IIRC it's actually financing with a balloon payment (with no risk since they're ...

yannisp on Nov 6, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: Tesla lost $38M in third quarter, stock tumbles ov...

IIRC it's actually financing with a balloon payment (with no risk since they're not the lenders), with an option for buyback. That liability of buying back should be somewhere in the books, either accrued or entered in full.