Tesla’s $5 billion battery factory

The enormous size of the electric automaker’s planned facility will give it leverage in future negotiations with partnering manufacturers. By Kirsten Korosec FORTUNE — Tesla Motors, the innovative electric car company, wants to be a bigtime automaker. To...

McLaren 12C Production Pausing for 650S

McLaren will be pausing production on its 12C model in order to satisfy the demand for the recently revealed 650S. The British automaker expects that the majority of sales will shift to the 650S model from those that were previously interested in the 12C. Those that...

William Clay Ford, Sr.: 1925–2014

Ford family patriarch William Clay Ford died Sunday at his home in Grosse Pointe Woods, a Detroit suburb. The cause of death was pneumonia. He was 88, and five days from his 89th birthday. Mr. Ford’s passing marks the end of an era at Ford Motor Company. He and...