with such tiny tires. That's asking for trouble... Main roads are fine, you can blast down those at 120+ kmh, but the rural roads are a nightmare. I've broken the front splitter on my E-class in a pothole once. Not fun. Haven't popped any tires yet. Best keep your speed down, eyes open and plan ahead.
@@Megadriver Potholes are the worst. Delivered someone to Sofia Airport. Even in the parking INSIDE there were holes. Drove the Twizy from Варна to Балчик (and a bit further). Most of the road was ok. But a rough ride for sure. A friend broke his rear axle (C Class) in Shumen.
My coice out of these quadcycles would be the Citroen AMI. Here in Greece I is sold for around 6.000 euros. Of course it is recommended strictly for intercity commuting with caution at intersections!
I wish the US had a quadricycle allowance. Unfortunately this is covered under ATV/UTV laws and they vary widely by state. The only way they could be legal in the US is to be three wheelers under the new autocycle laws that Elio Motors lobbied for to get helmet laws changed for enclosed motorbikes as being buckled in with a helmet is more dangerous as it adds weight to the unrestrained head (see HANS device). I like the center driving position of the Twizy of this group- gives it a tiny McLaren F1 feel. Lol.
I’d have the Citroen Ami over all of the others but it would be a better package if it’s top speed was closer to 40mph.
I agree with you the speed needs to be a bit faster!
Watched a KZhead video about a company in Las Vegas already hacking the electronic governor limiting the speed on Citroen Amis. They had an Ami doing almost twice the specified speed. Only a matter of time before there are power and speed upgrades available for Amis. Personally, I wouldn't want to double the speed, but a 20% upgrade would be welcome. I'm getting one anyway.
@@ianworley8169 Citroën may offer those based on local laws, but in France one specification for quadricycles to remain in the specific "not a car" bracket they exist in is max speed. Thus Citroën won't be able to offer a speed upgrade in France unless (like Renault did with the Tweezy which have two versions) they upgrade the Ami to be in compliance with regular car regulations. And given the price bracket of the AMI they may not do it at all. And if you're limited to 50 kph, why would you want a bigger power/range update? Now if regulations are different where you live, you may change the speed yourself without breaking the law or not get in trouble with insurances?
Doug Re-VOLT-a was born for this race ha! And the Renault Twizy’s plate “KLIO WAT” is so clever! This was a very entertaining video, much love from Texas!
I'd have the Twizy. Actually, I'd have a second-hand Zoe or first generation Leaf.
Leaf isnt a quadracycle
I can probably get one for the same price as a new Twizy and stay dry in the rain. I'd look like a geography teacher doing it though.
The Twizy would be great if It had a higher top speed, longer range & full, sealed doors as standard. The current Twizy is more or less a concept car 10 years out of date.
@@unarmedduck if the twizy had all those things it wouldn't be a twizy
@@phillipsmiley5930 neither zoe
For me, Citroën Ami is the most serious vehicle of the video, it got a real car frame, technical and interior design choices are smarter
in romania you can get soon a dacia spring with 8500 euro( the state gives you a 10k incentive), I just tested it, for 8500 euro its awesome
There's actually a renting system in Europe for the Ami, which technically makes it the cheapest.
You will own nothing and be happy
@@phillipsmiley5930 So? It's just for getting around. Are you this angry about busses too?
@@phillipsmiley5930 You WILL eat the bugs! You WILL drive the pod! You WILL be happy!
@@phillipsmiley5930 you own your wife too?
@@phillipsmiley5930 no, but you'll be happy to drive an AMI during 4 years for 29.99 euros per month and give it back after 4 years, when the battery is nearly dead. Next step you hire an AMI II.
I owned a Twizy for 8 years. You can buy a Powerbox that transforms the performance. It increases the torque by 76% and increases the Top Speed to 65mph Standard compared to a Twizy fitted with a Powerbox is chalk and cheese. It would have won this race easily with a Powerbox fitted.
