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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis

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Additionally, we are increasingly focused on products and services based on AI, robotics and automation.

In 2024, we produced approximately 433,000 consumer vehicles and delivered approximately 387,000 consumer vehicles through the first quarter.

We are focused on profitable growth, including by leveraging existing factories and production lines to introduce new and more affordable products, increasing vehicle production, utilized capacity and delivery capabilities, reducing costs, improving and developing our vehicles and battery technologies, vertically integrating and localizing our supply chain, further improving and deploying our FSD capabilities, including through our planned robotaxi product, and expanding our global infrastructure, including our service and charging infrastructure.

In 2024, we deployed 4.05 GWh of energy storage products through the first quarter.

In 2024, we produced approximately 844,000 consumer vehicles and delivered approximately 831,000 consumer vehicles through the second quarter.

We are focused on profitable growth, including by leveraging existing factories and production lines to introduce new and more affordable products, further improving and deploying our FSD capabilities, including through our planned robotaxi product, reducing costs, increasing vehicle production, utilized capacity and delivery capabilities, improving and developing our vehicles and battery technologies, vertically integrating and localizing our supply chain, and expanding our global infrastructure, including our service and charging infrastructure.

In 2024, we deployed 13.46 GWh of energy storage products through the second quarter.

We are focused on ramping the production and increasing the market penetration of our energy storage products.

During the three months ended March 31, 2024, we recognized total revenues of $21.30 billion, representing a decrease of $2.03 billion, compared to the prior year.

During the three months ended March 31, 2024, our net income attributable to common stockholders was $1.13 billion, representing an unfavorable change of $1.38 billion, compared to the same period in the prior year.

During the three and six months ended June 30, 2024, we recognized total revenues of $25.50 billion and $46.80 billion, respectively, representing an increase of $573 million and a decrease of $1.46 billion, respectively, compared to the same periods in the prior year.

During the three and six months ended June 30, 2024, our net income attributable to common stockholders was $1.48 billion and $2.61 billion, respectively, representing decreases of $1.23 billion and $2.61 billion, respectively, compared to the same periods in the prior year.

We continue to ramp production and build and optimize our manufacturing capacity, expand our operations while focusing on further cost reductions and operational efficiencies to enable increased deliveries and deployments of our products, and invest in research and development to accelerate our AI, software, and fleet-based profits for further revenue growth.

We ended the first quarter of 2024 with $26.86 billion in cash and cash equivalents and investments, representing a decrease of $2.23 billion from the end of 2023.

Our cash flows provided by operating activities during the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023 were $242 million and $2.51 billion, respectively, representing a decrease of $2.27 billion.

Capital expenditures amounted to $2.77 billion during the three months ended March 31, 2024, compared to $2.07 billion during the same period ended March 31, 2023, representing an increase of $701 million.

We ended the second quarter of 2024 with $30.72 billion in cash and cash equivalents and investments, representing an increase of $1.63 billion from the end of 2023.

Our cash flows provided by operating activities were $3.85 billion during the six months ended June 30, 2024, compared to $5.58 billion during the same period ended June 30, 2023, representing a decrease of $1.72 billion.

Capital expenditures amounted to $5.04 billion during the six months ended June 30, 2024, compared to $4.13 billion during the same period ended June 30, 2023, representing an increase of $911 million.

Overall growth has allowed our business to generally fund itself, and we will continue investing in a number of capital-intensive projects and research and development in upcoming periods.

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TBD Roadster In development

We are focused on growing our manufacturing capacity, which includes capacity for manufacturing new vehicle models such as our Cybertruck and future vehicles utilizing aspects of our next generation platform, and ramping the production at our Gigafactories to their installed production capacities as well as increasing production rate and efficiency at our current factories.

We are focused on growing our manufacturing capacity, which includes capacity for manufacturing new vehicle models such as our Cybertruck, Tesla Semi and future vehicles utilizing aspects of our next generation platform, and ramping the production at our Gigafactories to their installed production capacities as well as increasing production rate and efficiency at our current factories.

The next phase of production growth will depend on the continued ramp at our factories and be initiated by advances in autonomy and the introduction of new products, including those built on our next generation vehicle platform, as well as our ability to add to our available sources of battery cell supply by manufacturing our own cells that we are developing to have high-volume output, lower capital and production costs and longer range.

