Tesla files for first US auto IPO since Ford

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Electric car firm announces plan for $100m IPO as it looks to throw everything behind Model S development

US electric car firm Tesla Motors has taken another major step towards the mainstream, announcing plans for an $100m IPO which would make it the first US car firm to go public since Ford in 1956. As...

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