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2015 Q4 Form 10-K Financial Statement

#000156459016013195 Filed on February 24, 2016

Income Statement

Concept	2015 Q4	2015 Q3	2015
Revenue	$1.214B	$936.8M	$4.046B
YoY Change	26.94%	9.98%	26.5%
Cost Of Revenue	$996.0M	$705.3M	$3.123B
YoY Change	43.31%	17.56%	34.78%
Gross Profit	$218.6M	$231.5M	$923.5M
YoY Change	-16.48%	-8.08%	4.74%
Gross Profit Margin	18.0%	24.71%	22.82%
Selling, General & Admin	$289.0M	$236.4M	$922.2M
YoY Change	46.7%	52.39%	52.77%
% of Gross Profit	132.23%	102.1%	99.86%
Research & Development	$190.0M	$178.8M	$717.9M
YoY Change	35.71%	31.59%	54.49%
% of Gross Profit	86.93%	77.23%	77.74%
Depreciation & Amortization	$144.0M	$71.80M	$278.7M
YoY Change	111.76%	78.61%	78.77%
% of Gross Profit	65.88%	31.02%	30.18%
Operating Expenses	$479.0M	$415.2M	$1.640B
YoY Change	42.56%	42.68%	53.52%
Operating Profit	-$260.4M	-$183.7M	-$716.6M
YoY Change	250.51%	369.38%	283.86%
Interest Expense	-$38.00M	$29.31M	$118.9M
YoY Change	35.71%	0.85%	17.81%
% of Operating Profit
Other Income/Expense, Net	-$17.00M	-$15.43M	-$41.65M
YoY Change	1600.0%	399.39%	-2397.41%
Pretax Income	-$315.0M	-$228.0M	-$875.6M
YoY Change	202.88%	221.21%	207.63%
Income Tax	$5.000M	$2.000M	$13.04M
% Of Pretax Income
Net Earnings	-$320.4M	-$229.9M	-$888.7M
YoY Change	197.68%	207.68%	202.23%
Net Earnings / Revenue	-26.38%	-24.54%	-21.96%
Basic Earnings Per Share		-$1.78	-$6.93
Diluted Earnings Per Share	-$162.7K	-$1.78	-$6.93
COMMON SHARES
Basic Shares Outstanding		129.0M	128.2M
Diluted Shares Outstanding		129.0M	128.2M

Balance Sheet

Concept	2015 Q4	2015 Q3	2015
SHORT-TERM ASSETS
Cash & Short-Term Investments	$1.197B	$1.426B	$1.197B
YoY Change	-37.2%	-39.86%	-37.2%
Cash & Equivalents	$1.197B	$1.426B	$1.197B
Short-Term Investments
Other Short-Term Assets	$139.0M	$159.0M	$139.0M
YoY Change	47.87%	93.9%	47.87%
Inventory	$1.278B	$1.294B	$1.278B
Prepaid Expenses
Receivables	$169.0M	$120.0M	$169.0M
Other Receivables	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
Total Short-Term Assets	$2.782B	$2.999B	$2.782B
YoY Change	-12.52%	-10.82%	-12.52%
LONG-TERM ASSETS
Property, Plant & Equipment	$5.195B	$4.465B	$5.195B
YoY Change	183.99%	217.95%	100.12%
Goodwill
YoY Change
Intangibles
YoY Change
Long-Term Investments
YoY Change
Other Assets	$59.67M	$84.00M	$91.00M
YoY Change	38.11%	93.28%	65.45%
Total Long-Term Assets	$5.286B	$4.548B	$5.286B
YoY Change	98.03%	119.22%	99.4%
TOTAL ASSETS
Total Short-Term Assets	$2.782B	$2.999B	$2.782B
Total Long-Term Assets	$5.286B	$4.548B	$5.286B
Total Assets	$8.068B	$7.547B	$8.068B
YoY Change	37.93%	38.79%	38.36%
SHORT-TERM LIABILITIES
YoY Change
Accounts Payable	$916.1M	$825.0M	$916.0M
YoY Change	17.76%	27.05%	17.74%
Accrued Expenses	$422.8M	$310.0M	$322.0M
YoY Change	57.24%	59.32%	62.63%
Deferred Revenue
YoY Change
Short-Term Debt	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
YoY Change
Long-Term Debt Due	$628.0M	$652.0M	$628.0M
YoY Change	2.78%	7.41%	2.78%
Total Short-Term Liabilities	$2.816B	$2.554B	$2.811B
YoY Change	33.65%	38.82%	33.41%
LONG-TERM LIABILITIES
Long-Term Debt	$2.068B	$2.028B	$2.068B
YoY Change	10.18%	239.36%	10.18%
Other Long-Term Liabilities	$365.0M	$1.651B	$2.105B
YoY Change	135.99%	1210.35%	125.13%
Total Long-Term Liabilities	$365.0M	$3.679B	$4.173B
YoY Change	135.99%	408.43%	48.4%
TOTAL LIABILITIES
Total Short-Term Liabilities	$2.816B	$2.554B	$2.811B
Total Long-Term Liabilities	$365.0M	$3.679B	$4.173B
Total Liabilities	$6.937B	$6.233B	$6.984B
YoY Change	42.71%	41.1%	41.98%
SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY
Retained Earnings	-$2.322B
YoY Change	61.99%
Common Stock	$3.410B
YoY Change	45.37%
Preferred Stock
YoY Change
Treasury Stock (at cost)
YoY Change
Treasury Stock Shares
Shareholders Equity	$1.084B	$1.315B	$1.084B
YoY Change
Total Liabilities & Shareholders Equity	$8.068B	$7.547B	$8.068B
YoY Change	38.37%	38.79%	38.36%

Cashflow Statement

Concept	2015 Q4	2015 Q3	2015
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Net Income	-$320.4M	-$229.9M	-$888.7M
YoY Change	197.68%	207.68%	202.23%
Depreciation, Depletion And Amortization	$144.0M	$71.80M	$278.7M
YoY Change	111.76%	78.61%	78.77%