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Our cost reduction efforts, cost innovation strategies, and additional localized procurement and manufacturing are key to our vehicles’ affordability and have allowed us to competitively price our vehicles.

We will also continue to generate demand by improving our vehicles’ performance and functionality, including through product offerings and features based on artificial intelligence such as Autopilot, FSD (Supervised), and other software, and delivering new vehicles, such as our Cybertruck.

In addition, we have been increasing awareness, and expanding our vehicle financing programs, including attractive leasing terms for our customers.

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These macroeconomic and industry trends have had, and will likely continue to have, an impact on the pricing of, and order rate for our vehicles, and in turn our operating margin.

Changes in government and economic incentives in relation to electric vehicles may also impact our sales.

Changes in government and economic incentives or tariffs may also impact our sales, cost structure and the competitive landscape.

We will continue to adjust accordingly to such developments, and we believe our ongoing cost reduction, including improved production innovation and efficiency at our newest factories and lower logistics costs, and focus on operating leverage will continue to benefit us in relation to our competitors, while our new products will help enable future growth.

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We continue to increase the production of our energy storage products to meet high levels of demand, including the construction of a new Megafactory in Shanghai and the ongoing ramp at our Megafactory in Lathrop, California.

For Megapack, energy storage deployments can vary meaningfully quarter to quarter depending on the timing of specific project milestones.

For Megapack, energy storage deployments can vary meaningfully quarter to quarter depending on the timing of specific project milestones and logistics.

As these product lines grow, we will have to maintain adequate battery cell supply for our energy storage products.

At the same time, changes in government and economic incentives or tariffs may also impact our sales, cost structure and the competitive landscape.

Cash Flow and Capital Expenditure Trends

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Our business has generally been consistently generating cash flow from operations in excess of our level of capital spend, and with better working capital management resulting in shorter days sales outstanding than days payable outstanding, our sales growth is also generally facilitating positive cash generation.

We have and will continue to utilize such cash flows, among other things, to do more vertical integration, expand our product roadmap, invest in autonomy and provide financing options to our customers.

We have and will continue to utilize such cash flows, among other things, to invest in autonomy, do more vertical integration, expand our product roadmap and provide financing options to our customers.

At the same time, we are likely to see heightened levels of capital expenditures during certain periods depending on the specific pace of our capital-intensive projects and other potential variables such as rising material prices and increases in supply chain and labor expenses resulting from changes in global trade conditions and labor availability.

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Recent Accounting Pronouncements

See Note 1, Summary of Significant Accounting Policies , to the consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

See Note 1, Overview & Summary of Significant Accounting Policies , to the consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

Results of Operations

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Automotive & Services and Other Segment

Automotive sales revenue decreased $2.42 billion, or 13%, in the three months ended March 31, 2024 as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2023, primarily due to lower average selling price on our vehicles driven by overall price reductions year over year.

Automotive sales revenue decreased $1.89 billion, or 9%, in the three months ended June 30, 2024 as compared to the three months ended June 30, 2023, primarily due to lower average selling price on our vehicles driven by overall price reductions and attractive financing options provided year over year.

Additionally, there was a decrease of approximately 13,000 combined Model 3 and Model Y cash deliveries partially due to the early phase of the production ramp of the updated Model 3 at our Fremont factory.

The decreases were partially offset by an increase of approximately 4,000 deliveries of other models, including Model S, Model X and Cybertruck, primarily due to our production ramp of Cybertruck.

Automotive sales revenue decreased $4.31 billion, or 11%, in the six months ended June 30, 2024 as compared to the six months ended June 30, 2023, primarily due to lower average selling price on our vehicles driven by overall price reductions and attractive financing options provided year over year.

Additionally, there was a decrease of approximately 40,000 combined Model 3 and Model Y cash deliveries partially due to the early phase of the production ramp of the updated Model 3 at our Fremont factory and factory shutdowns resulting from shipping diversions caused by the Red Sea conflict and an arson attack at Gigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg.

The decreases were partially offset by an increase of approximately 7,000 deliveries of other models as we ramped our production of Cybertruck.

