Everything Electric APAC tracked down the Astraux AL7 Pro after spotting it at the Jinan mobility show, and the pitch is simple. It is a tiny two-seat electric car built to undercut the Citroen Ami, heading to Europe later this year at what the video bills as an $8,000 price. It is genuinely small, 2.3 metres long by 1.29 wide, and the host frames it as a more serious tool than its size suggests. Where the Ami leans on a tubular frame, the presenter says the AL7 Pro uses a welded metal body he saw being built at the factory, with reinforcement down the doors. It comes in titanium gray or a banana yellow, seats two, and arrives with several features the Ami simply does not offer.
The Ami is the car to beat here, and its numbers explain why Astraux is aiming at it. Citroen sells the Ami from around 8,190 euros in France, roughly 8,995 pounds in the UK, classed as an L6e light quadricycle. That classification caps it at 28 mph (45 km/h), with about 46 miles (75 km) of range from a 5.5 kWh battery, and no air conditioning. The AL7 Pro's case, per the video, is that it clears those limits. Its larger 10 kWh version is quoted at a 90 km/h top speed and up to 180 km of range, close to double the Ami on both counts, and air conditioning is standard. That last point matters for a car meant to survive hot European summers, and it is exactly the sort of everyday gap that decides which cheap city EV people actually choose to live with day to day.
The video lays out two versions. A 5 kWh model is capped at 45 km/h with roughly 90 km of range and about an hour's charge, while the 10 kWh model reaches 90 km/h, up to 180 km, and a two to three hour charge, both using European AC charging ports. The presenter points to an LFP battery, a rear-mounted permanent-magnet motor, McPherson strut front suspension with front disc brakes, drum brakes at the rear, and over-the-air software updates. Inside, he highlights electric windows, four cameras and four sensors for parking, a full double-layer glass roof, and a central circular display. On a short drive on the factory's proving ground, he says it feels like a normal car, reaches around 60 km/h without drama, and handles faster roads better than the Ami can. All specs are as presented by the channel.
Bottom line: On paper the AL7 Pro fixes the two things that make the Ami a hard daily sell, its 28 mph ceiling and its missing air conditioning, and it claims to do so at a similar price. That is a real threat, if it ships. The catch is everything the video cannot test yet: European crash and homologation rules, a dealer and parts network, and whether that $8,000 figure survives the trip from a factory proving ground to a showroom. If Astraux lands even close to the promise, the Ami finally has competition worth the name.
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