Cash From Operating Activities	-$29.00M	-$204.0M	-$524.0M
YoY Change	-66.28%	628.57%	819.3%
INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Capital Expenditures	-$411.0M	-$393.0M	$1.635B
YoY Change	11.38%	38.38%	68.56%
Acquisitions			$12.26M
YoY Change
Other Investing Activities	-$3.000M	-$12.00M	-$39.00M
YoY Change	-25.0%	71.43%	85.71%
Cash From Investing Activities	-$415.0M	-$404.0M	-$1.674B
YoY Change	11.56%	38.83%	69.09%
FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Cash Dividend Paid
YoY Change
Common Stock Issuance & Retirement, Net		$738.3M	$730.0M
YoY Change
Debt Paid & Issued, Net
YoY Change
Cash From Financing Activities	226.0M	893.0M	1.524B
YoY Change	1954.55%	2526.47%	-28.88%
NET CHANGE
Cash From Operating Activities	-29.00M	-204.0M	-524.0M
Cash From Investing Activities	-415.0M	-404.0M	-1.674B
Cash From Financing Activities	226.0M	893.0M	1.524B
Net Change In Cash	-218.0M	285.0M	-674.0M
YoY Change	-51.23%	-200.0%	-161.5%
FREE CASH FLOW
Cash From Operating Activities	-$29.00M	-$204.0M	-$524.0M
Capital Expenditures	-$411.0M	-$393.0M	$1.635B
Free Cash Flow	$382.0M	$189.0M	-$2.159B
YoY Change	34.98%	-26.17%	110.23%

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CY2013	us-gaap	Payments To Acquire Property Plant And Equipment PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment	264224000
CY2013	tsla	Increase Decrease In Restricted Cash And Cash Equivalents IncreaseDecreaseInRestrictedCashAndCashEquivalents	-14752000
CY2015	us-gaap	Increase Decrease In Restricted Cash IncreaseDecreaseInRestrictedCash	26441000
CY2014	us-gaap	Increase Decrease In Restricted Cash IncreaseDecreaseInRestrictedCash	3849000
CY2013	us-gaap	Increase Decrease In Restricted Cash IncreaseDecreaseInRestrictedCash	-55000
CY2014	us-gaap	Payments To Acquire Marketable Securities PaymentsToAcquireMarketableSecurities	205841000
CY2014	us-gaap	Proceeds From Sale And Maturity Of Marketable Securities ProceedsFromSaleAndMaturityOfMarketableSecurities	189131000
CY2015	us-gaap	Payments To Acquire Businesses Net Of Cash Acquired PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesNetOfCashAcquired	12260000
CY2015	us-gaap	Net Cash Provided By Used In Investing Activities Continuing Operations NetCashProvidedByUsedInInvestingActivitiesContinuingOperations	-1673551000
CY2014	us-gaap	Net Cash Provided By Used In Investing Activities Continuing Operations NetCashProvidedByUsedInInvestingActivitiesContinuingOperations	-990444000
CY2013	us-gaap	Net Cash Provided By Used In Investing Activities Continuing Operations NetCashProvidedByUsedInInvestingActivitiesContinuingOperations	-249417000
CY2015	tsla	Proceeds From Convertible And Other Debt ProceedsFromConvertibleAndOtherDebt	318972000
CY2014	tsla	Proceeds From Convertible And Other Debt ProceedsFromConvertibleAndOtherDebt	2300000000
CY2015	us-gaap	Proceeds From Issuance Of Common Stock ProceedsFromIssuanceOfCommonStock	730000000
CY2013	us-gaap	Proceeds From Issuance Of Common Stock ProceedsFromIssuanceOfCommonStock	360000000
CY2014	us-gaap	Proceeds From Issuance Of Warrants ProceedsFromIssuanceOfWarrants	389160000
CY2013	us-gaap	Proceeds From Issuance Of Warrants ProceedsFromIssuanceOfWarrants	120318000
CY2015	us-gaap	Proceeds From Issuance Of Shares Under Incentive And Share Based Compensation Plans Including Stock Options ProceedsFromIssuanceOfSharesUnderIncentiveAndShareBasedCompensationPlansIncludingStockOptions	106611000
CY2014	us-gaap	Proceeds From Issuance Of Shares Under Incentive And Share Based Compensation Plans Including Stock Options ProceedsFromIssuanceOfSharesUnderIncentiveAndShareBasedCompensationPlansIncludingStockOptions	100455000
CY2013	us-gaap	Repayments Of Long Term Debt RepaymentsOfLongTermDebt	452337000
CY2014	us-gaap	Payments For Proceeds From Hedge Financing Activities PaymentsForProceedsFromHedgeFinancingActivities	603428000
CY2013	us-gaap	Payments For Proceeds From Hedge Financing Activities PaymentsForProceedsFromHedgeFinancingActivities	177540000
CY2015	us-gaap	Payments Of Stock Issuance Costs PaymentsOfStockIssuanceCosts	17025000
CY2014	us-gaap	Payments Of Stock Issuance Costs PaymentsOfStockIssuanceCosts	35149000
CY2013	us-gaap	Payments Of Stock Issuance Costs PaymentsOfStockIssuanceCosts	16901000
