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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.
In 1985, Sir Clive Sinclair’s, Sinclair C5 motor car, was launched and later produced at the Hoover Factory. After a few short months, the Sinclair C5 was deemed a failure and production stopped after Hoover took out a writ against Sinclair for £1.5 million of unpaid debt. [9]
Sinclair C5, an electric trike launched in 1985. Sinclair C5 (1985) ... Rewaco trike in the UK. Krauser-BMW Domani, incorporating elements of both cars and motorcycles.
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]
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