Clegg appoints Elon Musk to power up UK low carbon vehicle sector

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New funding, driverless car trials, and a review of low carbon vehicle strategy all announced as government seeks to accelerate roll out of green cars

US entrepreneur Elon Musk wears many hats - he is the co-founder of Pay Pal, the chief executive of both Tesla and SpaceX, and the apparent inspiration for Iron Man - but he is now set to add British government...

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