CY2015	us-gaap	Proceeds From Repayments Of Long Term Debt And Capital Securities ProceedsFromRepaymentsOfLongTermDebtAndCapitalSecurities	-203780000
CY2014	us-gaap	Proceeds From Repayments Of Long Term Debt And Capital Securities ProceedsFromRepaymentsOfLongTermDebtAndCapitalSecurities	-11179000
CY2013	us-gaap	Proceeds From Repayments Of Long Term Debt And Capital Securities ProceedsFromRepaymentsOfLongTermDebtAndCapitalSecurities	-8425000
CY2015	us-gaap	Proceeds From Secured Notes Payable ProceedsFromSecuredNotesPayable	568745000
CY2014	us-gaap	Proceeds From Secured Notes Payable ProceedsFromSecuredNotesPayable	3271000
CY2015	us-gaap	Net Cash Provided By Used In Financing Activities Continuing Operations NetCashProvidedByUsedInFinancingActivitiesContinuingOperations	1523523000
CY2014	us-gaap	Net Cash Provided By Used In Financing Activities Continuing Operations NetCashProvidedByUsedInFinancingActivitiesContinuingOperations	2143130000
CY2014	us-gaap	Income Taxes Paid IncomeTaxesPaid	3120000
CY2013	us-gaap	Income Taxes Paid IncomeTaxesPaid	257000
CY2015	us-gaap	Noncash Or Part Noncash Acquisition Value Of Assets Acquired1 NoncashOrPartNoncashAcquisitionValueOfAssetsAcquired1	267334000
CY2014	us-gaap	Noncash Or Part Noncash Acquisition Value Of Assets Acquired1 NoncashOrPartNoncashAcquisitionValueOfAssetsAcquired1	254393000
CY2013	us-gaap	Net Cash Provided By Used In Financing Activities Continuing Operations NetCashProvidedByUsedInFinancingActivitiesContinuingOperations	635422000
CY2015	us-gaap	Effect Of Exchange Rate On Cash And Cash Equivalents EffectOfExchangeRateOnCashAndCashEquivalents	-34278000
CY2014	us-gaap	Effect Of Exchange Rate On Cash And Cash Equivalents EffectOfExchangeRateOnCashAndCashEquivalents	-35525000
CY2013	us-gaap	Effect Of Exchange Rate On Cash And Cash Equivalents EffectOfExchangeRateOnCashAndCashEquivalents	-6810000
CY2015	us-gaap	Cash And Cash Equivalents Period Increase Decrease CashAndCashEquivalentsPeriodIncreaseDecrease	-708805000
CY2014	us-gaap	Cash And Cash Equivalents Period Increase Decrease CashAndCashEquivalentsPeriodIncreaseDecrease	1059824000
CY2013	us-gaap	Cash And Cash Equivalents Period Increase Decrease CashAndCashEquivalentsPeriodIncreaseDecrease	643999000
CY2013Q4	us-gaap	Cash And Cash Equivalents At Carrying Value CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue	845889000
CY2012Q4	us-gaap	Cash And Cash Equivalents At Carrying Value CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue	201890000
CY2015	us-gaap	Interest Paid InterestPaid	32060000
CY2014	us-gaap	Interest Paid InterestPaid	20539000
CY2013	us-gaap	Interest Paid InterestPaid	9041000
CY2015	us-gaap	Income Taxes Paid IncomeTaxesPaid	9461000
CY2013	us-gaap	Noncash Or Part Noncash Acquisition Value Of Assets Acquired1 NoncashOrPartNoncashAcquisitionValueOfAssetsAcquired1	38789000
CY2015	tsla	Non Cash Estimated Fair Market Value Of Manufacturing Facility NonCashEstimatedFairMarketValueOfManufacturingFacility	174749000
CY2014	tsla	Non Cash Estimated Fair Market Value Of Manufacturing Facility NonCashEstimatedFairMarketValueOfManufacturingFacility	50076000
CY2015	us-gaap	Nature Of Operations NatureOfOperations	<div> <p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Note 1 - Overview of the Company </p> <p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:4pt;text-indent:4.54%;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">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 stationary energy storage products. We have wholly-owned subsidiaries in North America, Europe and Asia. The primary purpose of these subsidiaries is to market, manufacture, sell and/or service our vehicles. </p> <p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:7pt;"> </p></div>
