It’s 38 years since Clive Sinclair launched the ill-fated Sinclair C5 battery-electric recumbent tricycle.
How would a modernized, redesigned equivalent be received by the market today, given the rise of e-bikes and congestion charge zones for cars? (I'm pretty sure an update would be lighter, if only b/c batteries have moved on and e-bike components are available off-the-shelf.)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinclair_C5
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