Tesla has sent an unsigned letter to President Donald Trump's administration to sound alarm over the impending harm tariffs could bring to electric vehicle sales amid mass protests and boycotts against the company and its CEO Elon Musk.

Electric car company Tesla is asking President Donald Trump’s administration to “consider the downstream impacts” of retaliatory tariffs in Trump’s trade war with multiple countries. The March 11 letter to the U.

The new EV, codenamed “E41,” will use existing parts and assembly lines but will cost at least 20% less than the Model Y.

Tesla has been promising more affordable models as the thing that will help pull it out of its current rut. But a new report out of China (by way of Electrek) suggests that they’re likely to be stripped down Model Ys.

Tesla is looking to produce and sell a less expensive version of its Model Y SUV in China starting next year, according to a Friday report from Reuters.