CY2015	us-gaap	Use Of Estimates UseOfEstimates	<div> <p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:13pt;text-indent:0%;font-style:italic;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Use of Estimates </p> <p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:4pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;text-indent:4.54%;">The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent liabilities and accompanying notes.  Estimates are used for, but not limited to, determining the selling price of products and services in multiple element revenue arrangements and determining the amortization period of these elements, residual value of operating lease vehicles, inventory valuation, warranties, fair value of financial instruments, depreciable lives of property and equipment, inputs used to value stock-based compensation including volatility, lives of stock option awards and forfeiture rates, income taxes, and contingencies. Actual results could differ from those estimates.</p></div>
CY2015	us-gaap	Concentration Risk Credit Risk ConcentrationRiskCreditRisk	<div> <p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:13pt;text-indent:0%;font-style:italic;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Concentration of Risk </p> <p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:4pt;margin-left:2.27%;text-indent:0%;font-style:italic;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Credit Risk </p> <p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:4pt;text-indent:4.54%;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Financial instruments that potentially subject us to a concentration of credit risk consist of cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash and accounts receivable. Our cash equivalents are primarily invested in money market funds with high credit quality financial institutions in the United States. At times, these deposits and securities may be in excess of insured limits. We invest cash not required for use in operations in high credit quality securities based on our investment policy. Our investment policy provides guidelines and limits regarding credit quality, investment concentration, investment type, and maturity that we believe will provide liquidity while reducing risk of loss of capital. Our investments are currently of a short-term nature and include commercial paper and U.S. treasury bills. </p> <p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:9pt;text-indent:4.54%;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">As of December 31, 2015 and 2014, our accounts receivable were derived primarily from sales of regulatory credits, as well as funds to be received from financial institutions and leasing companies offering various financing products to our customers, the development and sales of powertrain components and systems to OEMs. Accounts receivable also included amounts to be received from commercial financial institutions for approved financing arrangements between our customers and financial institutions. </p> <p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:9pt;text-indent:4.54%;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">The following summarizes the accounts receivable from our customers in excess of 10% of our total accounts receivable: </p> <p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"> </p> <div> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" style="border-collapse:collapse; width:70%;"> <tr> <td valign="bottom" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" style="padding-left:0pt;padding-Right:0.75pt;padding-Top:0.75pt;padding-Bottom:0pt;width:66.98%;"> <p style="text-align:center;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"> </p></td> <td valign="bottom" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" style="padding-left:0pt;padding-Right:0.75pt;padding-Top:0.75pt;padding-Bottom:0pt;width:1.62%;"> <p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"> </p></td> <td colspan="2" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" style="padding-left:0pt;padding-Right:0.75pt;padding-Top:0.75pt;padding-Bottom:0pt;width:13.88%;"> <p style="text-align:center;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">December 31,</p></td> <td valign="bottom" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" style="padding-left:0pt;padding-Right:0.75pt;padding-Top:0.75pt;padding-Bottom:0pt;width:1%;white-space:nowrap;"> <p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"> </p></td> <td