Automotive regulatory credits revenue decreased $79 million, or 15%, in the three months ended March 31, 2024 as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2023.

Automotive leasing revenue decreased $88 million, or 16%, in the three months ended March 31, 2024 as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2023.

The decrease was primarily due to a decrease in direct sales-type leasing revenue driven by lower deliveries year over year.

Services and other revenue increased $451 million, or 25%, in the three months ended March 31, 2024 as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2023.

The increase was primarily due to increases in non-warranty maintenance services and collision revenue, insurance services revenue, paid Supercharging revenue and part sales revenue.

Additionally, there was higher used vehicle revenue driven by increases in volume partially offset by a decrease in average selling price of used vehicles.

The decreases were partially offset by an increase of approximately 11,000 deliveries of other models, including Model S, Model X and Cybertruck, primarily due to our production ramp of Cybertruck.

Automotive regulatory credits revenue increased $608 million, or 216%, in the three months ended June 30, 2024 as compared to the three months ended June 30, 2023.

Automotive regulatory credits revenue increased $529 million, or 66%, in the six months ended June 30, 2024 as compared to the six months ended June 30, 2023.

These increases were driven by demand for credits in North America as other automobile manufacturers scale back on their battery electric vehicle plans.

Automotive leasing revenue decreased $109 million, or 19%, in the three months ended June 30, 2024 as compared to the three months ended June 30, 2023.

Automotive leasing revenue decreased $197 million, or 17%, in the six months ended June 30, 2024 as compared to the six months ended June 30, 2023.

The decreases were primarily due to lower direct sales-type leasing deliveries compared to the prior periods.

Services and other revenue increased $458 million, or 21%, in the three months ended June 30, 2024 as compared to the three months ended June 30, 2023.

Services and other revenue increased $909 million, or 23%, in the six months ended June 30, 2024 as compared to the six months ended June 30, 2023.

The increases were primarily due to increases in non-warranty maintenance services and collision revenue, used vehicle revenue, insurance services revenue, paid Supercharging revenue and part sales revenue.

Energy Generation and Storage Segment

Energy generation and storage revenue increased $106 million, or 7%, in the three months ended March 31, 2024 as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2023.

The increase was primarily due to an increase in average selling price of Megapack partially offset by a decrease in solar deployments.

Energy generation and storage revenue increased $1.51 billion, or 100%, in the three months ended June 30, 2024 as compared to the three months ended June 30, 2023.

Energy generation and storage revenue increased $1.61 billion, or 53%, in the six months ended June 30, 2024 as compared to the six months ended June 30, 2023.

The increases were primarily due to increases in Megapack deployments compared to the prior periods.

Cost of Revenues and Gross Margin

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Automotive & Services and Other Segment

Cost of automotive sales revenue decreased $1.53 billion, or 10%, in the three months ended March 31, 2024 as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2023.

Cost of automotive sales revenue decreased due to a decrease in the average combined cost per unit of our vehicles primarily from lower raw material costs, freight and duties in addition to the changes in deliveries year over year as discussed.

Additionally, there were higher costs for Cybertruck and the updated Model 3 at our Fremont factory as a result of the temporary under-utilization of manufacturing capacity as production ramps.

Cost of automotive leasing revenue decreased $64 million, or 19%, in the three months ended March 31, 2024 as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2023.

The decrease was primarily due to a decrease in direct sales-type leasing cost of revenue driven by lower deliveries year over year.

Cost of services and other revenue increased $505 million, or 30%, in the three months ended March 31, 2024 as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2023.

The increase was generally in line with the changes in services and other revenue as discussed above.

Gross margin for total automotive decreased from 21.1% to 18.5% in the three months ended March 31, 2024 as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2023.

The decrease was driven by the changes in automotive sales revenue and cost of revenue as well as a decrease in regulatory credits revenue, as discussed above.

Gross margin for total automotive & services and other segment decreased from 19.9% to 16.7% in the three months ended March 31, 2024 as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2023, primarily due to the automotive gross margin decrease discussed above.

Cost of automotive sales revenue decreased $879 million, or 5%, in the three months ended June 30, 2024 as compared to the three months ended June 30, 2023.