Have the twizy its actually really good. but for an 12 jear old design renault could have improved the range to a 10 or 12 kw battery and the onboard charger for type 2 charging.
I'm thinking of getting one I live about 3.5 miles from my work so think it would be ideal. Would you recommend the Twizzy?
@@michaelcarney6280 Jes i would recommend it. the pros in short , small battery so low charging cost if wallplug, range is ok for the vehicle but the chargetime is 1hour of 1/3 of the battery so max 3 hours. the cons the crappy standart seat it sucks but you can change it with a comfortable smart seat, as i said 3 hours charge time , try not to go over potholes ^^ , some parts like the charge flap are pretty easy to break, and if you let it weeks without moving dont put the parking break on . If you get yourself a twizy dobt take the renault windows theyr crap there are good ones from south korea. All together its a sweet gokart with enough range and very cheap vehicle to use everyday and you can park this everywhere
@@michaelcarney6280 why not get an electric smart car, its better and cheaper
@@TristanSilverwood Is it cheaper? I've seen a brilliant Twizzy for 8k and a 20 plate of 12k. Had a look at the smart the cheapest I found was 8K but it had 23k miles on the clock and 4 owners which dosen't seem right to me.
@@michaelcarney6280 well its a city car with a range of about 70 miles, seems to add up in this peculiar case
Very good comparison. These "Cars" are typical obsolete urban developments as their spectrum is a modern rivalry to public transport. The Twizzy is the only quadricycle that can be seen operating quite acceptably fast on country roads in our hillside landscape. What I would prefer is an Ami that reaches about 50 Mph. It would be quite a good, minimized transport medium for short daily routes between a countryside home and the urban working place or park and ride. Presently one can observe nearly one new product like these every two months. Therefore, I would be happy, If you showed this format in a i.e. four monthly cycle to include new models.
I own a Q-pos Sport, its the best of all the quadracycles but it does have a petrol engine.. But its great fun and i take it camping with me when we are away in the camper! Love the idea of these electric versions, but the styling and being able to charge it is my issue
Brilliant video lads loved this 😎
I would take the Ami... It is the slowest but has the best design, space and price for what it is. And i belive it shouldn't be very hard to tuning it with a little more power...
Maybe changing the wheels and removing some stuff from the interior to make it lighter would improve its acceleration xD
@@madeiraislander Wasn't the AMI a trash bin with wheels? I always remove the plate before leaving it for the trash truck to pick it up
@@ServeraServera0 Lol i wouldn't say that. if someone gave it to me i'd be happy xD Check out the new Buggy Ami, looks pretty cool!
@@madeiraislander Just joking off cars for a laugh, I would like to have an AMI too but there are way better and similar alternatives that I have in mind
@@ServeraServera0 oh yeah that's for sure! I'd rather have a Honda Beat 🤣
I had a Twizy and it was great, got some side windows from a guy in Scotland , drove it every day in all weather and always came home smiling. it would even hang the tail out in the wet. It would sit at 45-50 on back roads and A roads. in town it would catch many cars out from the lights and zip in and out. it was also a doddle to park as you could park at 90 degs to the pavement and with the doors going upwards the was never any worry about how close other cars were parked. But l would take a test in the Ami if it was for purely round town use.
I think that the price point of the Ami is understated. yes, it is by just about any measure below the others, but it is also just about half the price cash than anything else. And for someone in the city, all of the other things (like top speed) are so much less of a thing
Perhaps a bit embarassing (for Mazda) to think a cheapo quadricycle like the Micro Electric almost matches the range of Mazda's only EV.
Despite the slow speed, I'm sort of in love with the Ami.
Are the speed limiters unlocked?
