Citroën has released Ami, an electric car that will be available on a subscription service to city-dwellers as young as 14 years old as it doesn't require a driving license.
Described by the French automobile manufacturer as a "non-conformist object", the Ami car is classified as a fully electric quadricycle, and can therefore be operated without a driving license.
This means that people as young as 14 in France, and 16 in other European countries, will be able to drive the car, granted that they have passed a road safety certificate ? a short course offered in some European countries that does not require a test.
The car is the realisation of Citroën's Ami One concept that was debuted at the 2019 Geneva Motor Show.

Ami is billed as an urban mobility solution that is a safer alternative to scooters, bicycles, mopeds and public transport. "If you look at society beyond the car industry, there is an environmental conscience emerging, but it doesn't mean that mobility should be restricted," said Citroën CEO Vincent Cobée.
"Ami is the answer to the societal problem, which is individual, clean, urban mobility," he added. "It's a very compact mobility solution you can use from the age of 14, zero-emission, no driving licence, extremely affordable and very pleasant to drive."

The car has a compact size ? measuring at 2.4 metres long, 1.4 metres wide and 1.5 metres tall ? that lends itself to short-distance city travel and easy parkin...