valign="bottom" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" style="padding-left:0pt;padding-Right:0.75pt;padding-Top:0.75pt;padding-Bottom:0pt;width:1.62%;"> <p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"> </p></td> <td colspan="2" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" style="padding-left:0pt;padding-Right:0.75pt;padding-Top:0.75pt;padding-Bottom:0pt;width:13.88%;"> <p style="text-align:center;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">December 31,</p></td> <td valign="bottom" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" style="padding-left:0pt;padding-Right:0.75pt;padding-Top:0.75pt;padding-Bottom:0pt;width:1%;white-space:nowrap;"> <p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"> </p></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="bottom" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" style="padding-left:0pt;padding-Right:0.75pt;padding-Top:0.75pt;width:66.98%; border-bottom:solid 0.75pt transparent;"> <p style="text-align:center;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"> </p></td> <td valign="bottom" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" style="padding-left:0pt;padding-Right:0.75pt;padding-Top:0.75pt;width:1.62%; border-bottom:solid 0.75pt transparent;"> <p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"> </p></td> <td colspan="2" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" style="padding-left:0pt;padding-Right:0.75pt;padding-Top:0.75pt;padding-Bottom:0pt;width:13.88%; border-bottom:solid 0.75pt #000000;"> <p style="text-align:center;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">2015</p></td> <td valign="bottom" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" style="padding-left:0pt;padding-Right:0.75pt;padding-Top:0.75pt;width:1%;white-space:nowrap;"> <p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"> </p></td> <td valign="bottom" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" style="padding-left:0pt;padding-Right:0.75pt;padding-Top:0.75pt;width:1.62%; border-bottom:solid 0.75pt transparent;"> <p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"> </p></td> <td colspan="2" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" style="padding-left:0pt;padding-Right:0.75pt;padding-Top:0.75pt;padding-Bottom:0pt;width:13.88%; border-bottom:solid 0.75pt #000000;"> <p style="text-align:center;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">2014</p></td> <td valign="bottom" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" style="padding-left:0pt;padding-Right:0.75pt;padding-Top:0.75pt;width:1%;white-space:nowrap;"> <p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"> </p></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CFF0FC" style="padding-left:0pt;padding-Right:0.75pt;padding-Top:0.75pt;padding-Bottom:0pt;width:66.98%;"> <p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;color:#000000;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Customer A</p></td> <td valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CFF0FC" style="padding-left:0pt;padding-Right:0.75pt;padding-Top:0.75pt;padding-Bottom:0pt;width:1.62%;"> <p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;color:#000000;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"> </p></td> <td valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CFF0FC" style="padding-left:0pt;padding-Right:0.75pt;padding-Top:0.75pt;padding-Bottom:0pt;width:1%; border-top:solid 0.75pt #000000;white-space:nowrap;"> <p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;color:#000000;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"> </p></td> <td valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CFF0FC" style="padding-left:0pt;padding-Right:0.75pt;padding-Top:0.75pt;padding-Bottom:0pt;width:12.88%; border-top:solid 0.75pt #000000;white-space:nowrap;"> <p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;color:#000000;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">15</p></td> <td valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CFF0FC" style="padding-left:0pt;padding-Right:0.75pt;padding-Top:0.75pt;padding-Bottom:0pt;width:1%;white-space:nowrap;"> <p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;color:#000000;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">%</p></td> <td valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CFF0FC" style="padding-left:0pt;padding-Right:0.75pt;padding-Top:0.75pt;padding-Bottom:0pt;width:1.62%;"> <p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;color:#000000;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"> </p></td> <td valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CFF0FC" style="padding-left:0pt;padding-Right:0.75pt;padding-Top:0.75pt;padding-Bottom:0pt;width:1%; border-top:solid 0.75pt #000000;white-space:nowrap;"> <p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;color:#000000;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"> </p></td> <td valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CFF0FC" style="padding-left:0pt;padding-Right:0.75pt;padding-Top:0.75pt;padding-Bottom:0pt;width:12.88%; border-top:solid 0.75pt #000000;white-space:nowrap;"> <p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;color:#000000;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">7</p></td> <td valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CFF0FC" style="padding-left:0pt;padding-Right:0.75pt;padding-Top:0.75pt;padding-Bottom:0pt;width:1%;white-space:nowrap;"> <p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;color:#000000;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">%</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="bottom" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" style="padding-left:0pt;padding-Right:0.75pt;padding-Top:0.75pt;padding-Bottom:0pt;width:66.98%;"> <p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;color:#000000;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Customer B</p></td> <td valign="bottom" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" style="padding-left:0pt;padding-Right:0.75pt;padding-Top:0.75pt;padding-Bottom:0pt;width:1.62%;"> <p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;color:#000000;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"> </p></td> <td valign="bottom" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" style="padding-left:0pt;padding-Right:0.75pt;padding-Top:0.75pt;padding-Bottom:0pt;width:1%;white-space:nowrap;"> <p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;color:#000000;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"> </p></td> <td valign="bottom" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" style="padding-left:0pt;padding-Right:0.75pt;padding-Top:0.75pt;padding-Bottom:0pt;width:12.88%;white-space:nowrap;"> <p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;color:#000000;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">8</p></td> <td valign="bottom" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" style="padding-left:0pt;padding-Right:0.75pt;padding-Top:0.75pt;padding-Bottom:0pt;width:1%;white-space:nowrap;"> <p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;color:#000000;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">%</p></td> <td valign="bottom" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" style="padding-left:0pt;padding-Right:0.75pt;padding-Top:0.75pt;padding-Bottom:0pt;width:1.62%;"> <p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;color:#000000;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"> </p></td> <td valign="bottom" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" style="padding-left:0pt;padding-Right:0.75pt;padding-Top:0.75pt;padding-Bottom:0pt;width:1%;white-space:nowrap;"> <p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;color:#000000;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"> </p></td> <td valign="bottom" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" style="padding-left:0pt;padding-Right:0.75pt;padding-Top:0.75pt;padding-Bottom:0pt;width:12.88%;white-space:nowrap;"> <p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;color:#000000;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">14</p></td> <td