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Solarcity Corp – ‘10-Q’ for 9/30/16 – ‘EX-101.PRE’

On:  Wednesday, 11/9/16, at 4:23pm ET   ·   For:  9/30/16   ·   Accession #:  1564590-16-28647   ·   File #:  1-35758

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11/09/16  Solarcity Corp                    10-Q        9/30/16   94:17M                                    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   1.16M 
 3: EX-10.19T   Material Contract                                   HTML    136K 
 4: EX-10.19U   Material Contract                                   HTML    130K 
 5: EX-10.19V   Material Contract                                   HTML     56K 
 6: EX-10.19W   Material Contract                                   HTML    148K 
 7: EX-10.19X   Material Contract                                   HTML    108K 
 8: EX-10.19Y   Material Contract                                   HTML    143K 
 2: EX-10.5C    Material Contract                                   HTML     32K 
 9: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     33K 
10: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     33K 
11: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     29K 
12: EX-32.2     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     29K 
19: R1          Document and Entity Information                     HTML     49K 
20: R2          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    172K 
21: R3          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical)         HTML     98K 
22: R4          Consolidated Statements of Operations (Unaudited)   HTML    125K 
23: R5          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML    169K 
24: R6          Organization                                        HTML     36K 
25: R7          Summary of Significant Accounting Policies and      HTML    194K 
                Procedures                                                       
26: R8          Restructuring and Other Activities                  HTML     35K 
27: R9          Goodwill and Intangible Assets                      HTML    277K 
28: R10         Selected Balance Sheet Components                   HTML    216K 
29: R11         Cash Equity Financings                              HTML     36K 
30: R12         Indebtedness                                        HTML    453K 
31: R13         VIE Arrangements                                    HTML    183K 
32: R14         Redeemable Noncontrolling Interests in              HTML     46K 
                Subsidiaries                                                     
33: R15         Equity                                              HTML     97K 
34: R16         Equity Award Plans                                  HTML    250K 
35: R17         Income Taxes                                        HTML     38K 
36: R18         Related Party Transactions                          HTML     97K 
37: R19         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     64K 
38: R20         Basic and Diluted Net Loss Per Share                HTML    117K 
39: R21         Subsequent Events                                   HTML     31K 
40: R22         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies and      HTML    220K 
                Procedures (Policies)                                            
41: R23         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies and      HTML    162K 
                Procedures (Tables)                                              
42: R24         Goodwill and Intangible Assets (Tables)             HTML    278K 
43: R25         Selected Balance Sheet Components (Tables)          HTML    216K 
44: R26         Indebtedness (Tables)                               HTML    408K 
45: R27         VIE Arrangements (Tables)                           HTML    180K 
46: R28         Redeemable Noncontrolling Interests in              HTML     43K 
                Subsidiaries (Tables)                                            
47: R29         Equity (Tables)                                     HTML     91K 
48: R30         Equity Award Plans (Tables)                         HTML    249K 
49: R31         Related Party Transactions (Tables)                 HTML     93K 
50: R32         Basic and Diluted Net Loss Per Share (Tables)       HTML    118K 
51: R33         Organization - Additional Information (Detail)      HTML     42K 
52: R34         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies and      HTML     73K 
                Procedures - Additional Information (Detail)                     
53: R35         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies and      HTML     42K 
                Procedures - Summary of Interest Rate Swaps                      
                Outstanding (Detail)                                             
54: R36         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies and      HTML     48K 
                Procedures - Assets and Liabilities Carried at                   
                Fair Value on Recurring Basis (Detail)                           
55: R37         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies and      HTML     38K 
                Procedures - Summary of the Activity of the Level                
                3 Contingent Consideration (Detail)                              
56: R38         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies and      HTML     54K 
                Procedures - Schedule of Estimated Fair Values and               
                Carrying Values (Detail)                                         
57: R39         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies and      HTML     39K 
                Procedures - Schedule of Changes in Accrued                      
                Warranty Balance (Detail)                                        
58: R40         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies and      HTML     33K 
                Procedures - Schedule of Changes in Accrued                      
                Warranty Balance (Parenthetical) (Detail)                        
59: R41         Restructuring and Other Activities - Additional     HTML     55K 
                Information (Detail)                                             
60: R42         Goodwill and Intangible Assets - Additional         HTML     36K 
                Information (Detail)                                             
