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Drive back in revolutionary Tesla taxi (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

rebut

'drive back' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'revolutionary tesla taxi' is the wordplay.
'revolutionary' is a reversal indicator (letters revolve around).
'tesla' becomes 'T' (scientific unit).
'taxi' becomes 'uber'.
't'+'uber'='tuber'
'tuber' in reverse letter order is 'REBUT'.

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for rebut that I've seen before include "Confute" , "Rebuff; deny" , "Brute (anag)" , "show as bad" , "Check" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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