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	Sinclair C5 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sinclair C5 Launched in Britain on 10 January 1985, the Sinclair C5 was a three-wheeled personal transport battery electric vehicle invented by Sir Clive Sinclair.
		Sinclair considered that the problem would be best addressed by working on the electric motor and he had Chris Curry work on the problem.
		The C5 also suffered from a number of design problems including the fact that cold weather could significantly shorten battery life, exposure of the driver to weather (a big problem in the British climate), and because it was low and close to the ground, doubts were raised about the C5's safety in traffic.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sinclair_C5 (608 words)

	Sinclair Research Ltd - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sinclair attempted to capture the top-end calculator market with the Sinclair Sovereign, available in plated gold or silver, it was critically acclaimed for its excellent engineering and design and enjoyed short success.
		Sinclair C5 Sir Clive had long held an interest in electric vehicles and during the early 1980s worked on the design of a single-seater "personal vehicle".
		A new company, Sinclair Vehicles Ltd, was formed in March 1983 (allowing Sinclair Research to concentrate on electronics) and its Sinclair C5 electric vehicle was launched on 10 January 1985.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sinclair_Research (2797 words)

	Sinclair User 36 - Sinclair C5
		THE SINCLAIR C5, a 99lb battery-powered, one-seater tricycle with a white plastic body, seems set to create more noise in the motoring world than John De Lorean and the BL Maestro rolled into one.
		Bill Nichols of Sinclair Research says it was never the intention to hide such costs to the user, and points out that "none of those items is legally required." However, the issue at stake is not the legality of the machine, or even its structural stability.
		Although the C5 performed well on the level concrete of Alexandra Palace, test models driven at the launch expired halfway up Muswell Hill, and there were reports of at least one early C5 pioneer finding himself stranded four miles out of Streatham on his way to work.
	www.sincuser.f9.co.uk /036/sincc5.htm (1406 words)

	Sinclair, Clive Marles - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Sinclair, Clive Marles
		He is perhaps best known for his attempted solution to the UK's traffic congestion – his innovative, but commercially disastrous, Sinclair C5 (which, as a three-wheeled electric car powered by a washing machine motor, was a new concept in personal transport).
		Sinclair launched his company, Sinclair Radionics, in 1961, and developed the first pocket television and a number of pocket calculators.
		The launch of the Sinclair C5 in 1985, which was widely condemned as unsafe and impractical, almost ruined him (costing £7 million), and he sold out to Amstrad's Alan Sugar in 1986.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Sinclair,+Clive+Marles (341 words)

	PTC: PTC News Story: The Oops Factor Series - The Story of Sinclair C5 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		If the words Sinclair C5 mean absolutely nothing to you it is probably because a) you weren’t born in 1985, b) you were not in the UK in 1985 or c) you were living in a cave in the Outer Hebrides and were completely deprived of interaction with the rest of civilisation.
		Granted, there was less computing power in one of Sinclair’s machines than you might find in a RAM chip produced ten years later, but setting Moore’s Law aside for one moment, Sinclair was the catalyst for the home computing revolution and the Spectrum and their ilk were touchstones for millions of home enthusiasts.
		Sinclair’s track record prior to the C5 was absolutely gold plated, as was his bank balance at the time.
	www.ptc.com /appserver/wcms/standards/textmultiimgfilelink.jsp?im_dbkey=21984&icg_dbkey=322 (1596 words)

	Sinclair C5: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Sinclair radionics ltd was founded by clive sinclair in cambridge, england on 25 july 1961....
		Sinclair considered that the problem would be best addressed by working on the electric motor motor quick summary:
		(the C5 being occupied by a family of lemming[Follow this hyperlink for a summary of this subject]s.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/s/si/sinclair_c5.htm (1051 words)

	Planet Sinclair: Vehicles: C5: The Machine Stopped
		Sinclair's very sound reasoning was that a successful electric vehicle would provide the necessary push to battery manufacturers to pursue their own developments in the fullness of time: for him to sponsor this work would be a misplacement of funds.
		Sinclair claims that suitable modifications were incorporated into the design to compensate for the effects of repeated draining and recharging, but subsequent developments cast doubts on the adequacy of this work.
		Sinclair Vehicles is dedicated to the development and production of a full range of electric cars, but today we have an electric vehicle, the first stage on the road to an electric car.
	www.nvg.ntnu.no /sinclair/vehicles/c5_sst.htm (6829 words)

	The Sinclair C5 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Sinclair C5 Launched on an unsuspecting world, the Sinclair C5 seemed to herald a new era of ecological personal transport.
		C5 motors in some of the latest, sophisticated robots, and one Adam Harper has even developed a £200,000 C5 that can reach speeds of 150mph.
		Uncle Clive's C5 was sadly doomed to failure.
	homepages.enterprise.net /cavan/ysac/c5.shtml (486 words)

	Sinclair
		The Sinclair C5 was first launched in the UK on the 10th January 1985.
		As the C5 was created to fall in line with the 1983 Electrically Assisted Pedal Cycle Regulations, this ruled that the vechicle's engine could not exceed 250 watts in power.
		From day one of its launch the Sinclair C5 came under continuous attack from the media who criticised it for numerous reasons and said that it should be banned.
	pages.zoom.co.uk /elvis/sinclair.html (536 words)

