The man was hit as he was exiting his vehicle outside a Tesla dealership in Idaho, during a political demonstration at the location on Saturday afternoon.

A man was charged with aggravated assault after allegedly striking a counter-protester with his vehicle outside a Tesla dealership in Idaho, law enforcement said.

Tesla’s CEO has been railing about ‘paid protesters,’ without evidence, while brazenly offering money to canvassers in a Wisconsin Supreme Court election. After yet another round of protests disrupted hundreds of Tesla dealerships over the weekend,

It’s ironic that, as a pro-democracy and pro-climate group, we’re protesting against electric cars,” one activist said. “But you cannot sacrifice our democracy for one piece of the thing.”