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The Sinclair C5 is a small one-person battery electric recumbent tricycle, technically an "electrically assisted pedal cycle". [1] It was the culmination of Sir Clive Sinclair's long-running interest in electric vehicles. Although widely described as an "electric car", Sinclair characterised it as a "vehicle, not a car". [2]
Sinclair C5. Sinclair Vehicles Ltd was a company formed in March 1983 by Sir Clive Sinclair as a focus for his work in the field of electric vehicles.The initial investment was £8.6m, which came from the proceeds of the sale of some of Sir Clive's shares in Sinclair Research.
He launched the Sinclair C5 electric vehicle on 10 January 1985, but it was a commercial disaster, selling only 17,000 units and losing Sinclair £7,000,000. Sinclair Vehicles went into liquidation later the same year. The failure of the C5, combined with those of the QL and the TV80, caused investors to lose confidence in Sinclair's judgement.
Sinclair also had several commercial failures, including the Sinclair Radionics Black Watch wristwatch, the Sinclair Vehicles C5 battery electric vehicle, and the Sinclair Research TV80 flatscreen CRT handheld television set. The failure of the C5, along with a weakened computer market, forced Sinclair to sell most of his companies by 1986.
The Sinclair Zike was developed by Sir Clive Sinclair following the commercial failure of the Sinclair C5 in 1985. [5] Electric vehicles were one of his long-term research ambitions. [5] The Zike was financed largely with his own money, [5] and the manufacture was subcontracted to Tudor Webasto, a Birmingham-based company. [4]
Sinclair shaking hands with Alan Sugar, to mark the conclusion of the sale to Amstrad in 1986. The ZX Spectrum's successor, the Sinclair QL, was officially announced on 12 January 1984, shortly before the Macintosh 128K went on sale. [77] Contrasting with its predecessors, the QL was aimed at more serious, professional home users. [78]
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