I was in Paris only a few weeks ago and through one of my many cousins who live in France who just happens to be a police commissioner,he was able to get me an Ami just for a couple of hours to try out.No fancy frills or fuss with it,it just does what it says on the tin it does & it is fun to drive.Yep,28mph is not fast in the big scheme of speed but the average speed in Paris is 21mph and similar in London.Easy to park up and was able to do a three point turn in my driving lane without needing to cross over the line to the other side.Unlike the other three they tried out,the Ami doesn't have a traditional dashboard with a dial.What you do is download the Ami app onto your smart phone then when you step into the vehicle,just slot your phone into the gap behind the wheel and the screen opens up & becomes the dashboard.When you're finished your drive,take the phone out.There's a lot of plastics inside the vehicle but its all recycled plastics.The only thing it doesn't have is a rear view mirror and it is disconcerting to begin with because your eyes turn to the space where one would be in a conventional vehicle but your brain is a clever thing,it realises it & quickly re adapts itself on you being able to overcome that.I do hope Citroen decide to sell it in the UK because it could do really well here as it ticks all the boxes for a small urban electric vehicle.Out of ten,I'll give it nearly a nine.Overall as I said at the beginning it is fun to drive
The first car I owned was a Citroen Ami 8 Estate - basically a 2CV with a lot more carrying capacity. (Simple, reliable and cheap to run). I'm now 70 and thinking about what I need for personal transport to replace my present 12 year old Daihatsu Sirion (Simple, reliable (it is a Toyota after all) and cheap to run). For distances, there are hire cars and trains but it looks like I'll be using a Citroen Ami again everyday around the city. (Simple, reliable and cheap to run). Why should I pay £10s of thousands more to drag around empty seats to get me, and occasionally a passenger, dry to shops, doctor, dentist, vet (2 cats) etc. In the city, I have no reason to exceed 30 mph and crazy acceleration will only save me, at most, a few seconds on any journey. As a scientist/engineer, I've spent my life dealing in using/producing simple, cost-effective design solutions to problems. Why would I change now?
You should do this again with the artificial limits disabled. Twizy can go over 100kph and accelerate like a rocket if limits are disabled. (Disabling it voids your car license though!)
Yeah, those are designed to be like scooters but with a car built around it, so it's artificially limited
How to disable the limit?
@@frxxxxx I guess it's in the car's software
I've been watching developments in this space for years, and the Ami is kind of a new take on it that I quite like. I don't like the seating position of the Renault, or the fact that it doesn't come with doors! But for home-to-train and train-to-home commuter, it's getting there. I think it would need to see another 10 mph in top speed to make one feel a little less like a sitting duck, but then perhaps that would change the overall dynamics vis a vis braking and handling so much that it would become a more expensive proposition. But so far, so good.
WOW 😳🤯 this race was so quick that I didn't even had time to blink 😂😂👏👌
The company who made Reva aka G-Wiz(Outside India) was later acquired by 'Mahindra&Mahindra'. The came out with a much more advanced version called e2O(Pronounced as E-two-O). This was more car like and less like a quadricycle. Since you guys included the Renault Twizy, you should have opted for that.
So I was wondering, “dang did they do a half mile that felt super long” but then I realized 😂
...get any Gwiz lithium DIY converted and will all be the first among those quadricycles 😎 ...you should try mine with 12kw battery I've got quite a range...and still way lighter than lead acid version
How does the 45 km/h edition of MicoElectric compare to Ami? In counties, where you can drive L6e with a different license at lower age, the 45 km/h micro cars make sense in a different way than where you need a full license.
Twizy all the way! For just £400 you can increase power by 50% (13kW to 18kW). It's a blast in town!
Awesome idea 👍
yoooo the ME is my new dream small car lmao, it looks goofy which i love and has two other version, carry me either with a roofed crate lookin thing at the back or an exposed bay similar to a pickup truck, pretty neat yk, i'd use that to drive to school everyday
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I would choose the twizy if I'm living in South France and the Ami, if I would live in London-City.
They could test the new Brazilian electric truck, the VW E-Delivery.
A Twizy on an open country road at night from behind looks like a red cyclops. A very static, dangerous cyclops. In the city it has cred.
