Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - Additional Information (Detail)			12 Months Ended
		Aug. 16, 2022 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($) Customer $ / shares	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($) Customer $ / shares	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($) $ / shares	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Deferred revenue			$ 2,913,000,000	$ 2,382,000,000	$ 1,926,000,000
Deferred revenue recognized out of prior period balance			472,000,000	312,000,000
Deferred revenue recognized in next 12 months			639,000,000
Revenue Due to Changes in Regulation			288,000,000
Net gains (losses) from foreign currency transaction			89,000,000	(97,000,000)	114,000,000
Grant funding amount received			76,000,000	6,000,000
Impairment of goodwill			$ 0	0	0
Sales-type lease term			72 months
Direct lease term			48 months
Financing receivable, Net			$ 128,000,000
Total sales return reserve from buyback options			91,000,000	223,000,000
Sales return reserve from short term buyback options			40,000,000	91,000,000
Revenue recognized			$ (580,000,000)	$ (366,000,000)
Number of years for loans payable			30 years
Number of customers representing more than ten percentage of accounts receivable | Customer			0	0
Allowance for credit losses			$ 37,000,000	$ 41,000,000
MyPower customer notes receivable, net of allowance for credit losses			280,000,000	299,000,000
MyPower customer notes receivable, net of allowance for credit losses, current			7,000,000	11,000,000
Other non-current assets			$ 4,193,000,000	$ 2,138,000,000
Accounts receivable from OEM customers excess percentage			10.00%	10.00%
Gross cost of operating lease vehicles			$ 6,080,000,000.00	$ 5,280,000,000
Net accumulated depreciation related to leased vehicles			$ 1,040,000,000.00	773,000,000
Product warranty description			a warranty on the installation and components of the energy generation and storage systems we sell for periods typically between 10 to 25 years
Sales-type leasing revenue			$ 683,000,000	369,000,000	120,000,000
Sales-type leasing cost of revenue			$ 427,000,000	234,000,000	$ 87,000,000
Purchases of digital assets, amount				$ 1,500,000,000
Earnings Per Share, Diluted | $ / shares	[1]		$ 3.62	$ 1.63	$ 0.21
Defined Contribution Plan, Employer Discretionary Contribution Amount			$ 91,000,000
Defined Contribution Plan, Employer Matching Contribution, Percent of Match			50.00%
percentage of employees eligible compensation vested			6.00%
Defined Contribution Plan, Maximum Annual Contributions Per Employee, Amount			$ 3,000
Unrecognized tax benefits			870,000,000	$ 531,000,000	$ 380,000,000	$ 273,000,000
Unrecognized tax benefits, that would not affect effective tax rate			572,000,000
Minimum tax rate		15.00%
Profits from income of corporations		$ 1,000,000,000
Other Non-current Assets [Member]
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Financing receivable, Net			$ 665,000,000
Gigafactory Texas With Travis [Member]
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Agreement term			20 years
Gigafactory Texas with Del Valle Independent School [Member]
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Agreement term			10 years
Rebates and Incentives [Member]
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Deferred revenue			$ 25,000,000	27,000,000
Deferred Lease Revenue [Member]
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Deferred revenue			1,750,000,000	1,250,000,000	752,000,000
Revenues			$ 407,000,000	392,000,000
Minimum [Member]
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Estimated useful lives			3 years
Minimum [Member] | Gigafactory Texas With Travis [Member]
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Grant funding equal percentage on property taxes paid by us			70.00%
Maximum [Member]
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Estimated useful lives			30 years
Tax credit amount			$ 195,000,000
Defined Contribution Plan, Employers Matching Contribution, Annual Vesting Percentage			90.00%
Maximum [Member] | Gigafactory Texas With Travis [Member]
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Grant funding equal percentage on property taxes paid by us			80.00%
Government Rebates Receivables [Member]
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Other non-current assets			$ 753,000,000	627,000,000
Federal [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Income tax examination, years			2004
Federal [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Income tax examination, years			2019
U.S. and foreign jurisdictions [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Income tax examination, years			2014
U.S. and foreign jurisdictions [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Income tax examination, years			2021
Energy Generation and Storage [Member]
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Deferred revenue			$ 863,000,000	399,000,000
Financing receivable, Net			24,000,000
Energy Generation and Storage [Member] | Other Non-current Assets [Member]
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Financing receivable, Net			387,000,000
Customer payments [Member]
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Deferred revenue			191,000,000	198,000,000
Customer payments [Member] | Energy Generation and Storage [Member]
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Deferred revenue recognized in next 12 months			12,000,000
Revenue recognized			171,000,000	93,000,000
Unbilled transaction price allocated to performance obligations, expected of more than one year			$ 210,000,000
Software and Software Development Costs [Member]
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Estimated useful lives			3 years
Automotive Regulatory Credits [Member] | Automotive
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Revenues			$ 1,776,000,000	1,465,000,000	$ 1,580,000,000
Automotive Sales with Resale Value Guarantee, Pricing Adjustments [Member] | Automotive
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Revenues				$ 365,000,000

[1] Prior period results have been adjusted to reflect the three-for-one stock split effected in the form of a stock dividend in August 2022. See Note 1, Overview, for details.