The fair value of the inventories after determining the inventory impairments during period.

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The total number of subdivision been tested during inventory impairment process.

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Quantitative Data; Fair Value Of Discount Rate

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Amount of loss from reductions in inventory due to subsequent measurement adjustments, including, but not limited to, physical deterioration, obsolescence, or changes in price levels.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Topic 330
-SubTopic 10
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Publisher FASB
-URI https://asc.fasb.org//1943274/2147483080/330-10-50-2

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Inventories - Fair Value of Impaired Inventory (Details) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2023 USD ($) lot	Sep. 30, 2023 USD ($) lot	Jun. 30, 2023 USD ($) lot	Mar. 31, 2023 USD ($) lot	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($) lot	Sep. 30, 2022 USD ($) lot	Mar. 31, 2022 USD ($) lot	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($) lot	Dec. 31, 2023 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($)
Statement [Line Items]
Number of Subdivisions Impaired \| lot	3	2	1	1	16	9	1	1
Inventory Impairments	$ 2,200	$ 6,200	$ 13,500	$ 7,800	$ 92,800	$ 28,415	$ 660	$ 1,600	$ 29,700	$ 121,875	$ 1,600
Fair Value of Inventory After Impairments	$ 13,273	$ 17,116	$ 17,886	$ 13,016	$ 96,496	$ 44,615	$ 1,728	$ 6,903
Discount Rate			18.00%	18.00%
Minimum
Statement [Line Items]
Discount Rate	12.00%	15.00%			15.00%	15.00%
Maximum
Statement [Line Items]
Discount Rate	15.00%	18.00%			20.00%	18.00%