Quirk Database1980sUnited KingdomThree-wheeler
Sinclair C5
The Sinclair C5 is an electric recumbent tricycle made by Sinclair Vehicles in the United Kingdom in 1985. Its weirdest quirk: It's legally an electrically assisted pedal cycle, so you can 'drive' it with no licence, at up to 15 mph.
Clive Sinclair's battery-powered one-seater, sold as the future of personal transport. Legally it isn't a car at all, which is the joke and the point.
Quick facts
- Maker: Sinclair Vehicles
- Years: 1985
- Country of origin: United Kingdom
- Body type: Electric recumbent tricycle
- Weirdest quirk: It's legally an electrically assisted pedal cycle, so you can 'drive' it with no licence, at up to 15 mph.
- Sold prices logged: 0
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