Commitments and Contingencies - Additional Information (Detail)								1 Months Ended		4 Months Ended	29 Months Ended
	Apr. 03, 2023 USD ($)	Mar. 27, 2023 USD ($)	Jul. 22, 2022 Plaintiff	Jun. 16, 2022 shareholder	Apr. 13, 2022 USD ($)	Oct. 04, 2021 USD ($)	Sep. 16, 2020 USD ($)	Sep. 06, 2018 Plaintiff	Oct. 05, 2016 Plaintiff	Feb. 11, 2019 Plaintiff	Mar. 08, 2021 Plaintiff	Nov. 15, 2021 USD ($)
Commitments And Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of lawsuits filed										2	7
Loss contingency number of purported stockholder class actions filed								9
Number of consolidated actions			2								5
Number of pending resolutions											7
Litigation relating to alleged race discrimination | $		$ 3,175,000				$ 136,900,000
Total damages awarded relating to alleged race discrimination | $	$ 3,175,000				$ 15,000,000
Number Of Tesla stockholders | shareholder				2
Lawsuit in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware by purported stockholders of Tesla challenging SolarCity Acquisition
Commitments And Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of lawsuits filed									7
Received payment from litigation | $							$ 43,000,000
JPMorgan Chase Bank (JP Morgan)
Commitments And Contingencies [Line Items]
Additional shares claim value | $												$ 162,000,000