---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-26-063820"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "TSLA"
cik: "0001318605"
company_name: "Tesla, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-09-29T20:38:50+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-10-12T13:51:24.218145+00:00"
event_type: "debt"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Tesla signs $30B credit facilities ($20B term loan, $8B revolver, $2B 364-day); replaces $5B 2023 revolver

## Summary
- Tesla entered a $20.0B senior unsecured three-year delayed draw term loan (Citi as agent) and $8.0B five-year plus $2.0B 364-day revolvers (Wells Fargo as agent), dated September 29, 2026.
- Term loan matures September 29, 2029; five-year revolver terminates September 29, 2031; 364-day revolver matures September 28, 2027 with a term-out option extending it one year.
- Undrawn term loan commitments step down to $10.0B at the first anniversary and $5.0B at 15 months, terminating at 18 months; Tesla may draw up to ten times in that window.
- Credit Agreements require at least $5.0B consolidated liquidity; revolver commitments may be upsized by $4.0B, to $14.0B aggregate; Tesla does not plan to draw in 2026.
- Tesla terminated its $5.0B January 2023 revolver (was to mature January 2028) with no borrowings outstanding and no early termination penalties; no loans outstanding on the new facilities.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-26-063820
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: TSLA
- cik: 0001318605
- company_name: Tesla, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-09-29T20:38:50+00:00
- event_type: debt
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 1.02, 2.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1318605/000162828026063820/0001628280-26-063820-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1318605/000162828026063820/tsla-20260929.htm

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