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Tesla, Inc. – ‘10-Q’ for 3/31/16 – ‘EX-101.SCH’

On:  Tuesday, 5/10/16, at 3:27pm ET   ·   For:  3/31/16   ·   Accession #:  1564590-16-18886   ·   File #:  1-34756

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size             Issuer                      Filing Agent

 5/10/16  Tesla, Inc.                       10-Q        3/31/16   58:6.3M                                   ActiveDisclosure/FA

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

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Quarterly Report                                    HTML    496K 
 2: EX-10.1     Material Contract                                   HTML    241K 
 3: EX-10.2     Material Contract                                   HTML     36K 
 4: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     27K 
 5: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     27K 
 6: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     23K 
13: R1          Document and Entity Information                     HTML     40K 
14: R2          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited)             HTML    109K 
15: R3          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical)         HTML     39K 
16: R4          Consolidated Statements of Operations (Unaudited)   HTML     68K 
17: R5          Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Loss       HTML     37K 
                (Unaudited)                                                      
18: R6          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited)   HTML    111K 
19: R7          Overview of the Company                             HTML     23K 
20: R8          Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    180K 
21: R9          Fair Value of Financial Instruments                 HTML     85K 
22: R10         Inventory                                           HTML     46K 
23: R11         Property, Plant, and Equipment                      HTML     67K 
24: R12         Accrued Liabilities                                 HTML     45K 
25: R13         Customer Deposits                                   HTML     22K 
26: R14         Convertible and Long-term Debt Obligations          HTML    142K 
27: R15         Equity Incentive Plans                              HTML     59K 
28: R16         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     25K 
29: R17         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    222K 
                (Policies)                                                       
30: R18         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    148K 
                (Tables)                                                         
31: R19         Fair Value of Financial Instruments (Tables)        HTML     75K 
32: R20         Inventory (Tables)                                  HTML     44K 
33: R21         Property, Plant, and Equipment (Tables)             HTML     62K 
34: R22         Accrued Liabilities (Tables)                        HTML     44K 
35: R23         Convertible and Long-term Debt Obligations          HTML    121K 
                (Tables)                                                         
36: R24         Equity Incentive Plans (Tables)                     HTML     41K 
37: R25         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML     87K 
                Additional Information (Detail)                                  
38: R26         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML     59K 
                Schedule of Account Activity Related to Resale                   
                Value Guarantee Program (Detail)                                 
39: R27         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML     29K 
                Schedule of Accrued Warranty Activity (Detail)                   
40: R28         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML     31K 
                Schedule of Potential Weighted Common Shares                     
                Outstanding that were Excluded from Computation of               
                Diluted Net Loss per Share of Common Stock                       
                (Detail)                                                         
41: R29         Fair Value of Financial Instruments - Additional    HTML     56K 
                Information (Detail)                                             
42: R30         Fair Value of Financial Instruments - Schedule of   HTML     31K 
                Fair Value Hierarchy of Financial Assets Carried                 
                at Fair Value (Detail)                                           
43: R31         Inventory - Schedule of Inventory (Detail)          HTML     31K 
44: R32         Property Plant and Equipment - Schedule of          HTML     44K 
                Property, Plant and Equipment, Net (Detail)                      
45: R33         Property Plant and Equipment - Additional           HTML     45K 
                Information (Detail)                                             
46: R34         Accrued Liabilities - Schedule of Accrued           HTML     30K 
                Liabilities (Detail)                                             
47: R35         Customer Deposits - Additional Information          HTML     21K 
                (Detail)                                                         
48: R36         Convertible and Long-term Debt Obligations - 0.25%  HTML    107K 
                and 1.25% Convertible Senior Notes and Bond Hedge                
                and Warrant Transactions - Additional Information                
                (Detail)                                                         