Daechang Danigo. The Korean car brand was not shown... It has power indicators, mileage on one charge and acceleration dynamics are very good! :) 15 kilowatts of engine power..
2:35 We have a couple of these cars in our EV repairshop. and I can say that among the Chinese micro cars, it is one of the best that has been imported to the Czech Republic. it has a lot of variations, a two-seater version (the one in the video), a four-seater version and even a small box truck version. we made improvements to them to increase range and efficiency. and some could travel up to 250km on a single charge. I drive one and I'm completely happy with it Edit: and also, in our country it is not called micro electric but VXT or ARI (it depends on which dealer you buy the car) but the original Chinese name is Jia yuan
How did you improve the range?
@@DrJkll We remade the wiring that leads to the engine because its too long and non-efficent. We also add BMS for the lead batteries and build custom lithium bateries up to 16Kwh in the 2 seater version and up to 20kwh in the box truck version.
let's repeat this race with a Twizy build before mid. 2016 and a good OVMS tuning setup :D
Yes! I would really like to see the difference.
@@Bartem_ may be a Twizy driver in the UK has an OVMS and reads this? I am from middle-south Germany, so sadly too far away :(
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i do like the idea of the Ami being introduced to the UK however i believe that however they are used; you should hold a Provisional License to do so, these cost around £40, are a useful form of identification, and you must be at least 15 years and 9 months old to own one. i believe that if you meet the criteria to own a provisional license, you should be allowed to drive an Ami. think of it as a ‘step-up’ from a pushbike or e-scooter, and a more ‘comfortable’ alternative to a 50cc/electric moped. perhaps for usage on the road, insurance should work similarly to how it currently does for provisional license drivers. you should also be required to take a 1 day crash course, like a CBT for example.
I would buy the Citroën Ami. Cute, spacious, colourful.
Can I say that I’m freaking in love with the Citroen Ami.
Same here, it's so cute!
@@esk8jaimes Same here i just love it :)
how did you district that cabin car make go bit faster
I'd love to see these cars stacked up against a Wuling Mini in terms of specs, price, safety... I think if it can be tweaked slightly for American and European roads it would sell really really really well, especially in sunbelt urban markets where golf-carts are viable replacements for full-sized cars in many a gated community...
The Citroen has to have the nicest interior and rims though
You should have also tested the Estrima Birò
The pen is mightier than the twizy?
How about making it fair and include a petrol quadracycle like the Microcar MC2
You left out the best quadrocycle, namely the Byddy metro M9 build in Norway from 2005. The original Kewet dates back to 1991. It would beat all these cars on comfort, acceleration and speed.
for my kids I would choose the safest one, with airbag etc...
It would have been sooo cool to havee the wuling hongguang mini ev in the race :)
The Ami would be my choice it looks great in a quirky kind of way trouble is even if it was just used for town driving we have lots of roads that are 40 mph so i think it would have to do that
that Citroën ami is the same weight as the drums of cable we have at work.
The Ami would be my choice to go with my Ami 8 from 1978 .
"Mom, can I have a Tesla EV" "We have a EV at home" The EV at home...
I think for a runabout cheaper and simpler is better, so citroen ami. The air conditioning of the micro electric is interesting though, I wonder if the ami could be modified to accept one, I see compressors intended to run off 12V. It's definitely better for the batteries to open a window though!
I would be interested to see a Citroen 2CV in the drag race... maybe a 2CV4 with the 425 cc motor.
The number plate of the Twizy "Clio What?!" 🤣 Coincidence? I think not!
The correct answer is of course “...and a Twizy”, as in a Zoe and a Twizy, or a Leaf and a Twizy, or any of the hundreds of EVs now available... and a Twizy.
I just picked up a used i-MiEV for 3k USD. It can hit interstate speeds albeit not for long since the battery begins to drain like there's no tomorrow if you do that but I'd say compared to performance of these I got a great deal on the price. Battery is only half degraded so it can still make it around 40 miles on a charge
I would like to own the Buddy made in Norway, if I lived in a city.