v3.20.1

The Separation and Basis of Presentation - Narrative (Details)		1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Apr. 01, 2020 USD ($) company $ / shares shares	May 14, 2020 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Mar. 19, 2020 shares	Feb. 05, 2020	Jan. 02, 2020 USD ($)	Nov. 01, 2016 company
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Number of publicly traded companies | company									2
Separation transaction, share conversion ratio							0.25
Separation transaction, costs incurred			$ 18,000,000	$ 1,000,000
Receivables from customers			690,000,000		$ 384,000,000			$ 281,000,000
Accounts payable, settlement arrangements			1,000,000		1,000,000
ParentCo
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Third-party sales-related party			35,000,000	52,000,000
ParentCo | Sale of customer receivables
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Transaction with related party, amount					$ 281,000,000
ParentCo
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Separation transaction, costs incurred			$ 38,000,000	$ 3,000,000
Common stock, outstanding (in shares) | shares						436,085,504
Subsequent events
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Reduction of planned capital expenditures		$ 50
Reduction of planned capital expenditures, percentage		30.00%
Number of publicly traded companies | company	2
Separation transaction, payment to parent	$ 730,000,000
Separation transaction, shares issued to parent | shares	109,021,376
Common stock, par value (in dollars per share) | $ / shares	$ 0.01
Revenue | Product | Ground Transportation
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Concentration risk, percentage			35.00%
Revenue | Product | Aerospace
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Concentration risk, percentage			18.00%
Revenue | Customer | Ford | Aerospace
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Concentration risk, percentage			13.00%
Board of Directors | Subsequent events
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Salary reduction, percentage		30.00%
CEO | Subsequent events
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Salary reduction, percentage		30.00%
Senior-level management | Subsequent events
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Salary reduction, percentage		20.00%
Salaried employees | Subsequent events
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Salary reduction, percentage		10.00%
Salaried workforce | Subsequent events
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Salary reduction, percentage		10.00%

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