(The Center Square) – A bill “protecting consumer choice by creating a fairer marketplace for auto sales” could, if passed, threaten Tesla’s direct-to-consumer model and cause the electric vehicle automaker to close its service centers in Washington state.

Tesla – founded and led by billionaire Elon Musk – is currently the only EV carmaker that can make direct sales in Washington due to an exemption obtained a decade ago when the company was the lone EV manufacturer seeking access to the market.