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TCL ZHONGHUAN RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGY CO. LTD. (“TZE”) - Schedule of Related Party Transactions with TZE and its Affiliates Excluding the JV (Details) - USD ($)
$ in Thousands
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2023
Jan. 01, 2023
Jan. 02, 2022
Aug. 17, 2022
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]        
Prepayment for purchases $ 0 $ 15,009    
Payments for purchases of silicon wafer 121,770 87,228 $ 10,392  
Contractual interest expense [1] 42,438 30,343 28,138  
2027 Notes | Convertible debt        
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]        
Convertible notes (Note 11) 207,000 207,000   $ 207,000
2027 Notes | Convertible debt | Related party        
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]        
Contractual interest expense $ 15,525 $ 5,822 $ 0  
[1] We have related-party transactions with TCL Zhonghuan Renewable Energy Technology Co. Ltd, SunPower and TotalEnergies S.E. and its affiliates as well as unconsolidated entities in which we have a direct equity investment. These related-party transactions are recorded within the “Revenue,” “Cost of revenue,” “Operating expenses: Research and development and Sales, general and administrative,” and “Other expense, net: Interest expense” financial statement line items in our Consolidated Statements of Operations (see Note 3, Note 4 and Note 10).