Line of Credit Facilities, Related Party Facility

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- Definition

Period of time between issuance and maturity of debt instrument, in PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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- Definition

The carrying value as of the balance sheet date of the current and noncurrent portions of long-term obligations drawn from a line of credit, which is a bank's commitment to make loans up to a specific amount. Examples of items that might be included in the application of this element may consist of letters of credit, standby letters of credit, and revolving credit arrangements, under which borrowings can be made up to a maximum amount as of any point in time conditional on satisfaction of specified terms before, as of and after the date of drawdowns on the line. Includes short-term obligations that would normally be classified as current liabilities but for which (a) postbalance sheet date issuance of a long term obligation to refinance the short term obligation on a long term basis, or (b) the enterprise has entered into a financing agreement that clearly permits the enterprise to refinance the short-term obligation on a long term basis and the following conditions are met (1) the agreement does not expire within 1 year and is not cancelable by the lender except for violation of an objectively determinable provision, (2) no violation exists at the BS date, and (3) the lender has entered into the financing agreement is expected to be financially capable of honoring the agreement.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
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- Definition

Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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- Definition

The amount of any deferred tax-related balances due to affiliates as of the date of each statement of financial position presented.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 740
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 17
-Subparagraph (a)
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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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Related Party Transactions - Narrative (Details) - USD ($)	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended
	Apr. 26, 2022	Mar. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related party tax payment		$ 89,000,000
Junior Subordinated Revolving Credit Facility \| General Motors
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Line of credit facilities - GM Related party facility		1,000,000,000
Revolving Credit Facility
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity		1,900,000,000
Line of Credit \| Revolving Credit Facility \| General Motors
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity		15,500,000,000
Line of Credit \| Revolving Credit Facility \| Cruise
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity		5,000,000,000
Long-term line of credit		0	$ 0
Line of Credit \| Revolving Credit Facility \| Three Year Revolving Credit Facility Expiring April 2024 \| General Motors
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity		$ 4,300,000,000
Debt instrument term		3 years
Line of Credit \| Revolving Credit Facility \| Five Year Revolving Credit Facility \| General Motors
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity		$ 11,200,000,000
Debt instrument term		5 years
Line of Credit \| Revolving Credit Facility \| Three Hundred and Sixty-Four Day Revolving Credit Facilities \| General Motors
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity		$ 2,000,000,000
Debt instrument term		364 days
Line of Credit \| Revolving Credit Facility \| Three Hundred and Sixty-Four Day Revolving Credit Facilities \| General Motors \| Subsequent Event
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Debt instrument term	364 days