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The Bicycle with Tim Harford

Patented: History of Inventions

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Sir Clive's Computers

Hane: The main problem, i think, was the batteries. But what makes me feel for sir clive is when you hear his vision for electric vehicles,. You realize that guy was absolutely right in both respects. He saw, he saw google cominghe saw sery coming, he saw tesler coming, he tried to make it happen. And with his computers, sc the zedics 81 and the zedic spectrum henw he was able to made this important incremental step and make a great product. With the c five, this proto electric car, just just wasn't good enough. Yet left him a laughing stock, which is a great shame. It really is.

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