Sinclair C5 of Liverpool, which planned to sell 1,000 of them to an Egyptian businessman for use on a university campus while another 1,500 were intended to be sold in the UK. Many reasons have been suggested for the failure of Sinclair Vehicles and what Dale calls "the jigsaw of the C5's disappointment". One of the receivers of Sinclair Vehicles, John Sapte, suggested that Sinclair had taken the wrong tack with its marketing of the C5: "It was presented as a serious transport, when perhaps it should have been presented as a luxury product, an up-market plaything." Ellar's director Maurice Levensohn took
Personal transporter legislators discuss a rapidly emerging potential class of motor vehicle and its relationship to laws relating to other transport devices, including electric bicycles and mobility aids such as mobility scooters. Commonly used terms are used for these new devices include: Media: "rideable", "electric rideable", "electric personal transporter", "personal electric vehicle", "personal transporter" "portable electric vehicle" "portable personal vehicle" and "portable transporter". Legislative: "personal mobility device" (Singapore, Australia - Victoria Transport Policy Unit) "personal e-mobility device" (Underwriters Laboratory), "electrically motorized board" (California USA), "personal light electric vehicles" (European Union), "electric personal assistive mobility device" (Washington State USA), "powered transporters" (UK). Other