Fisker Automotive has secured access to an additional $115.3 million in private equity funding to develop plug-in hybrid electric cars.

Advanced Battery R&D and Manufacturing Capacity will Rise with Scheduled Roll-out of Plug-in Hybrids, Fuel Cells and Battery Electric Vehicles.

There’s lots of recent news for GM — and it’s essentially all good. When the company announced the Volt in January 2007, it said it expected to have the car in mass production by fall 2010.

The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has collected and analyzed fuel economy, maintenance and other vehicle performance data from UPS?s first generation hybrid diesel.

Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F) has already set a record for annual hybrid sales of 31,000 hybrids through November, eclipsing the previous high in 2007.

TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION (TMC) announces the introduction of the “Prius Plug-in Hybrid”, a plug-in version of the third-generation “Prius” gasoline-electric hybrid vehicle, into key markets.

TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION (TMC) announces the introduction of the “Prius Plug-in Hybrid”, a plug-in version of the third-generation “Prius” gasoline-electric hybrid vehicle, into key markets.

Toyota Motor Corp. (TM: News ) said Monday that it introduced the ‘Prius Plug-in Hybrid’, a plug-in version of the third-generation ‘Prius’ gasoline-electric hybrid vehicle, into key markets.

Global Demonstration Program Starts this Month in Japan. Assembly Line Production of 500 Lithium-ion Batteries Begins.

Combined Volt-related investments by GM in eight Michigan locations total $700 million. Expected to be first plant in the U.S. owned by a major automaker to produce an electric car.

Chevrolet Also Announces Partnerships with California Utilities to Study Regional Electric Vehicles Use, Infrastructure.

Capstone Turbine Corp. (Nasdaq: CPST) is pushing traditional hybrid-electric vehicle barriers with the introduction of the CMT-380, a high-performance, hybrid-electric supercar powered by by traditional batteries.

Electricity is the new fuel of the 21st century and will help shape the future of the automobile.

TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION (TMC) announces that it has started discussions with potential users in Japan of the newly developed “Prius Plug-in Hybrid”.

Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide, Inc. (Nasdaq: QTWW) today announced that it is developing and shipping diesel hybrid vehicles to the U.S. Army’sTank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center.

Lithium-ion battery manufacturer EnerDel has signed an 18-month, $1.29 million contract with the U.S. Army to design and test hybrid battery options for the Humvee.

Volvo is introducing a series-produced plug-in hybrid as early as 2012. Pure electric power from the battery will cover the daily transport needs of 75 percent of European drivers.