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Income Taxes (Details) | 3 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended |
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Sep. 30, 2025 USD ($) | Jun. 30, 2025 USD ($) | Mar. 31, 2025 USD ($) | Sep. 30, 2024 USD ($) | Jun. 30, 2024 USD ($) | Mar. 31, 2024 USD ($) | Sep. 30, 2025 USD ($) | Sep. 30, 2024 USD ($) | Dec. 31, 2024 USD ($)
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Payments of tax made on behalf of non-controlling members | $ 1,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  | $ 4,000,000 | $ 0 |
Uncertain tax positions | 0 |  |  |  |  |  | 0 |  | $ 0
Related reserves | $ 0 |  |  |  |  |  | $ 0 |  | 0
Effective income tax rate, benefit | 1.50% |  |  | 0.60% |  |  | 0.20% | 0.40% |
Amount of cash savings as a result of tax attributes created from sales/exchanges, percent | 0.85 |  |  |  |  |  | 0.85 |  |
Remaining tax benefits, percent | 0.15 |  |  |  |  |  | 0.15 |  |
Tax receivable agreement, liability | $ 170,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  | $ 170,000,000 |  | 82,000,000
Tax receivable agreement liability, current | 48,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  | 48,000,000 |  | 17,000,000
Tax receivable agreement, liability, noncurrent | 122,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  | 122,000,000 |  | 65,000,000
Tax receivable agreement payments |  |  |  |  |  |  | 17,000,000 | $ 0 |
Tax receivable agreement, unrecorded liability | 2,100,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  | 2,100,000,000 |  |
Related Party |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Payments of tax made on behalf of non-controlling members | 1,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  | 3,000,000 |  |
Tax receivable agreement, liability | 132,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  | 132,000,000 |  | $ 61,000,000
Tax receivable agreement payments |  |  |  |  |  |  | 13,000,000 |  |
Carvana Group |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Establishment of deferred tax assets related to increases in tax basis in Carvana Group | 209,000,000 | $ 64,000,000 | $ 3,000,000 | $ 168,000,000 | $ 25,000,000 | $ 1,000,000 |  |  |
Carvana Group | Additional Paid-in Capital |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Establishment of deferred tax assets related to increases in tax basis in Carvana Group | 209,000,000 | $ 64,000,000 | $ 3,000,000 | 168,000,000 | $ 25,000,000 | $ 1,000,000 |  |  |
LLC Unit Exchanges | Carvana Group | Additional Paid-in Capital |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Establishment of deferred tax assets related to increases in tax basis in Carvana Group | 208,000,000 |  |  | 168,000,000 |  |  | 275,000,000 | 171,000,000 |
At The Market Offering "ATM Offering" | Carvana Group | Additional Paid-in Capital |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Establishment of deferred tax assets related to increases in tax basis in Carvana Group | $ 1,000,000 |  |  | $ 0 |  |  | $ 1,000,000 | $ 23,000,000 |

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