Equity Method Investments, Number of Interests in Other Joint Ventures

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Equity Method Investments, Number of Joint Ventures Engaged in Production, Import and Sale of Products

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Difference between amount at which an investment accounted for under the equity method of accounting is carried (reported) on the balance sheet and amount of underlying equity in net assets the reporting Entity has in the investee.

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The percentage of ownership of common stock or equity participation in the investee accounted for under the equity method of accounting.

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This item represents the carrying amount on the entity's balance sheet of its investment in common stock of an equity method investee. This is not an indicator of the fair value of the investment, rather it is the initial cost adjusted for the entity's share of earnings and losses of the investee, adjusted for any distributions (dividends) and other than temporary impairment (OTTI) losses recognized.

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Amount of income (loss) for proportionate share of equity method investee's income (loss).

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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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Equity In Net Assets Of Nonconsolidated Affiliates (Details) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2023 USD ($) numberOfJointVenture	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($)
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Equity income (loss)(b)	$ 773	$ 837	$ 1,301
Equity in net assets of nonconsolidated affiliates	10,613	10,176	9,677
Basis Difference	$ 4,200	4,300
Number of joint ventures engaged in production, import and sale of products \| numberOfJointVenture	4
SGM
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Number of interests in other joint ventures \| numberOfJointVenture	3
Automotive China
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Equity income (loss)(b)	$ 446	677	1,098
Equity in net assets of nonconsolidated affiliates	6,373	6,714
Ultium Cells Holdings LLC
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Equity income (loss)(b)	293
Equity in net assets of nonconsolidated affiliates	2,268	1,463
Other joint ventures
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Equity income (loss)(b)	327	159	$ 203
Equity in net assets of nonconsolidated affiliates	$ 1,972	$ 1,998
SGM
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Ownership Percentage	50.00%	50.00%
SGM \| SAIC
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Ownership Percentage	50.00%
PATAC
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Ownership Percentage	50.00%	50.00%
SGMS
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Ownership Percentage	49.00%	49.00%
SGMW
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Ownership Percentage	44.00%	44.00%
Shanghai OnStar
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Ownership Percentage	40.00%	40.00%
Shanghai OnStar \| SGM
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Ownership Percentage	20.00%
SGM Norsom
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Ownership Percentage	25.00%	25.00%
SGM Norsom \| SGM
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Ownership Percentage	50.00%
SGM Norsom \| SAIC
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Ownership Percentage	25.00%
SGM DY
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Ownership Percentage	25.00%	25.00%
SGM DY \| SGM
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Ownership Percentage	50.00%
SGM DY \| SAIC
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Ownership Percentage	25.00%
SGM DYPT
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Ownership Percentage	25.00%	25.00%
SGM DYPT \| SGM
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Ownership Percentage	50.00%
SGM DYPT \| SAIC
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Ownership Percentage	25.00%
SAIC-GMAC
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Ownership Percentage	35.00%	35.00%
SAIC-GMAC \| SGM
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Ownership Percentage	20.00%
SAIC-GMAC \| Shanghai Automotive Group Finance Company Ltd.
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Ownership Percentage	45.00%
SAIC-GMF Leasing Co., Ltd.
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Ownership Percentage	35.00%	35.00%
SAIC-GMF Leasing Co., Ltd. \| SGM
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Ownership Percentage	20.00%
SAIC-GMF Leasing Co., Ltd. \| SAIC Financial Holdings Company
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Ownership Percentage	45.00%