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Fair Value of Financial Instruments - Assets and Liabilities Measured and Recorded at Fair Value (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions | Mar. 31, 2024 | Dec. 31, 2023
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Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Investments in securities (classified within other current and non-current assets) | $ 22 | $ 21
Measured using net asset value practical expedient: |  |
Total assets | 6,234 | 6,182
Derivative liabilities: |  |
Derivative contracts | 5,030 | 5,507
Interest rate contracts |  |
Derivative assets: |  |
Derivative contracts | 25 | 12
Derivative liabilities: |  |
Derivative contracts | 10 | 8
Foreign exchange |  |
Derivative assets: |  |
Derivative contracts | 8 | 5
Derivative liabilities: |  |
Derivative contracts | 2 | 9
Commodity contracts |  |
Derivative assets: |  |
Derivative contracts | 6,173 | 6,138
Derivative liabilities: |  |
Derivative contracts | 4,894 | 5,356
Consumer Financing Program |  |
Derivative liabilities: |  |
Derivative contracts | 124 | 134
Level 1 |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Investments in securities (classified within other current and non-current assets) | 0 | 0
Measured using net asset value practical expedient: |  |
Total assets | 1,186 | 1,334
Derivative liabilities: |  |
Derivative contracts | 1,237 | 1,413
Level 1 | Equity Securities |  |
Measured using net asset value practical expedient: |  |
Equity securities |  |
Level 1 | Interest rate contracts |  |
Derivative assets: |  |
Derivative contracts | 0 | 0
Derivative liabilities: |  |
Derivative contracts | 0 | 0
Level 1 | Foreign exchange |  |
Derivative assets: |  |
Derivative contracts | 0 | 0
Derivative liabilities: |  |
Derivative contracts | 0 | 0
Level 1 | Commodity contracts |  |
Derivative assets: |  |
Derivative contracts | 1,186 | 1,334
Derivative liabilities: |  |
Derivative contracts | 1,237 | 1,413
Level 1 | Consumer Financing Program |  |
Derivative liabilities: |  |
Derivative contracts | 0 | 0
Level 2 |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Investments in securities (classified within other current and non-current assets) | 22 | 21
Measured using net asset value practical expedient: |  |
Total assets | 4,763 | 4,508
Derivative liabilities: |  |
Derivative contracts | 3,481 | 3,745
Level 2 | Equity Securities |  |
Measured using net asset value practical expedient: |  |
Equity securities |  |
Level 2 | Interest rate contracts |  |
Derivative assets: |  |
Derivative contracts | 25 | 12
Derivative liabilities: |  |
Derivative contracts | 10 | 8
Level 2 | Foreign exchange |  |
Derivative assets: |  |
Derivative contracts | 8 | 5
Derivative liabilities: |  |
Derivative contracts | 2 | 9
Level 2 | Commodity contracts |  |
Derivative assets: |  |
Derivative contracts | 4,708 | 4,470
Derivative liabilities: |  |
Derivative contracts | 3,469 | 3,728
Level 2 | Consumer Financing Program |  |
Derivative liabilities: |  |
Derivative contracts | 0 | 0
Level 3 |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Investments in securities (classified within other current and non-current assets) | 0 | 0
Derivative assets: |  |
Derivative contracts | 279 | 334
Measured using net asset value practical expedient: |  |
Total assets | 279 | 334
Derivative liabilities: |  |
Derivative contracts | 312 | 349
Level 3 | Equity Securities |  |
Measured using net asset value practical expedient: |  |
Equity securities |  |
Level 3 | Interest rate contracts |  |
Derivative assets: |  |
Derivative contracts | 0 | 0
Derivative liabilities: |  |
Derivative contracts | 0 | 0
Level 3 | Foreign exchange |  |
Derivative assets: |  |
Derivative contracts | 0 | 0
Derivative liabilities: |  |
Derivative contracts | 0 | 0
Level 3 | Commodity contracts |  |
Derivative assets: |  |
Derivative contracts | 279 | 334
Derivative liabilities: |  |
Derivative contracts | 188 | 215
Level 3 | Consumer Financing Program |  |
Derivative liabilities: |  |
Derivative contracts | 124 | 134
Net Asset Value | Equity Securities |  |
Measured using net asset value practical expedient: |  |
Equity securities | $ 6 | $ 6

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