Tesla, Inc.

Note 2 –Fair Value of Financial Instruments

ASC 820, Fair Value Measurement, states that fair value is an exit price, representing the amount that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants. As such, fair value is a market-based measurement that should be determined based on assumptions that market participants would use in pricing an asset or a liability. The three-tiered fair value hierarchy, which prioritizes which inputs should be used in measuring fair value, is comprised of: (Level I) observable inputs such as quoted prices in active markets; (Level II) inputs other than quoted prices in active markets that are observable either directly or indirectly and (Level III) unobservable inputs for which there is little or no market data. The fair value hierarchy requires the use of observable market data when available in determining fair value. Our assets and liabilities that were measured at fair value on a recurring basis were as follows (in millions):

(1)For the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2026, we recorded a $142 million loss and $863 million gain, respectively, on our SpaceX equity investment. During the third quarter of 2026, regulatory restrictions on the shares expired, resulting in the release of the previously applied discount for lack of marketability and the transfer of the investment from Level 2 to Level 1 within the fair value hierarchy. Additionally, the shares remain subject to customary sales restrictions in connection with the SpaceX initial public offering that expire in December 2026.

(2)As of September 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025, the majority of our digital assets were comprised of 11,509 units of Bitcoin held at an acquisition cost of $386 million.

Our cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments classified by security type as of September 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025 consisted of the following (in millions):

As of September 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025, short-term investments held and restricted for our insurance business were $231 million and $254 million, respectively.

As of September 30, 2026, the majority of our short-term investments had contractual maturity dates within one year.

Disclosure of Fair Values

Our financial instruments that are not re-measured at fair value include time deposits, accounts receivable, financing receivables, other receivables, accounts payable, accrued liabilities, customer deposits and debt. The carrying values of these financial instruments materially approximate their fair values.

Note 3 –Acquisition

In the second quarter of 2026, Tesla acquired a Super Intelligence (“SI”) hardware company in an asset acquisition for $1.95 billion in Tesla common stock and equity awards, of which $1.73 billion is subject to certain service conditions and/or performance milestones dependent on the successful deployment of the company's technology and $222 million was allocated to a patent and related developed technology intangible asset. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2026, no stock-based compensation expense related to the performance-based awards was recognized as the performance conditions were determined to be improbable.