valign="bottom" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" style="padding-left:0pt;padding-Right:0.75pt;padding-Top:0.75pt;padding-Bottom:0pt;width:1%;white-space:nowrap;"> <p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;color:#000000;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">%</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CFF0FC" style="padding-left:0pt;padding-Right:0.75pt;padding-Top:0.75pt;padding-Bottom:0pt;width:66.98%;"> <p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;color:#000000;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Customer C</p></td> <td valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CFF0FC" style="padding-left:0pt;padding-Right:0.75pt;padding-Top:0.75pt;padding-Bottom:0pt;width:1.62%;"> <p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;color:#000000;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"> </p></td> <td valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CFF0FC" style="padding-left:0pt;padding-Right:0.75pt;padding-Top:0.75pt;padding-Bottom:0pt;width:1%;white-space:nowrap;"> <p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;color:#000000;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"> </p></td> <td valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CFF0FC" style="padding-left:0pt;padding-Right:0.75pt;padding-Top:0.75pt;padding-Bottom:0pt;width:12.88%;white-space:nowrap;"> <p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;color:#000000;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">6</p></td> <td valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CFF0FC" style="padding-left:0pt;padding-Right:0.75pt;padding-Top:0.75pt;padding-Bottom:0pt;width:1%;white-space:nowrap;"> <p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;color:#000000;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">%</p></td> <td valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CFF0FC" style="padding-left:0pt;padding-Right:0.75pt;padding-Top:0.75pt;padding-Bottom:0pt;width:1.62%;"> <p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;color:#000000;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"> </p></td> <td valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CFF0FC" style="padding-left:0pt;padding-Right:0.75pt;padding-Top:0.75pt;padding-Bottom:0pt;width:1%;white-space:nowrap;"> <p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;color:#000000;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"> </p></td> <td valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CFF0FC" style="padding-left:0pt;padding-Right:0.75pt;padding-Top:0.75pt;padding-Bottom:0pt;width:12.88%;white-space:nowrap;"> <p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;color:#000000;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">13</p></td> <td valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CFF0FC" style="padding-left:0pt;padding-Right:0.75pt;padding-Top:0.75pt;padding-Bottom:0pt;width:1%;white-space:nowrap;"> <p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;color:#000000;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">%</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="bottom" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" style="padding-left:0pt;padding-Right:0.75pt;padding-Top:0.75pt;padding-Bottom:0pt;width:66.98%;"> <p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;color:#000000;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Customer D</p></td> <td valign="bottom" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" style="padding-left:0pt;padding-Right:0.75pt;padding-Top:0.75pt;padding-Bottom:0pt;width:1.62%;"> <p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;color:#000000;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"> </p></td> <td valign="bottom" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" style="padding-left:0pt;padding-Right:0.75pt;padding-Top:0.75pt;padding-Bottom:0pt;width:1%;white-space:nowrap;"> <p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;color:#000000;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"> </p></td> <td valign="bottom" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" style="padding-left:0pt;padding-Right:0.75pt;padding-Top:0.75pt;padding-Bottom:0pt;width:12.88%;white-space:nowrap;"> <p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;color:#000000;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">—</p></td> <td