Citroen has introduced a modified edition of its electrical Ami town auto, built exclusively for use as a compact courier van for the urban landscape.
It is identified as the Citroen My Ami Cargo and it’ll go on sale in France this June, with price ranges commencing from €6,490 (around £5,600), including a €900 subsidy from the French governing administration.
From the outdoors, the Ami Cargo seems to be identical to its passenger-carrying sibling, help you save for the organization branding and some undecorated metal wheels for the most simple models.
Within, Citroen has eliminated the common Ami’s passenger seat and fitted a storage pod in its location, which is divided from the driver by a solid partition. The cargo compartment has a ability of 260 litres and can have a payload of 140kg.
When coupled with the relaxation of the Ami’s new interior storage cubbies, Citroen claims the Cargo has a utmost ability of 400 litres. Which is slightly much more space than you get from the boot of the fourth-era Skoda Fabia.
The cargo location also has a several tie-down points and a height-adjustable ground, which will allow the driver to transport things up to 1.2 metres very long. Mounted on top rated of the box is a modular hinged shelf, which can maintain up to 40kg and double as a mobile desk.
Citroen has also additional an further protected storage bin at the rear of the cabin, which it claims is built to maintain valuables this sort of as smartphones, sun shades or wallets out of sight.
Prospective buyers can also spec a several optional extras, this sort of as doorway nets, branded ground mats, further storage compartments and a smartphone mount for the dashboard.
Like the common Ami, the Cargo uses a 5.5kWh battery pack, which feeds an 8bhp electrical motor. Prime speed stands at 28mph, and Citroen claims it’ll include 47 miles on a one charge.
Charging the battery can only be completed through a common a few-pin plug. Nonetheless, due to the diminutive dimension of the battery pack, it only can take around a few hrs to arrive at 100 p.c ability.
Citroen is still analyzing no matter if there’s more than enough need for the Ami to be brought to the United kingdom but, if it does ever make it throughout the Channel, there’s a probability this new Cargo variant will appear with it. Nonetheless, both equally would probably only be readily available in still left-hand push.
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