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Solarcity Corp – ‘10-Q’ for 3/31/15 – ‘EX-101.PRE’

On:  Wednesday, 5/6/15, at 7:01am ET   ·   For:  3/31/15   ·   Accession #:  1564590-15-3352   ·   File #:  1-35758

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

 5/06/15  Solarcity Corp                    10-Q        3/31/15   89:20M                                    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    933K 
 2: EX-4.11     EX-4.11 Indenture                                   HTML    584K 
 3: EX-10.16C   EX-10.16C Third Amendment                           HTML     34K 
 4: EX-10.16D   EX-10.16D Fourth Amendment                          HTML     35K 
 5: EX-10.17A   EX-10.17A Standard Definitions                      HTML    189K 
 6: EX-10.17B   EX-10.17B Note Purchase Agreement                   HTML    251K 
 7: EX-10.18    EX-10.18 Credit Agreement                           HTML    621K 
 8: EX-31.1     EX-31.1 CEO Certification                           HTML     33K 
 9: EX-31.2     EX-31.2 CFO Certification                           HTML     32K 
10: EX-32.1     EX-32.1 CEO Certification                           HTML     28K 
11: EX-32.2     EX-32.2 CFO Certification                           HTML     28K 
62: R1          Document and Entity Information                     HTML     49K 
49: R2          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML    205K 
60: R3          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML    128K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
64: R4          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations     HTML    116K 
                (Unaudited)                                                      
83: R5          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows     HTML    175K 
51: R6          Organization                                        HTML     33K 
59: R7          Summary of Significant Accounting Policies and      HTML    171K 
                Procedures                                                       
45: R8          Goodwill and Intangible Assets                      HTML    299K 
35: R9          Selected Balance Sheet Components                   HTML    158K 
84: R10         Indebtedness                                        HTML    387K 
66: R11         VIE Arrangements                                    HTML    231K 
65: R12         Financing Obligations                               HTML     36K 
71: R13         Redeemable Noncontrolling Interests in              HTML     43K 
                Subsidiaries                                                     
72: R14         Equity                                              HTML     82K 
69: R15         Equity Award Plans                                  HTML    201K 
73: R16         Income Taxes                                        HTML     36K 
61: R17         Related Party Transactions                          HTML     70K 
63: R18         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     53K 
68: R19         Basic and Diluted Net Loss Per Share                HTML     77K 
89: R20         Subsequent Events                                   HTML     33K 
79: R21         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies and      HTML    205K 
                Procedures (Policies)                                            
55: R22         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies and      HTML    148K 
                Procedures (Tables)                                              
67: R23         Goodwill and Intangible Assets (Tables)             HTML    297K 
57: R24         Selected Balance Sheet Components (Tables)          HTML    158K 
26: R25         Indebtedness (Tables)                               HTML    352K 
80: R26         VIE Arrangements (Tables)                           HTML    226K 
86: R27         Redeemable Noncontrolling Interests in              HTML     40K 
                Subsidiaries (Tables)                                            
40: R28         Equity (Tables)                                     HTML     75K 
39: R29         Equity Award Plans (Tables)                         HTML    202K 
43: R30         Related Party Transactions (Tables)                 HTML     67K 
44: R31         Basic and Diluted Net Loss Per Share (Tables)       HTML     78K 
46: R32         Organization - Additional Information (Detail)      HTML     29K 
24: R33         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies and      HTML     96K 
                Procedures - Additional Information (Detail)                     
77: R34         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies and      HTML     57K 
                Procedures - Fair Value of Company's Cash                        
                Equivalents, Short-Term Investments and Contingent               
                Consideration (Detail)                                           
53: R35         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies and      HTML     34K 
                Procedures - Summary of the Activity of the Level                
                3 Contingent Consideration (Detail)                              
56: R36         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies and      HTML     37K 
                Procedures - Schedule of Estimated Fair Values                   
                (Detail)                                                         
29: R37         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies and      HTML     37K 
                Procedures - Summary of MyPower Deferred Revenue                 
                Activity (Detail)                                                
88: R38         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies and      HTML     34K 
                Procedures - Summary of MyPower Deferred Cost                    
                Activity (Detail)                                                
18: R39         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies and      HTML     30K 
                Procedures - Summary of MyPower Deferred Cost                    
                Activity (Parenthetical) (Detail)                                
47: R40         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies and      HTML     37K 
