$TSLA
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2011 Q4 Form 10-K Financial Statement

#000119312513096241 Filed on March 07, 2013

Income Statement

Concept	2011 Q4	2011 Q3	2011 Q2
Revenue	$39.38M	$57.67M	$58.17M
YoY Change	9.38%	86.02%	107.75%
Cost Of Revenue	$32.00M	$40.44M	$39.66M
YoY Change	28.0%	83.83%	80.29%
Gross Profit	$7.835M	$17.22M	$18.51M
YoY Change	-28.77%	91.38%	208.47%
Gross Profit Margin	19.9%	29.87%	31.82%
Selling, General & Admin	$28.00M	$27.62M	$24.72M
YoY Change	12.0%	38.09%	12.35%
% of Gross Profit	357.37%	160.35%	133.54%
Research & Development	$61.00M	$54.08M	$52.53M
YoY Change	60.53%	100.31%	250.21%
% of Gross Profit	778.56%	314.0%	283.83%
Depreciation & Amortization	$5.000M	$3.700M	$3.800M
YoY Change	66.67%	23.33%	26.67%
% of Gross Profit	63.82%	21.48%	20.53%
Operating Expenses	$88.00M	$81.70M	$77.25M
YoY Change	39.68%	73.83%	103.28%
Operating Profit	-$80.17M	-$64.48M	-$58.74M
YoY Change	54.16%	69.68%	83.56%
Interest Expense	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
YoY Change
% of Operating Profit
Other Income/Expense, Net	$0.00	-$594.0K	-$71.00K
YoY Change		-119.8%	-98.99%
Pretax Income	-$81.00M	-$64.99M	-$58.76M
YoY Change	58.82%	85.69%	50.68%
Income Tax	$0.00	$87.00K	$139.0K
% Of Pretax Income
Net Earnings	-$81.49M	-$65.08M	-$58.90M
YoY Change	59.78%	85.94%	51.03%
Net Earnings / Revenue	-206.95%	-112.85%	-101.26%
Basic Earnings Per Share
Diluted Earnings Per Share	-$51.72K	-$41.64K	-$40.25K
COMMON SHARES
Basic Shares Outstanding
Diluted Shares Outstanding

Balance Sheet

Concept	2011 Q4	2011 Q3	2011 Q2
SHORT-TERM ASSETS
Cash & Short-Term Investments	$280.0M	$278.0M	$319.0M
YoY Change	180.0%	186.6%	578.72%
Cash & Equivalents	$255.3M	$213.3M	$319.4M
Short-Term Investments	$25.00M	$65.00M
Other Short-Term Assets	$32.00M	$66.00M	$21.00M
YoY Change	-62.35%	-31.96%	200.0%
Inventory	$50.08M	$49.00M	$54.00M
Prepaid Expenses
Receivables	$9.539M	$18.00M	$23.00M
Other Receivables	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
Total Short-Term Assets	$372.8M	$412.0M	$418.0M
YoY Change	57.98%	70.95%	364.44%
LONG-TERM ASSETS
Property, Plant & Equipment	$298.4M	$260.0M	$200.0M
YoY Change	142.61%	504.65%	506.06%
Goodwill
YoY Change
Intangibles
YoY Change
Long-Term Investments
YoY Change
Other Assets	$22.37M	$28.00M	$28.00M
YoY Change	-20.1%	-64.1%	12.0%
Total Long-Term Assets	$340.6M	$288.0M	$228.0M
YoY Change	127.07%	138.02%	293.1%
TOTAL ASSETS
Total Short-Term Assets	$372.8M	$412.0M	$418.0M
Total Long-Term Assets	$340.6M	$288.0M	$228.0M
Total Assets	$713.4M	$700.0M	$646.0M
YoY Change	84.83%	93.37%	336.49%
SHORT-TERM LIABILITIES
YoY Change
Accounts Payable	$56.14M	$54.00M	$57.00M
YoY Change	93.59%	100.0%	119.23%
Accrued Expenses	$32.11M	$96.00M	$77.00M
YoY Change	-34.47%	166.67%	133.33%
Deferred Revenue
YoY Change
Short-Term Debt	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
YoY Change
Long-Term Debt Due	$7.916M	$0.00	$0.00
YoY Change
Total Short-Term Liabilities	$191.3M	$154.0M	$139.0M
YoY Change	122.49%	123.19%	101.45%
LONG-TERM LIABILITIES
Long-Term Debt	$268.3M	$226.0M	$135.0M
YoY Change	272.69%	296.49%	114.29%
Other Long-Term Liabilities	$14.92M	$26.00M	$24.00M
YoY Change	-28.98%	73.33%	242.86%
Total Long-Term Liabilities	$283.3M	$252.0M	$159.0M
YoY Change	204.57%	250.0%	127.14%
TOTAL LIABILITIES
Total Short-Term Liabilities	$191.3M	$154.0M	$139.0M
Total Long-Term Liabilities	$283.3M	$252.0M	$159.0M
Total Liabilities	$489.4M	$406.0M	$298.0M
YoY Change	173.41%	185.92%	114.39%
SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY
Retained Earnings	-$669.4M
YoY Change
Common Stock	$104.0K
YoY Change
Preferred Stock
YoY Change
Treasury Stock (at cost)
YoY Change
Treasury Stock Shares
Shareholders Equity	$224.0M	$294.0M	$348.0M
YoY Change
Total Liabilities & Shareholders Equity	$713.4M	$700.0M	$646.0M
YoY Change	84.83%	93.37%	336.49%

