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Recent Transactions and Events (Details) |  |  | 1 Months Ended | 3 Months Ended | 6 Months Ended |  |
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May 06, 2020 USD ($) | Jan. 02, 2019 USD ($) | Apr. 29, 2020 | Sep. 30, 2019 USD ($) | May 31, 2019 USD ($) | Jun. 30, 2020 USD ($) | Mar. 31, 2020 USD ($) | Jun. 30, 2019 USD ($) | Mar. 31, 2019 USD ($) | Jun. 30, 2020 USD ($) | Jun. 30, 2019 USD ($) | Mar. 30, 2020 USD ($) | Oct. 30, 2019
Business Acquisition |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net gain from insurance proceeds |  |  |  |  |  | $ 6,000,000 |  | $ 0 |  | $ 6,000,000 | $ 0 |  |
Payments for investments in equity securities |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1,000,000 | 48,000,000 |  |
Asset impairments |  |  |  |  |  | 17,000,000 |  | $ 0 |  | 26,000,000 | 0 |  |
Payments for business acquired |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2,000,000 | $ 10,000,000 |  |
Delphi Technologies PLC |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Delphi Technologies' draw on credit facility |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 500,000,000 |
Material breach cure period (in days) |  |  | 30 days |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Maximum amount of line of credit facility outstanding, net of cash balances | $ 115,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Line of credit facility, maximum amount outstanding | $ 225,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Delphi Technologies revised exchange ratio | 0.4307 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
The Combined Company With Delphi Technologies |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Ownership percentage of combined company (in percent) | 85.00% |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Romeo Systems, Inc. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Payments for investments in equity securities |  |  |  |  | $ 50,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Rinehart Motion Systems LLC and AM Racing LLC |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business combination, consideration transferred |  | $ 15,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Payments for business acquired |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 2,000,000 |  | $ 10,000,000 |  |  |  |
Business combination, contingent consideration, liability |  |  |  |  |  | 3,000,000 |  |  |  | 3,000,000 |  |  |
Romeo Systems, Inc. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Ownership percentage in investee (in percent) |  |  |  |  | 20.00% |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Asset impairments |  |  |  |  |  |  | 9,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |
Fair value of equity investment |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 41,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |
BorgWarner Romeo Power LLC |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Ownership percentage in investee (in percent) |  |  |  | 60.00% |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Payments to acquire interest in joint venture |  |  |  | $ 10,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Delphi Technologies PLC | The Combined Company With Delphi Technologies |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Noncontrolling interest, ownership percentage (in percent) | 15.00% |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
BorgWarner Morse TEC LLC |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Ownership percentage transferred (in percent) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 100.00%
Seneca South Carolina Facility |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Cash advances from insurance carriers |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 85,000,000 |  |  |
Net gain from insurance proceeds |  |  |  |  |  | 6,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Insurance deductible expense |  |  |  |  |  | $ 1,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |

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