                Procedures - Schedule of Changes in Accrued                      
                Warranty Balance (Detail)                                        
82: R41         Goodwill and Intangible Assets - Summary of         HTML     89K 
                Intangible Assets (Detail)                                       
28: R42         Goodwill and Intangible Assets - Amortization       HTML     44K 
                Expense for Identifiable Purchased Intangible                    
                Assets (Detail)                                                  
38: R43         Goodwill and Intangible Assets - Additional         HTML     33K 
                Information (Detail)                                             
42: R44         Goodwill and Intangible Assets - Summary of         HTML     59K 
                Expected Future Amortization Expense for                         
                Intangible Assets (Detail)                                       
50: R45         Selected Balance Sheet Components - Components of   HTML    119K 
                Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet (Detail)                    
23: R46         Selected Balance Sheet Components - Components of   HTML     38K 
                Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet                             
                (Parenthetical) (Detail)                                         
34: R47         Indebtedness - Summary of Debt (Detail)             HTML    177K 
20: R48         Indebtedness - Additional Information (Detail)      HTML    248K 
81: R49         VIE Arrangements - Summary of Number of Current     HTML     64K 
                VIE Funds by Classification of Investor, the                     
                Carrying Value, Total Investor Contributions                     
                Received and Undrawn Investor Contributions                      
                (Detail)                                                         
27: R50         VIE Arrangements - Additional Information (Detail)  HTML     42K 
78: R51         VIE Arrangements - Carrying Values of Assets and    HTML    148K 
                Liabilities of Subsidiary in Consolidated Balance                
                Sheets (Detail)                                                  
30: R52         Financing Obligations - Additional Information      HTML     33K 
                (Detail)                                                         
48: R53         Redeemable Noncontrolling Interests in              HTML     47K 
                Subsidiaries - Activity of Redeemable                            
                Noncontrolling Interests in Subsidiaries (Detail)                
19: R54         Equity - Schedule of Changes in Total               HTML     59K 
                Stockholders' Equity and Noncontrolling Interests                
                (Detail)                                                         
22: R55         Equity Award Plans - Additional Information         HTML     77K 
                (Detail)                                                         
41: R56         Equity Award Plans - Summary of Stock Option        HTML     87K 
                Activity (Detail)                                                
25: R57         Equity Award Plans - Summary of Stock Option        HTML     30K 
                Activity (Parenthetical) (Detail)                                
85: R58         Equity Award Plans - Summary of Fair Value of       HTML     41K 
                Stock Options Granted Using Weighted-Average                     
                Assumptions (Detail)                                             
52: R59         Equity Award Plans - Summary of RSU Activity        HTML     59K 
                (Detail)                                                         
70: R60         Equity Award Plans - Summary of Stock-Based         HTML     42K 
                Compensation Expense Capitalized (Detail)                        
33: R61         Equity Award Plans - Summary of Stock-Based         HTML     44K 
                Compensation Expense Recognized (Detail)                         
36: R62         Income Taxes - Additional Information (Detail)      HTML     40K 
76: R63         Related Party Transactions - Components of Related  HTML     35K 
                Party Transactions (Detail)                                      
74: R64         Related Party Transactions - Summary of Related     HTML     46K 
                Party Balances (Detail)                                          
54: R65         Commitments and Contingencies - Additional          HTML     73K 
                Information (Detail)                                             
75: R66         Basic and Diluted Net Loss Per Share - Computation  HTML     56K 
                of Company's Basic and Diluted Net Loss Per Share                
                (Detail)                                                         
31: R67         Basic and Diluted Net Loss Per Share - Schedule of  HTML     42K 
                Weighted-Average Outstanding Shares of Common                    
                Stock Equivalents Excluded from Computation of                   
                Diluted Net Loss Per Share (Detail)                              
58: R68         Subsequent Events - Additional Information          HTML     73K 
                (Detail)                                                         
87: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    134K 
21: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX    208K 
37: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports (.xls)            XLS   3.38M 
12: EX-101.INS  XBRL Instance -- scty-20150331                       XML   4.07M 
14: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- scty-20150331_cal               XML    237K 
15: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- scty-20150331_def                XML    745K 
16: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- scty-20150331_lab                     XML   1.38M 
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13: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- scty-20150331                         XSD    215K 
32: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0001564590-15-003352-xbrl      Zip    217K

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