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Tesla stock rose as much as 7% Thursday morning in an otherwise difficult day for traditional automakers, following President Donald Trump's newly announced auto tariffs. Meanwhile, General Motors saw the biggest declines in the S&P 500,

Tesla, Elon Musk’s electric car company, has seen its share price fall by almost half since its December

The stock has made back a chunk of the more-than-50% loss it suffered since mid-December.

Elon Musk’s Tesla. “Musk is a bigger threat to democracy than Trump is at this point,” said Cousins, a longtime activist who organized an anti-Tesla rally in a deep-red district in Central Florida last weekend,

Tesla’s stock closed higher Tuesday for the fifth straight day, a remarkable and sustained rally that has recaptured a quarter of the value it lost in the last three months. It may not last.

Tesla stock had its best day since Trump won the presidential election. Shares rose almost 12% Monday, handing Tesla its longest winning streak since December and its best four-day stretch since mid-November,

April 2 will be a big day for Tesla. The electric-vehicle maker will report first-quarter deliveries. Also, new tariffs could be imposed, impacting U.S. car makers.