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Starting next year, the rule would have mandated that 35% of all new vehicles supplied to California dealerships be zero-emission vehicles or plug-in hybrids.

Some have pledged to boycott the firm while others have staged protests against it because of Mr Musk - in some cases causing criminal damage to dealerships.

From outside the White House and Tesla dealerships and at the centres of many cities, protesters expressed a variety of grievances.

Porter reports last week he received "a panicked call from a manager at the dealership that sold me my CR-V."

Economists warn that tariffs will hurt U.S. shoppers at grocery stores, department stores and car dealerships.