Cost of automotive sales revenue decreased $2.40 billion, or 7%, in the six months ended June 30, 2024 as compared to the six months ended June 30, 2023.

Cost of automotive sales revenue decreased due to a decrease in the average combined cost per unit of our vehicles primarily from lower raw material costs, freight and duties and higher IRA manufacturing credits in addition to the volume changes in deliveries year over year as discussed above.

These decreases were partially offset by higher costs for Cybertruck and the updated Model 3 at our Fremont factory as a result of the temporary under-utilization of manufacturing capacity as production ramps.

Cost of automotive leasing revenue decreased $93 million, or 28%, in the three months ended June 30, 2024 as compared to the three months ended June 30, 2023.

Cost of automotive leasing revenue decreased $157 million, or 23%, in the six months ended June 30, 2024 as compared to the six months ended June 30, 2023.

The decreases were primarily due to a decrease in direct sales-type leasing cost of revenue driven by lower deliveries compared to the prior periods.

Cost of services and other revenue increased $457 million, or 23%, in the three months ended June 30, 2024 as compared to the three months ended June 30, 2023.

Cost of services and other revenue increased $962 million, or 26%, in the six months ended June 30, 2024 as compared to the six months ended June 30, 2023.

The increases were generally in line with the changes in services and other revenue as discussed above.

Gross margin for total automotive decreased from 19.2% to 18.5% in the three months ended June 30, 2024 as compared to the three months ended June 30, 2023.

Gross margin for total automotive decreased from 20.1% to 18.5% in the six months ended June 30, 2024 as compared to the six months ended June 30, 2023.

The decreases were driven by lower average selling price on our vehicles and temporary under-utilization of manufacturing capacity during production ramps, partially offset by increases in regulatory credits revenue and lower average combined cost per unit of our vehicles, as discussed above.

Gross margin for total automotive & services and other segment decreased from 18.2% to 17.1% in the three months ended June 30, 2024 as compared to the three months ended June 30, 2023.

Gross margin for total automotive & services and other segment decreased from 19.0% to 16.9% in the six months ended June 30, 2024 as compared to the six months ended June 30, 2023, primarily due to the automotive gross margin decreases discussed above.

Energy Generation and Storage Segment

Cost of energy generation and storage revenue decreased $129 million, or 9%, in the three months ended March 31, 2024 as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2023.

The decrease was due to an increase in IRA manufacturing credits recognized year over year.

Gross margin for energy generation and storage increased from 11.0% to 24.6% in the three months ended March 31, 2024 as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2023.

The increase was driven by the changes in energy generation and storage revenue and cost of revenue as discussed above.

Cost of energy generation and storage revenue increased $1.04 billion, or 85%, in the three months ended June 30, 2024 as compared to the three months ended June 30, 2023.

Cost of energy generation and storage revenue increased $914 million, or 35%, in the six months ended June 30, 2024 as compared to the six months ended June 30, 2023.

The increases were primarily due to increases in Megapack deployments, partially offset by increases in IRA manufacturing credits recognized as compared to the prior periods.

Gross margin for energy generation and storage increased from 18.4% to 24.6% in the three months ended June 30, 2024 as compared to the three months ended June 30, 2023.

Gross margin for energy generation and storage increased from 14.7% to 24.6% in the six months ended June 30, 2024 as compared to the six months ended June 30, 2023.

The increases were primarily due to increases in IRA manufacturing credits and a higher proportion of our storage business, which operated at a higher gross margin, within the segment as compared to the prior periods.

Research and Development Expense

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Research and development (“R&D”) expenses increased $380 million, or 49%, in the three months ended March 31, 2024 as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2023.

The overall increase was primarily driven by additional costs year over year related to AI, advancement of our proprietary battery cell technologies and other programs.

R&D expenses as a percentage of revenue increased from 3% to 5% in the three months ended March 31, 2024 as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2023 as we continue to expand our product roadmap and technologies.

Research and development (“R&D”) expenses increased $131 million, or 14%, in the three months ended June 30, 2024 as compared to the three months ended June 30, 2023.

R&D expenses increased $511 million, or 30%, in the six months ended June 30, 2024 as compared to the six months ended June 30, 2023.

The overall increases were primarily driven by additional costs year over year related to AI and other programs.

