The car you could be driving some day may be one you plug in and power up instead of filling up - especially with the rising cost of gas. Last week, at Plug-In 2008, a three-day conference in San Jose featuring the latest in electric vehicles, entrepreneurs were displaying everything from off-road vehicles (Bad Boy Buggies) to ...

  If a hybrid car appeals to you for environmental reasons, yet you're not ready to buy a new car, there's a way you can still shrink your carbon footprint with your present car. Did you know you can buy a do-it-yourself kit that converts your gas-fueled car to an electric one? This morning on Marketplace, an American Public Media ...