	C5 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		C5 is the envelope size matching the A5 paper size
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		HMS C5, a British C-class submarine of the Royal Navy
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/C5 (237 words)

	Sinclair C5 - InfoSearchPoint.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Launched in Britain in January 1985, the Sinclair C5 was a three-wheeled personal transport electric vehicle invented by Sir Clive Sinclair.
		The C5 had a top speed of just 15 mph (24 km/h) on the flat (even slower up hill) and suffered from a number of design problems including the fact that cold weather could significantly shorten battery life.
		These were flippantly expressed in a contemporary cartoon showing a C5 and a juggernaut approaching each other at a blind corner, the C5 being occupied by a family of lemmings.
	www.infosearchpoint.com /display/Sinclair_C5 (188 words)

	Sinclair C5 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Sinclair C5 Sinclair C5 The Sinclair C5 was a 99lb battery-powered, one-seater tricycle with a white plastic body, 33lb lead-acid battery, and 250W 12V DC motor.
		The C5 was launched on 10 January 1985.
		Sinclair was clearly committed to the quest to produce a successful electric vehicle, and many who joined the project became equally enthusiastic.
	www.betterproductdesign.net /npi/products/sinclairC5.htm (242 words)

	C5 Sinclair Attack
		Clive Sinclair recalls that it was as a teenager with a holiday job at the electronics instrument company Solatron that he first started to enquire into electric vehicles.
		Sinclair thought that the proper approach must be to start from scratch (what we now call ground-up design - nothing to do with pulverising) rather than to tinker with an existing model (top-down design).
		Sinclair asked him if he would like to act as a consultant on the electric vehicle project, and briefed him to "perform and present a preliminary investigation into a personal electric vehicle.
	www.c5-spares.co.uk (814 words)

	Car that became a joke - Technology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Newspapers dubbed the C5, which sold at the time for a fairly steep 399 pounds (570 euros, 750 dollars at current exchange rates), an "aerodynamic bathtub" and an "oversized electric skateboard".
		Sinclair lost millions of pounds, and was forced to sell his entire company to a rival computer firm in 1986.
		Sinclair insisted, however, on Monday that the C5s "weren't unpopular with the customers", blaming instead bad press for the failure.
	www.smh.com.au /technology/ - !http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2005/01/11/1105423475589.html?from=top5 (462 words)

	Planet Sinclair: Vehicles: C5
		Possibly Sinclair's most famous product (albeit for quite the wrong reasons), the ill-conceived C5 "electric car" proved to be the point at which Sinclair Research's wheels finally fell off.
		The C5 was promoted by Sinclair as a revolutionary advance in personal transport with the potential to replace the car.
		It did not inspire confidence that the C5 was assembled and serviced by Hoover, better known for its washing machines, which led to unkind comparisons being made between the two product lines.
	www.nvg.ntnu.no /sinclair/vehicles/c5.htm (551 words)

	The Scotsman - S2 - So near and yet so far
		The Sinclair C5 was the Eddie the Eagle of inventions, a spectacular failure for which only the truest anorak could hold any affection.
		Yet, like the Sinclair C5, the APT is enjoying a resurrection with Richard Branson’s Virgin rail having invested £1 billion in new tilting trains.
		Sinclair to unveil follow-up to the C5 (06-Aug-03)
	thescotsman.scotsman.com /s2.cfm?id=851982003 (1694 words)

	BBC ON THIS DAY \| 10 \| 1985: Down Memory Lane in the Sinclair C5
		The C5 was never going to replace the car, and if Sinclair had marketed it as a fun, leisure vehicle, it may have been a success.
		Sinclair put up a lot of ads about his new transport in the papers and had the media claiming traffic problems would be revolutionised thanks to his Sinclair C5.
		I was very much into all the Sinclair stuff as a kid, what with using a Sinclair ZX Spectrum at school and then getting one for Christmas in 1984, so the C5 was awaited with interest.
	news.bbc.co.uk /onthisday/hi/witness/january/10/newsid_4111000/4111177.stm (1169 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Sinclair had not contracted British HPV experts to design the human power side and the vehicle was designed by automobile and electronic engineers.
		Sinclair's PR department didn't react even though a government study by the Department of Transport concluded that the C5 was not a dangerous vehicle and was probably better than standard bicycles.
		This was tragic as Sinclair had really hoped to revolutionise transport in the same way as computers (he had mass-produced the first computer which can be called a home PC) and had been brave enough to stake his money in his ideals, a most uncommon trait.
	www.ihpva.org /mailing_lists/hpv/archive/1996/v03.n188 (3571 words)

	Sinclair User 49 - News
		Sinclair declares that Elite's inclusion was a mistake but, according to Phil Pratt of Firebird, a special 128 version of the game will soon be available.
		Sinclair Research seems to be a better educated company that it once was.
		Sinclair intends to use his flat screen technology in the Pandora so it is sensible for him not to give all rights to Timex.
	www.sincuser.f9.co.uk /049/news.htm (2620 words)

