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In 1985, a 14-year-old in Britain could legally drive a Sinclair C5 down a dual carriageway at 15 miles per hour with lorries thundering past at chest height, because the Department of Transport had quietly classified the battery trike as an electrically assisted pedal cycle rather than a motor vehicle.

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Sir Clive Sinclair launched the C5 at Alexandra Palace on 10 January 1985, promising a £399 electric machine that could…