For just writing a $10,000 check for a conversion kit, you, too, can have a plug-in hybrid. Oh, and if you drive 40 miles daily,  you'll break even on your investment after about eight years: http://www.forbesautos.com/news/features/2008/plug-in-electric-vehicles-story.html

Awhile back I wrote about a mutual funds manager who took FedEx management to task for investing in hybrid delivery vehicles though there was no economic justification for it: http://machinedesign.com/ContentItem/57416/Costlybutgreen.aspx Then on Friday, FedEx missed its earnings target, saying, according to CBS Marketwatch: FedEx Corp. warned ...