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Marketplace's Alisa Roth looks into what it means that automaker Ford to start paying off its debt, in cash, and what is in store in its future.

Electric car company Tesla Motors made the jump today to public company, even though the economy is still shaky and the seven-year-old automaker has yet to turn a profit.

Electric automaker Tesla Motors will soon become the first carmaker since Ford to go public. The firm is one of a first crop of clean-tech companies that are trying to go public. But a bunch of clean-tech start-ups have canceled at the last minute. Why? Rob Schmitz reports.

Lawmakers want to exempt car dealers who make auto loans from some oversight elements of the new financial reform bill.

Demand for GM cars is so high that the company is skipping its annual summer shutdown at its plants. Why is the carmaker doing so well? Alisa Roth reports.

In a study ranking top auto brands, U.S. companies came out ahead of Toyota for the first time in several years.

The United Auto Workers union is holding its annual meeting this week in Detroit, and members are discussing ways they can grow. Alisa Roth reports.

Chrysler is relaunching the Jeep Grand Cherokee, one of its most popular brands, to buy some time before it has a new model ready in showrooms.

Ford is eliminating the 72-year-old Mercury to work on its Lincoln and Ford models.