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Tesla, Inc. – ‘10-Q’ for 9/30/18 – ‘XML’

On:  Thursday, 11/1/18, at 8:38pm ET   ·   As of:  11/2/18   ·   For:  9/30/18   ·   Accession #:  1564590-18-26353   ·   File #:  1-34756

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11/02/18  Tesla, Inc.                       10-Q        9/30/18   95:17M                                    ActiveDisclosure/FA

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q   —   Sect. 13 / 15(d) – SEA’34
Filing Table of Contents

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17: R3          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited)             HTML     49K 
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19: R5          Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income     HTML     51K 
                (Loss) (Unaudited)                                               
20: R6          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited)   HTML    150K 
21: R7          Overview                                            HTML     33K 
22: R8          Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    678K 
23: R9          Intangible Assets                                   HTML    188K 
24: R10         Fair Value of Financial Instruments                 HTML    178K 
25: R11         Inventory                                           HTML     56K 
26: R12         Solar Energy Systems, Leased and To Be Leased -     HTML     65K 
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28: R14         Other Long-Term Liabilities                         HTML     62K 
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35: R21         Segment Reporting and Information about Geographic  HTML    138K 
                Areas                                                            
36: R22         Restructuring and Other                             HTML     33K 
37: R23         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    702K 
                (Policies)                                                       
38: R24         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    620K 
                (Tables)                                                         
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                Net (Tables)                                                     
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48: R34         Related Party Transactions (Tables)                 HTML     48K 
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51: R37         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML    183K 
                Schedule of Impact of New Revenue Standard on                    
                Consolidated Financial Statements (Detail)                       
52: R38         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML    127K 
                Additional Information (Detail)                                  
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                Schedule of Deferred Revenue Activity (Detail)                   
54: R40         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML     53K 
                Schedule of Disaggregation of Revenue by Major                   
                Source (Detail)                                                  
55: R41         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML     60K 
                Schedule of Computation of Basic and Diluted Net                 
                Income (Loss) Per Sale of Common Stock                           
                Attributable to Common Stockholders (Detail)                     
56: R42         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML     40K 
                Schedule of Potentially Dilutive Shares that were                
                Excluded from Computation of Diluted Net Income                  
                (Loss) per Share of Common Stock (Detail)                        
57: R43         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML     45K 
                Schedule of Cash and Cash Equivalents and                        
                Restricted Cash (Detail)                                         
58: R44         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML     42K 
                Schedule of Accrued Warranty Activity (Detail)                   
59: R45         Intangible Assets - Summary of Acquired Intangible  HTML     67K 
                Assets (Detail)                                                  
60: R46         Intangible Assets - Additional Information          HTML     34K 
                (Detail)                                                         
61: R47         Intangible Assets - Total Future Amortization       HTML     46K 
                Expense for Intangible Assets (Detail)                           
62: R48         Fair Value of Financial Instruments - Schedule of   HTML     45K 
                Fair Value Hierarchy of Financial Assets Carried                 
                at Fair Value (Detail)                                           
63: R49         Fair Value of Financial Instruments - Schedule of   HTML     46K 
                Interest Rate Swaps Outstanding (Detail)                         
64: R50         Fair Value of Financial Instruments - Additional    HTML     37K 
                Information (Detail)                                             
65: R51         Fair Value of Financial Instruments - Schedule of   HTML     50K 
                Estimated Fair Values and Carrying Values (Detail)               
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                Net - Components of Solar Energy Systems, Leased                 
                and to Be Leased (Detail)                                        
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                Net - Components of Solar Energy Systems, Leased                 
                and to Be Leased (Parenthetical) (Detail)                        
70: R56         Property Plant and Equipment - Schedule of          HTML     53K 
                Property, Plant and Equipment, Net (Detail)                      
71: R57         Property Plant and Equipment - Additional           HTML     65K 
                Information (Detail)                                             
72: R58         Other Long-Term Liabilities - Schedule of Other     HTML     45K 
                Long-term Liabilities (Detail)                                   
73: R59         Customer Deposits - Additional Information          HTML     34K 
                (Detail)                                                         
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                Summary of Debt (Detail)                                         
75: R61         Convertible and Long-Term Debt Obligations - 2018   HTML     45K 
                Notes, Bond Hedges and Warrant Transactions -                    
                Additional Information (Detail)                                  
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                Credit Agreement - Additional Information (Detail)               
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                Related Party Promissory Notes - Additional                      
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                Warehouse Agreements - Additional Information                    
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                Automotive Asset-backed Notes, Series 2018-A -                   
                Additional Information (Detail)                                  
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                Schedule of Interest Incurred (Detail)                           
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                (Detail)                                                         
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                Compensation Expense (Detail)                                    
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                Information (Detail)                                             
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                Information (Detail)                                             
86: R72         Variable Interest Entity Arrangements - Carrying    HTML    106K 
                Values of Assets and Liabilities of Subsidiary in                
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87: R73         Related Party Balances - Summary of Related Party   HTML     42K 
                Transactions (Detail)                                            
88: R74         Segment Reporting and Information about Geographic  HTML     33K 
                Areas - Additional Information (Detail)                          
89: R75         Segment Reporting and Information about Geographic  HTML     42K 
                Areas - Schedule of Total Revenues and Gross                     
                Margin by Reportable Segment (Detail)                            
90: R76         Segment Reporting and Information about Geographic  HTML     45K 
                Areas - Schedule of Revenues by Geographic Area                  
                (Detail)                                                         
91: R77         Segment Reporting and Information about Geographic  HTML     36K 
                Areas - Schedule of Long-Lived Assets by                         
                Geographic Area (Detail)                                         
92: R78         Restructuring and Other - Additional Information    HTML     43K 
                (Detail)                                                         
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