R&D expenses as a percentage of revenue stayed consistent at 4% in the three months ended June 30, 2024 as compared to the three months ended June 30, 2023.

R&D expenses as a percentage of revenue increased from 4% to 5% in the six months ended June 30, 2024 as compared to the six months ended June 30, 2023 as we continue to expand our product roadmap and technologies.

Selling, General and Administrative Expense

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Selling, general and administrative (“SG&A”) expenses increased $298 million, or 28%, in the three months ended March 31, 2024 as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2023.

This was driven by a $176 million increase in employee and labor costs primarily from increased headcount, including professional services, a $62 million increase in facilities related expenses and a $41 million increase in promotions, advertising and other marketing expenses.

Selling, general and administrative (“SG&A”) expenses increased $86 million, or 7%, in the three months ended June 30, 2024 as compared to the three months ended June 30, 2023.

This was driven by a $73 million increase in facilities related expenses and a $32 million increase in employee and labor costs, including professional services.

SG&A expenses increased $384 million, or 17%, in the six months ended June 30, 2024 as compared to the six months ended June 30, 2023.

This was driven by a $208 million increase in employee and labor costs, including professional services, and a $135 million increase in facilities related expenses.

Restructuring and Other

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In the second quarter of 2024, we initiated and substantially completed certain restructuring actions to reduce costs and improve efficiency.

As a result, we recognized $583 million of employee termination expenses in Restructuring and other in our consolidated income statement.

These expenses were substantially paid during the quarter with the remaining unpaid immaterial accrual recorded in Accrued liabilities and other in our consolidated balance sheet as of June 30, 2024.

Interest Income

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Interest income increased $137 million, or 64%, in the three months ended March 31, 2024 as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2023.

This increase was primarily due to higher interest earned on our cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments in the three months ended March 31, 2024 as compared to the prior period due to rising interest rates and our increasing portfolio balance.

Other Income (Expense), Net

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Interest income increased $110 million, or 46%, in the three months ended June 30, 2024 and increased $247 million, or 55%, in the six months ended June 30, 2024 as compared to the three and six months ended June 30, 2023, respectively.

The increases were primarily due to higher interest earned on our cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments compared to the prior periods due to rising interest rates and increases in our portfolio balance.

Other Income, Net

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Other income (expense), net, changed favorably by $156 million in the three months ended March 31, 2024 as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2023.

The favorable change was primarily due to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates on our intercompany balances.

As our intercompany balances are significant in nature and as we do not typically hedge foreign currency risk, we can experience significant fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rate gains and losses from period to period.

Other income, net $ 20 $ 328 $ (308) (94) % $ 128 $ 280 $ (152) (54)%

Other income, net, changed unfavorably by $308 million in the three months ended June 30, 2024 as compared to the three months ended June 30, 2023.

Other income, net changed unfavorably by $152 million in the six months ended June 30, 2024 as compared to the six months ended June 30, 2023.

The unfavorable changes were primarily due to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates on our intercompany balances.

As our intercompany balances are significant in nature and we do not typically hedge foreign currency risk, we can experience significant fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rate gains and losses from period to period.

Provision for Income Taxes

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Our provision for income taxes increased by $148 million in the three months ended March 31, 2024 as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2023.

Our effective tax rate increased from 9% to 26% in the three months ended March 31, 2024 as compared to the prior period.

Our provision for income taxes increased by $70 million in the three months ended June 30, 2024 and increased by $218 million in the six months ended June 30, 2024 as compared to the three and six months ended June 30, 2023, respectively.

Our effective tax rate increased from 11% to 21% in the three months ended June 30, 2024 and increased from 10% to 23% in the six months ended June 30, 2024 as compared to the three and six months ended June 30, 2023, respectively.

These increases are primarily due to the impact of releasing the valuation allowance on our U.S.

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Conversely, we may also from time to time determine that it is in our best interests to voluntarily repay certain indebtedness early.

Accordingly, we believe that our current sources of funds will provide us with adequate liquidity during the 12-month period following March 31, 2024, as well as in the long-term.

Accordingly, we believe that our current sources of funds will provide us with adequate liquidity during the 12-month period following June 30, 2024, as well as in the long-term.