49: R37         Convertible and Long-term Debt Obligations - 1.50%  HTML     99K 
                Convertible Senior Notes and Bond Hedge and                      
                Warrant Transactions - Additional Information                    
                (Detail)                                                         
50: R38         Convertible and Long-term Debt Obligations -        HTML     58K 
                Schedule of Debt Discounts (Detail)                              
51: R39         Convertible and Long-term Debt Obligations -        HTML     53K 
                Asset-Based Credit Agreement - Additional                        
                Information (Detail)                                             
52: R40         Convertible and Long-term Debt Obligations -        HTML     22K 
                Pledged Assets - Additional Information (Detail)                 
53: R41         Convertible and Long-term Debt Obligations -        HTML     30K 
                Schedule of Aggregate Amount of Interest Expense                 
                Recognized (Detail)                                              
54: R42         Equity Incentive Plans - Additional Information     HTML     71K 
                (Detail)                                                         
55: R43         Equity Incentive Plans - Summary of Stock-Based     HTML     30K 
                Compensation Expense (Detail)                                    
57: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    101K 
56: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX     66K 
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<element id="tsla_StockOptionsAndRestrictedStockUnitsRSUMember" name="StockOptionsAndRestrictedStockUnitsRSUMember" type="nonnum:domainItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" xbrli:periodType="duration" nillable="true" abstract="true"/>
<element id="tsla_TwoThousandAndFourteenEmployeePerformanceBasedStockOptionGrantMember" name="TwoThousandAndFourteenEmployeePerformanceBasedStockOptionGrantMember" type="nonnum:domainItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" xbrli:periodType="duration" nillable="true" abstract="true"/>
<element id="tsla_FirstModelXProductionVehicleMember" name="FirstModelXProductionVehicleMember" type="nonnum:domainItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" xbrli:periodType="duration" nillable="true" abstract="true"/>
<element id="tsla_TwelveMonthMemberMember" name="TwelveMonthMemberMember" type="nonnum:domainItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" xbrli:periodType="duration" nillable="true" abstract="true"/>
<element id="tsla_FirstGenThreeProductionVehicleMemberMember" name="FirstGenThreeProductionVehicleMemberMember" type="nonnum:domainItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" xbrli:periodType="duration" nillable="true" abstract="true"/>
<element id="tsla_ThreeYearPeriodMemberMember" name="ThreeYearPeriodMemberMember" type="nonnum:domainItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" xbrli:periodType="duration" nillable="true" abstract="true"/>
<element id="tsla_CEOMember" name="CEOMember" type="nonnum:domainItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" xbrli:periodType="duration" nillable="true" abstract="true"/>
<element id="tsla_FourthTrancheMember" name="FourthTrancheMember" type="nonnum:domainItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" xbrli:periodType="duration" nillable="true" abstract="true"/>
<element id="tsla_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardDividedEquallyInNumberOfTranches" name="ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardDividedEquallyInNumberOfTranches" type="xbrli:integerItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" xbrli:periodType="duration" nillable="true" abstract="false"/>
<element id="tsla_PortionOfStockOptionsScheduledToVestUponSuccessfulCompletionOfPerformanceObjectives" name="PortionOfStockOptionsScheduledToVestUponSuccessfulCompletionOfPerformanceObjectives" type="num:percentItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" xbrli:periodType="duration" nillable="true" abstract="false"/>
<element id="tsla_NumberOfVehicleProduction" name="NumberOfVehicleProduction" type="xbrli:integerItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" xbrli:periodType="duration" nillable="true" abstract="false"/>
<element id="tsla_GrossMargin" name="GrossMargin" type="num:percentItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" xbrli:periodType="duration" nillable="true" abstract="false"/>
<element id="tsla_NumberOfTranches" name="NumberOfTranches" type="xbrli:integerItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" xbrli:periodType="duration" nillable="true" abstract="false"/>
<element id="tsla_MarketCapitalization" name="MarketCapitalization" type="xbrli:monetaryItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" xbrli:periodType="instant" nillable="true" abstract="false" xbrli:balance="credit"/>
<element id="tsla_InitialMarketCapitalization" name="InitialMarketCapitalization" type="xbrli:monetaryItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" xbrli:periodType="instant" nillable="true" abstract="false" xbrli:balance="credit"/>
<element id="tsla_CashCompensationReceivedForServices" name="CashCompensationReceivedForServices" type="xbrli:monetaryItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" xbrli:periodType="duration" nillable="true" abstract="false" xbrli:balance="debit"/>
<element id="tsla_SellingGeneralAndAdministrativeExpenseMember" name="SellingGeneralAndAdministrativeExpenseMember" type="nonnum:domainItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" xbrli:periodType="duration" nillable="true" abstract="true"/>
</schema>

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