Tesla with smart technology starts to go astray in forest (5)

I believe the answer is:

taiga

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'forest' is the definition.
(type of forest)

'tesla with smart technology starts to go astray' is the wordplay.
'tesla' becomes 'T' (scientific unit).
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'smart technology' becomes 'ai' (AI is an example. I am not sure about the 'smart' bit.).
'starts to' says to take the initial letters.
The initial letters of 'go astray' is 'ga'.
't'+'ai'+'ga'='TAIGA'

'in' is the link.

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(Other definitions for taiga that I've seen before include "Northern region" , "Russian forest area" , "Russian zone" , "Swampy forest south of tundra" , "trees" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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