By now it’s best to all know that the Citroën Ami is the final word friend-shaped automobile. The cutesy quadricycle has area for 2, a prime pace of simply 30 mph and a glance that’s so cute I simply need to smush its nostril. It additionally spawned an off-road mannequin, a Fiat-styled twin and now an accessible Ami created for drivers who can’t use a number of of their decrease limbs.
Known as the Ami For All, the idea takes Citroën’s battery-powered quadricycle and provides it a bigger door opening angle in addition to the gear vital to assist disabled drivers out of a wheelchair and into the automobile’s seats. The Ami has additionally been fitted with mechanical and handbook controls for accelerating and braking, and a knob on the steering wheel that Citroën says will make driving simpler.
What’s extra, regardless of its diminutive dimensions, Citroën says the Ami For All may even have area “inside or exterior the cabin” to move a wheelchair.
“Ami has reintroduced ease of motion to micro-journeys and given extra independence to youngsters, the aged and people with no driving license,” Thierry Koskas, Citroën CEO mentioned in a press launch.
“We’re delighted to current this technical resolution to assist the mobility of disabled Individuals and we’re working to make this undertaking achievable within the brief time period.”
The undertaking, which was developed at the side of mobility conversion specialists PIMAS, makes use of the unique Citroën, which is powered by an 8 HP electrical motor. The quadracycle can handle a prime pace of 30 MPH and, because of a 5.5 kWh battery, has a spread of about 43 miles.
The idea is being showcased on the Autonomic commerce truthful in Paris, which runs from June sixth to eighth.