Cashflow Statement

Concept	2011 Q4	2011 Q3	2011 Q2
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Net Income	-$81.49M	-$65.08M	-$58.90M
YoY Change	59.78%	85.94%	51.03%
Depreciation, Depletion And Amortization	$5.000M	$3.700M	$3.800M
YoY Change	66.67%	23.33%	26.67%
Cash From Operating Activities	-$41.00M	-$21.00M	-$23.00M
YoY Change	20.59%	-54.35%	9.52%
INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Capital Expenditures	-$40.00M	-$69.00M	-$55.00M
YoY Change	135.29%	762.5%	450.0%
Acquisitions
YoY Change
Other Investing Activities	$70.00M	-$110.0M	$31.00M
YoY Change	677.78%	-25.17%	1450.0%
Cash From Investing Activities	$29.00M	-$178.0M	-$23.00M
YoY Change	-462.5%	14.84%	187.5%
FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Cash Dividend Paid
YoY Change
Common Stock Issuance & Retirement, Net			$172.7M
YoY Change			17170.0%
Debt Paid & Issued, Net
YoY Change
Cash From Financing Activities	54.00M	93.00M	265.0M
YoY Change	17.39%	-62.8%	1938.46%
NET CHANGE
Cash From Operating Activities	-41.00M	-21.00M	-23.00M
Cash From Investing Activities	29.00M	-178.0M	-23.00M
Cash From Financing Activities	54.00M	93.00M	265.0M
Net Change In Cash	42.00M	-106.0M	219.0M
YoY Change	950.0%	-316.33%	-1468.75%
FREE CASH FLOW
Cash From Operating Activities	-$41.00M	-$21.00M	-$23.00M
Capital Expenditures	-$40.00M	-$69.00M	-$55.00M
Free Cash Flow	-$1.000M	$48.00M	$32.00M
YoY Change	-94.12%	-226.32%	-390.91%

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CY2012	us-gaap	Nature Of Operations NatureOfOperations	<div> <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 12px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2"><b>1. Overview of the Company</b></font></p> <!-- xbrl,body --> <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 6px; TEXT-INDENT: 4%; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"> <font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2">Tesla Motors, Inc. (Tesla, we, us or our) was incorporated in the state of Delaware on July 1, 2003. We design, develop, manufacture and sell high-performance fully electric vehicles and advanced electric vehicle powertrain components. We have wholly-owned subsidiaries in North America, Europe and Asia. The primary purpose of these subsidiaries is to market and/or service our vehicles.</font></p> <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 12px; TEXT-INDENT: 4%; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"> <font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2">Since inception, we have incurred significant losses and have used approximately $709.2 million of cash in operations through December 31, 2012. As of December 31, 2012, we had $201.9 million in cash and cash equivalents. We expect that our current sources of liquidity, including cash, cash equivalents, cash held in our dedicated Department of Energy (DOE) account, together with our current projections of cash flow from operating activities, will provide us adequate liquidity, based on our current plans. These capital sources will enable us to fund our ongoing operations, continue research and development projects and establish sales and service centers.</font></p> <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 18px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2"><b>Correction of Prior Year Amounts</b></font></p> <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 6px; TEXT-INDENT: 4%; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"> <font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2">We have revised our consolidated statement of cash flows for the year ended December 31, 2011 to correct an immaterial error. Amounts related to purchases of property and equipment during 2011 that were not paid at December 31, 2011 were erroneously included as cash outflows from investing activities in our previously issued financial statements. This revision resulted in a $13.7 million decrease in purchases of property and equipment included in cash flows used in investing activities and a corresponding increase in the change in accounts payable resulting in an increase in cash flows used in operating activities. We have also revised our supplemental disclosure of noncash acquisition of property and equipment by an increase of $12.9 million for 2011.</font></p> <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 12px; TEXT-INDENT: 4%; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"> <font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2">Additionally, we have restated the unaudited statements of cash flows for interim periods during the years ended December 31, 2012 and 2011 for similar errors in our cash flows used in investing activities and cash flows used in operating activities (see Note 17).</font></p> <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 12px; TEXT-INDENT: 4%; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"> <font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2">There was no impact on previously reported total cash and cash equivalents, consolidated balance sheets or consolidated statements of operations.</font></p> <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 18px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2"><b>Unadjusted Error in 2009</b></font></p> <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 6px; TEXT-INDENT: 4%; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"> <font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2">In June 2010, we identified an error related to the understatement in stock-based compensation expense subsequent to the issuance of the consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2009.</font></p> <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 12px; TEXT-INDENT: 4%; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"> <font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2">In the fourth quarter of 2009, we granted certain stock options for which a portion of the grant was immediately vested. We erroneously accounted for the expense on a straight-line basis over the term of the award, while expense recognition should always be at least commensurate with the number of awards vesting during the period. As a result, selling, general and administrative expenses and net loss for the year ended December 31, 2009 were understated by $2.7 million. The error did not have an effect on the valuation of the stock options. As stock-based compensation expense is a non-cash item, there was no impact on net cash used in operating activities for the year ended December 31, 2009.</font></p> <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 12px; TEXT-INDENT: 4%; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"> <font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2">To correct this error, we recorded additional stock-based compensation of $2.4 million in the three months ended June 30, 2010. We considered the impact of the error on reported operating expenses and trends in operating results and determined that the impact of the error was not material to previously reported financial information as well as those related to the year ended December 31, 2010.</font></p> </div>
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