61: R43         Goodwill and Intangible Assets - Summary of         HTML     76K 
                Intangible Assets (Detail)                                       
62: R44         Goodwill and Intangible Assets - Summary of         HTML     36K 
                Carrying Value of Intangible Assets (Detail)                     
63: R45         Goodwill and Intangible Assets - Amortization       HTML     36K 
                Expense for Identifiable Purchased Intangible                    
                Assets (Detail)                                                  
64: R46         Goodwill and Intangible Assets - Summary of Future  HTML     53K 
                Amortization Expense for Intangible Assets                       
                (Detail)                                                         
65: R47         Selected Balance Sheet Components - Components of   HTML    140K 
                Consolidated Balance Sheet (Detail)                              
66: R48         Selected Balance Sheet Components - Components of   HTML     40K 
                Consolidated Balance Sheet (Parenthetical)                       
                (Detail)                                                         
67: R49         Cash Equity Financings - Additional Information     HTML     48K 
                (Detail)                                                         
68: R50         Indebtedness - Summary of Debt (Detail)             HTML    176K 
69: R51         Indebtedness - Summary of Debt (Parenthetical)      HTML     34K 
                (Detail)                                                         
70: R52         Indebtedness - Additional Information (Detail)      HTML    362K 
71: R53         VIE Arrangements - Summary of Number of Current     HTML     52K 
                VIE Funds by Classification of Investor, the                     
                Carrying Value, Total Investor Contributions                     
                Received and Undrawn Investor Contributions                      
                (Detail)                                                         
72: R54         VIE Arrangements - Additional Information (Detail)  HTML     35K 
73: R55         VIE Arrangements - Carrying Values of Assets and    HTML    116K 
                Liabilities of Subsidiary in Consolidated Balance                
                Sheets (Detail)                                                  
74: R56         Redeemable Noncontrolling Interests in              HTML     50K 
                Subsidiaries - Activity of Redeemable                            
                Noncontrolling Interests in Subsidiaries (Detail)                
75: R57         Redeemable Noncontrolling Interests in              HTML     35K 
                Subsidiaries - Additional Information (Detail)                   
76: R58         Equity - Schedule of Changes in Total               HTML     62K 
                Stockholders' Equity and Noncontrolling Interests                
                (Detail)                                                         
77: R59         Equity Award Plans - Additional Information         HTML     75K 
                (Detail)                                                         
78: R60         Equity Award Plans - Summary of Stock Option        HTML     78K 
                Activity (Detail)                                                
79: R61         Equity Award Plans - Summary of Stock Option        HTML     31K 
                Activity (Parenthetical) (Detail)                                
80: R62         Equity Award Plans - Summary of Fair Value of       HTML     40K 
                Stock Options Granted Using Weighted-Average                     
                Assumptions used in the Black-Scholes Option                     
                Valuation Model (Detail)                                         
81: R63         Equity Award Plans - Summary of RSU Activity        HTML     56K 
                (Detail)                                                         
82: R64         Equity Award Plans - Summary of Capitalized         HTML     41K 
                Stock-Based Compensation Expense (Detail)                        
83: R65         Equity Award Plans - Summary of Stock-Based         HTML     45K 
                Compensation Expense Recognized (Detail)                         
84: R66         Income Taxes - Additional Information (Detail)      HTML     46K 
85: R67         Related Party Transactions - Components of Related  HTML     38K 
                Party Transactions (Detail)                                      
86: R68         Related Party Transactions - Summary of Related     HTML     44K 
                Party Balances (Detail)                                          
87: R69         Related Party Transactions - Additional             HTML     60K 
                Information (Detail)                                             
88: R70         Commitments and Contingencies - Additional          HTML     74K 
                Information (Detail)                                             
89: R71         Basic and Diluted Net Loss Per Share - Computation  HTML     52K 
                of Company's Basic and Diluted Net Loss Per Share                
                (Detail)                                                         
90: R72         Basic and Diluted Net Loss Per Share - Schedule of  HTML     41K 
                Weighted-Average Outstanding Shares of Common                    
                Stock Equivalents Excluded from Computation of                   
                Diluted Net Loss Per Share (Detail)                              
91: R73         Subsequent Events - Additional Information          HTML     38K 
                (Detail)                                                         
93: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    166K 
92: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX    110K 
13: EX-101.INS  XBRL Instance -- scty-20160930                       XML   4.96M 
15: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- scty-20160930_cal               XML    236K 
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14: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- scty-20160930                         XSD    244K 
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