	1985 Sinclair C5
		In the '70's, ecological issues were in the forefront, and the British government passed legislation that allowed electric-assisted cycles to be used without a license, as long as they didn’t exceed 15mph.
		Sinclair's directors were critical of spending corporate money on this type of research, so Sir Clive sold a small fraction of his company shares which netted 12 million pounds for the cause.
		It was held in the middle of winter and the C5's bodies skated on the snow.
	www.microcarmuseum.com /tour/sinclair-c5.html (213 words)

	Sinclair C5 World Authorised Dealer for Parts and Service
		Trained at Merthyr Tydfil (Engineering and Electronics) in 1984, where the Sinclair C5 was manufactured by Hoover.
		He has set three electric land speed records, taking a C5 from its original top-speed of 15mph to 150mph with a 0-60mph of 5 seconds, which he designed, built and drove...
		Although a C5 in average condition and occasionally fine condition can be obtained for less, the true value of any item has to be based on their recognised auction value.
	www.sinclair-research.co.uk /c5/background.php (259 words)

	Sinclair C5 World Authorised Dealer for Parts and Service
		Please Note: C5 parts are no longer available directly from Sinclair Research, but are available from the only official World dealer, "Mr A Harper".
		C5, New, unused bubble-wrapped as collected from Hoover Merthyr Tydfil 1985.
		Original C5 display equipment, also the boards and frame as used in LEB showrooms in 1985.
	www.c5workshop.com (143 words)

	Sinclair
		As the C5 was created to fall in line with the 1983 Electrically Assisted Pedal Cycle Regulations, this ruled that the vehicle's engine could not exceed 250 watts in power.
		It was also claimed that the vehicle only ever lasted approximately 10 miles on one battery charge and not the 20 specified by Sinclair.
		Despite most of these claims made by the media condemning the vehicle, RoSPA stated that they liked the C5 and that it should not be banned.
	www.3wheelers.com /sinclair.html (536 words)

	SIR CLIVE SINCLAIR AND THE SINCLAIR C5 - ELECTRIC URBAN RUNAROUND - BLUEBIRD ELECTRIC 3 LAND SPEED RECORD PROJECT
		The Sinclair C5 Sir Clive Sinclair was a very rich, eccentric genius who amassed a fortune in the manufacture of revolutionary- indeed visionary- electronic devices and products.
		It was also rumoured during the 1990's that Sinclair was one of the People interested in the Reliant Motor Company when that went into receivership.
		The main C5 body was moulded in two halves - the dark grey lower body, and the white upper body.
	www.speedace.info /sinclair_c5.htm (1670 words)

	Your Spectrum 12 - Frontlines
		The Sinclair C5 is claimed to be "a new power in personal transport" and the "vehicle of the future".
		The Sinclair C5 will retail at only £399, which is the same price as the Sinclair QL, but waiting for the emergence of an 'infinite lives' POKE may well be worthwhile before considering purchase.
		Fourteen years may be old enough to drive a Sinclair C5 on the main roads without suitable safety measures (such as helmet, safety belt and so on)...
	www.users.globalnet.co.uk /~jg27paw4/yr12/yr12_03.htm (900 words)

	Finkbuilt » Blog Archive » Sinclair C5
		The C5 was a Human-electric hybrid drive, recumbant trike that was going to revolutionize the urban transportation landscape.
		The C5 was kind of the Segway of 80’s England.
		The Sinclair C5 is one of the most collectable Sinclair items.
	www.finkbuilt.com /blog/sinclair-c5 (467 words)

	Sinclair C5 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Launched in Britain in January 1985, the Sinclair C5 was a three-wheeled personaltransport electric vehicle invented by Sir Clive Sinclair.
		Relatively cheap to purchase (it sold for £399 + £29 fordelivery), it quickly became an object of popular ridicule, and was a commercial disaster, with only around 12,000 being sold.
		These were flippantly expressed in a contemporary cartoon showing a C5 and ajuggernaut approaching each other at a blind corner, the C5 being occupied by a family of lemmings.
	www.therfcc.org /sinclair-c5-18486.html (96 words)

	Clive Sinclair (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Sinclair parents eschewed conventional, polite social reserve preferring direct, confrontational exchanges and set this pattern for their children.
		The C5 was far smaller and lower than the family car of the time and had three wheels.
		This was at a time when Sinclair Research was formed to build on the success of Sinclair Radionics.
	www.mensa.org.uk /mensa/clivesinclair.html (2303 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Magazine \| 'Move over Segway, I'm planning the C6'
		When it was unleashed on an unsuspecting public in 1985, the Sinclair C5 was the last word in futuristic transport.
		Driven by a combination of battery and pedal power, the C5 was declared a death trap by the Automobile Association because it was too small to be seen by lorry drivers.
		In fact, Sinclair says he was involved in devising something similar to the Segway - using gyroscope technology - 20 years ago, with a company called Cambridge Consultants.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/magazine/3125341.stm (885 words)

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