Tesla's booming energy business faces a serious speed bump in the form of the escalating trade war between the US and China.

Tesla Energy shared that its Q1 battery deployments reached 10.4 gigawatt-hours of capacity in the first quarter of this year ...

One bright spot was its energy business, which one investor said saved Tesla's "dismal" earnings. However, executives warned the lucrative side hustle could be hit hard by Trump's tariffs on China.