valign="bottom" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" style="padding-left:0pt;padding-Right:0.75pt;padding-Top:0.75pt;padding-Bottom:0pt;width:1%;white-space:nowrap;"> <p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;color:#000000;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"> </p></td> <td valign="bottom" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" style="padding-left:0pt;padding-Right:0.75pt;padding-Top:0.75pt;padding-Bottom:0pt;width:1.62%;"> <p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;color:#000000;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"> </p></td> <td valign="bottom" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" style="padding-left:0pt;padding-Right:0.75pt;padding-Top:0.75pt;padding-Bottom:0pt;width:1%;white-space:nowrap;"> <p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;color:#000000;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"> </p></td> <td valign="bottom" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" style="padding-left:0pt;padding-Right:0.75pt;padding-Top:0.75pt;padding-Bottom:0pt;width:12.88%;white-space:nowrap;"> <p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;color:#000000;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">19</p></td> <td valign="bottom" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" style="padding-left:0pt;padding-Right:0.75pt;padding-Top:0.75pt;padding-Bottom:0pt;width:1%;white-space:nowrap;"> <p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;color:#000000;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">%</p></td> </tr> </table></div> <p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:3pt;margin-left:2.27%;text-indent:0%;font-style:italic;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Supply Risk </p> <p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:4pt;text-indent:4.54%;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Although there may be multiple suppliers available, many of the components used in our vehicles are purchased by us from a single source. If these single source suppliers fail to satisfy our requirements on a timely basis at competitive prices, we could suffer manufacturing delays, a possible loss of revenues, or incur higher cost of sales, any of which could adversely affect our operating results. </p></div>
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CY2013	us-gaap	Current Income Tax Expense Benefit CurrentIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	2527000
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CY2014Q4	us-gaap	Deferred Income Tax Liabilities DeferredIncomeTaxLiabilities	86298000
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CY2015Q4	us-gaap	Deferred Tax Liabilities DeferredTaxLiabilities	2080000
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CY2014	us-gaap	Income Tax Reconciliation State And Local Income Taxes IncomeTaxReconciliationStateAndLocalIncomeTaxes	257000
CY2013	us-gaap	Income Tax Reconciliation State And Local Income Taxes IncomeTaxReconciliationStateAndLocalIncomeTaxes	178000
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CY2014	us-gaap	Income Tax Reconciliation Foreign Income Tax Rate Differential IncomeTaxReconciliationForeignIncomeTaxRateDifferential	86734000
CY2013	us-gaap	Income Tax Reconciliation Foreign Income Tax Rate Differential IncomeTaxReconciliationForeignIncomeTaxRateDifferential	-253000
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CY2014	us-gaap	Income Tax Reconciliation Tax Credits IncomeTaxReconciliationTaxCredits	26895000
CY2013	us-gaap	Income Tax Reconciliation Tax Credits IncomeTaxReconciliationTaxCredits	6682000
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CY2013	us-gaap	Income Tax Reconciliation Other Reconciling Items IncomeTaxReconciliationOtherReconcilingItems	1317000
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CY2013Q4	us-gaap	Unrecognized Tax Benefits UnrecognizedTaxBenefits	13370000
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CY2014Q4	us-gaap	Unrecognized Tax Benefits UnrecognizedTaxBenefits	41377000
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