See the sections below for more details regarding the material requirements for cash in our business and our sources of liquidity to meet such needs.

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We also have certain obligations in connection with our operations at Gigafactory New York and Gigafactory Shanghai, as outlined in Part II, Item 7, Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Liquidity and Capital Resources—Material Cash Requirements in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023.

As of March 31, 2024, we and our subsidiaries had outstanding $4.90 billion in aggregate principal amount of indebtedness, of which $2.14 billion is scheduled to become due in the succeeding 12 months.

As of June 30, 2024, we and our subsidiaries had outstanding $7.39 billion in aggregate principal amount of indebtedness, of which $2.03 billion is current.

For details regarding our indebtedness, refer to Note 7, Debt, to the consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

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Our sources to fund our material cash requirements are predominantly from our deliveries and servicing of new and used vehicles, sales and installations of our energy storage products, interest income, and proceeds from debt facilities and equity offerings, when applicable.

As of March 31, 2024, we had $11.81 billion and $15.06 billion of cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments, respectively.

As of June 30, 2024, we had $14.64 billion and $16.09 billion of cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments, respectively.

Balances held in foreign currencies had a U.S.

dollar equivalent of $4.09 billion and consisted primarily of Chinese yuan and euros.

We had $5.00 billion of unused committed credit amounts as of March 31, 2024.

We had $5.00 billion of unused committed credit amounts as of June 30, 2024.

For details regarding our indebtedness, refer to Note 7, Debt , to the consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

We continue adapting our strategy to meet our liquidity and risk objectives, such as investing in U.S.

government securities and other investments, to do more vertical integration, expand our product roadmap and provide financing options to our customers.

government securities and other investments, invest in autonomy, do more vertical integration, expand our product roadmap and provide financing options to our customers.

Summary of Cash Flows

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Cash Flows from Operating Activities

Net cash provided by operating activities decreased by $2.27 billion to $242 million during the three months ended March 31, 2024 from $2.51 billion during the three months ended March 31, 2023.

This decrease was primarily due to unfavorable changes in net operating assets and liabilities of $1.19 billion and the decrease in net income excluding non-cash expenses, gains and losses of $1.08 billion.

Net cash provided by operating activities decreased by $1.72 billion to $3.85 billion during the six months ended June 30, 2024 from $5.58 billion during the six months ended June 30, 2023.

This decrease was primarily due to the decrease in net income excluding non-cash expenses, gains and losses of $1.63 billion, and unfavorable changes in net operating assets and liabilities of $95 million.

Cash Flows from Investing Activities

Cash flows from investing activities and their variability across each period related primarily to capital expenditures, which were $2.77 billion for the three months ended March 31, 2024 and $2.07 billion for the three months ended March 31, 2023, mainly for global factory expansion, machinery and equipment and AI related capital expenditures as we expand or enhance our product roadmap.

We also purchased $2.31 billion and $411 million of short-term investments, net of proceeds from maturities, for the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively.

Cash flows from investing activities and their variability across each period related primarily to capital expenditures, which were $5.04 billion for the six months ended June 30, 2024 and $4.13 billion for the six months ended June 30, 2023, mainly for global factory expansion, machinery and equipment and AI-related capital expenditures as we expand and enhance our product roadmap.

We also purchased $3.26 billion and $1.81 billion of short-term investments, net of proceeds from maturities and sales, for the six months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively.

Cash Flows from Financing Activities

Net cash from financing activities changed by $429 million to $196 million net cash provided by financing activities during the three months ended March 31, 2024 from $233 million net cash used in financing activities during the three months ended March 31, 2023.

The change was primarily due to a $776 million increase in proceeds from issuances of debt, partially offset by a $289 million increase in repayments of debt and a $94 million increase in payments for buy-outs of noncontrolling interests in subsidiaries.

Net cash flows from financing activities changed by $3.30 billion to $2.74 billion net cash provided by financing activities during the six months ended June 30, 2024 from $561 million net cash used in financing activities during the six months ended June 30, 2023.

The change was primarily due to a $3.90 billion increase in proceeds from issuances of debt, partially offset by a $679 million increase in repayments of debt.

See Note 7, Debt , to the consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for further details regarding our debt obligations.

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