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Deferred Revenue
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2025
Revenue Recognition and Deferred Revenue [Abstract]  
Revenue

NOTE C. REVENUE

Revenue is recognized as each distinct performance obligation within a contract is satisfied. A performance obligation is a promise in a contract to transfer a distinct good or service to the customer. The Company enters into long-term agreements (“LTAs”) and distributor agreements with certain customers. The LTAs and distributor agreements do not include committed volumes until underlying purchase orders are issued; therefore, the Company determined that purchase orders are the contract with a customer. A contract’s transaction price is allocated to each distinct performance obligation and recognized as revenue when the performance obligation is satisfied, as there is no right of return.

Some of the Company's contracts include multiple performance obligations, most commonly the sale of both a transmission and extended transmission coverage ("ETC"). The Company allocates the contract’s transaction price to each performance obligation based on the standalone selling price of each distinct good or service in the contract.

The Company may also use volume-based discounts and rebates as marketing incentives in the sales of both vehicle propulsion solutions and service parts, which are accounted for as variable consideration. The Company records the impact of the incentives as a reduction to revenue when it is determined that the adjustment is not likely to reverse. The Company estimates the impact of all other incentives based on the related sales and market conditions in the end market vocation. The Company recorded no material adjustments based on variable consideration during any of the three or nine months ended September 30, 2025 or 2024.

Net sales are made on credit terms, generally 30 days, based on an assessment of the customer’s creditworthiness. For certain goods or services, the Company receives consideration prior to satisfying the related performance obligation. Such consideration is recorded as a contract liability in current and non-current deferred revenue as of September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024. See "Note J. Deferred Revenue” for more information, including the amount of revenue earned during each of the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024 that had been previously deferred. The Company had no material contract assets as of either September 30, 2025 or December 31, 2024.

The Company has one operating segment and reportable segment. The Company is in one line of business, which is the design, manufacture and distribution of vehicle propulsion solutions. The following presents disaggregated revenue by categories that best depict how the nature, amount, timing and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows are affected by economic factors (dollars in millions):

 

 

 

Three Months Ended
September 30,

 

 

Nine Months Ended
September 30,

 

 

 

2025

 

 

2024

 

 

2025

 

 

2024

 

North America On-Highway

 

$

327

 

 

$

457

 

 

$

1,179

 

 

$

1,333

 

Outside North America On-Highway

 

 

122

 

 

 

126

 

 

 

376

 

 

 

369

 

Global Off-Highway

 

 

7

 

 

 

20

 

 

 

41

 

 

 

89

 

Defense

 

 

78

 

 

 

53

 

 

 

194

 

 

 

144

 

Service Parts, Support Equipment and Other

 

 

159

 

 

 

168

 

 

 

483

 

 

 

494

 

Total Net Sales

 

$

693

 

 

$

824

 

 

$

2,273

 

 

$

2,429

 

NOTE J. DEFERRED REVENUE

As of September 30, 2025, current and non-current deferred revenue were $35 million and $101 million, respectively. As of September 30, 2024, current and non-current deferred revenue were $45 million and $93 million, respectively.

Deferred revenue activity consisted of the following (dollars in millions):

 

 

 

Three Months Ended
September 30,

 

 

Nine Months Ended
September 30,

 

 

 

2025

 

 

2024

 

 

2025

 

 

2024

 

Beginning balance

 

$

136

 

 

$

136

 

 

$

136

 

 

$

130

 

Increases

 

 

9

 

 

 

11

 

 

 

36

 

 

 

37

 

Revenue earned

 

 

(9

)

 

 

(9

)

 

 

(36

)

 

 

(29

)

Ending balance

 

$

136

 

 

$

138

 

 

$

136

 

 

$

138

 

 

Deferred revenue recorded in current and non-current liabilities related to ETC as of September 30, 2025 was $29 million and $101 million, respectively. Deferred revenue recorded in current and non-current liabilities related to ETC as of September 30, 2024 was $30 million and $92 million, respectively.