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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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ACQUISITIONS - Narrative (Details) € in Millions, ¥ in Millions, SFr in Millions, $ in Millions								3 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Mar. 01, 2023 USD ($)	Mar. 01, 2023 CNY (¥)	Dec. 01, 2022 USD ($)	Dec. 01, 2022 CHF (SFr)	Jul. 29, 2022 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2022 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2022 CNY (¥)	Mar. 31, 2024 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2024 CNY (¥)	Dec. 31, 2023 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2023 CNY (¥)	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2022 CNY (¥)	Mar. 31, 2024 CHF (SFr)	Dec. 01, 2023 USD ($)	Dec. 01, 2023 EUR (€)	Jun. 30, 2023 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2023 CNY (¥)	Mar. 01, 2023 CNY (¥)	Dec. 01, 2022 CHF (SFr)	Mar. 31, 2022 CNY (¥)
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Goodwill								$ 2,977		$ 3,013
Eldor Corporation’s Electric Hybrid Systems Business
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Earn out payment liability															$ 78	€ 72
Contractual earn-out payments															$ 191	€ 175
Retention payment payable period															2 years	2 years
Estimated fair values of assets acquired and liabilities assumed, assets										86
Estimated fair value of goodwill and intangibles															$ 25
Estimated fair values of assets acquired and liabilities assumed, liabilities															8
Goodwill															$ 14
Hubei Surpass Sun Electric Charging Business
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Contractual earn-out payments	$ 15																		¥ 103
Goodwill	$ 2
Business acquisition, percentage of voting interests acquired	100.00%																		100.00%
Business consideration	$ 42	¥ 288
Base purchase price	39	268
Payments to acquire businesses										$ 31	¥ 217
Remaining consideration payable	$ 8	¥ 51
Hubei Surpass Sun Electric Charging Business \| Other current liabilities
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Consideration payable in next two years								3	¥ 20
Consideration payable in next three months								5	¥ 31
Drivetek AG
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Contractual earn-out payments			$ 10																	SFr 10
Retention payment payable period			3 years																	3 years
Business acquisition, percentage of voting interests acquired			100.00%																	100.00%
Payments to acquire businesses			$ 29	SFr 27
Other non-current liability								$ 11						SFr 10
Rhombus Energy Solutions
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Contractual earn-out payments					$ 30
Business acquisition, percentage of voting interests acquired					100.00%
Payments to acquire businesses					$ 131
Rhombus Energy Solutions \| Employee Retention Payment
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Contractual earn-out payments					$ 25
Retention payment payable period					3 years
Santroll Automotive Components
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Earn out payment liability						$ 40											$ 24	¥ 200			¥ 250
Contractual earn-out payments						$ 47															¥ 300
Business acquisition, percentage of voting interests acquired						100.00%															100.00%
Business consideration						$ 192
Base purchase price						$ 152	¥ 1,000
Payments to acquire businesses												$ 157	¥ 1,000
Business combination, other operating expense												$ 5