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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]
The initial investment was £8.6m, which came from the proceeds of the sale of some of Sir Clive's shares in Sinclair Research. Barrie Wills, formerly of the DeLorean Motor Company, was appointed managing director. The first (and only) Sinclair Vehicles production model was the single-seater Sinclair C5, launched on 10 January 1985. Larger ...
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]
On 10 January 1985, Sinclair unveiled the Sinclair C5, a small one-person battery electric recumbent tricycle. It marked the culmination of Sir Clive's long-running interest in electric vehicles. [84] The C5 turned out to be a significant commercial failure, selling only 17,000 units and losing Sinclair £7 million.
TV station owner Sinclair plans to branch into nonbroadcast business through billion-dollar private-equity fund. Lorraine Mirabella, The Baltimore Sun. October 16, 2023 at 1:49 PM.
The first mobile phone network in the UK is launched by Vodafone. (The second would be Cellnet, on 7 January.) [3] [4] [5] 7 January – Nine striking coalminers are jailed for arson. 10 January The Sinclair C5, a battery-assisted recumbent tricycle, designed by the British inventor Clive Sinclair is launched. [6] [7]