Can the world's biggest factory ever be fully green?

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Can the world's biggest factory ever be fully green?

Tesla's Gigafactory represents a major breakthrough for the clean tech sector, but it still comes with considerable environmental challenges

Like Henry Ford before him, Tesla founder and CEO Elon Musk is taking a new approach to car making. Where Ford focused on manufacturing a car that the mass market could afford, Musk is keen to build a...

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