Elon Musk's Tesla met with senior civil servants several times to push the Government to fast-track its self-driving cars, according to sources. Lobbyists for Elon Musk's electric car company met with Department for Transport officials five times between August and October last year,

Elon Musk’s Tesla met with senior civil servants on multiple occasions to push the Government to allow its self-driving cars a fast-track route to UK roads, it has been revealed. Lobbyists for the electric car giant met officials from the Department for Transport (DfT) five times between August and October last year, The i Paper reported.

Elon Musk’s Tesla is pushing the UK Government to overhaul a £2bn green energy scheme to allow the electric car company access to the lucrative carbon credit market, The i Paper can reveal. Lobbyists for Tesla met senior civil servants in the first few months of Labour’s new Government, according to Freedom of Information documents.