Consolidated Statements of Operations (Unaudited) - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2017	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2017	Sep. 30, 2016
Revenues
Automotive sales	$ 2,076,731	$ 1,917,442	$ 6,125,643	$ 3,849,558
Automotive leasing	286,158	231,285	813,462	507,085
Total automotive revenues	2,362,889	2,148,727	6,939,105	4,356,643
Energy generation and storage	317,505	23,334	818,229	50,009
Services and other	304,281	126,375	713,168	308,849
Total revenues	2,984,675	2,298,436	8,470,502	4,715,501
Cost of revenues
Automotive sales	1,755,622	1,355,102	4,724,849	2,895,483
Automotive leasing	175,224	161,959	516,683	310,176
Total automotive cost of revenues	1,930,846	1,517,061	5,241,532	3,205,659
Energy generation and storage	237,288	24,281	592,823	50,553
Services and other	367,401	120,359	852,446	295,310
Total cost of revenues	2,535,535	1,661,701	6,686,801	3,551,522
Gross profit	449,140	636,735	1,783,701	1,163,979
Operating expenses
Research and development	331,622	214,302	1,023,436	588,448
Selling, general and administrative	652,998	336,811	1,794,210	976,173
Total operating expenses	984,620	551,113	2,817,646	1,564,621
(Loss) income from operations	(535,480)	85,622	(1,033,945)	(400,642)
Interest income	5,531	2,858	13,406	6,351
Interest expense	(117,109)	(46,713)	(324,896)	(133,706)
Other expense, net	(24,390)	(11,756)	(83,696)	(9,952)
(Loss) income before income taxes	(671,448)	30,011	(1,429,131)	(537,949)
(Benefit) provision for income taxes	(285)	8,133	40,640	15,628
Net (loss) income	(671,163)	21,878	(1,469,771)	(553,577)
Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests and redeemable noncontrolling interests in subsidiaries	(51,787)		(183,721)
Net (loss) income attributable to common stockholders	$ (619,376)	$ 21,878	$ (1,286,050)	$ (553,577)
Net (loss) income per share of common stock attributable to common stockholders, basic and diluted
Basic	$ (3.70)	$ 0.15	$ (7.80)	$ (3.94)
Diluted	$ (3.70)	$ 0.14	$ (7.80)	$ (3.94)
Weighted average shares used in computing net income (loss) per share of common stock, basic and diluted
Basic	167,294	148,991	164,897	140,581
Diluted	167,294	156,935	164,897	140,581