Month August 2010

Fuel saving garbage trucks

Eaton and Peterbilt have teamed together to create a hybrid hydraulic system for garbage trucks. It stores 75% of the kinetic energy released through the truck’s frequent braking, saving $3,000 a year in maintenance costs and $9,000 in fuel consumption,…

HSBC USA in money-laundering probe

But of course there will be no criminal prosecutions. Gasp, that would be bad for the markets. So, it’ll be a a slap-on-the-wrist fine for HSBC and little will change. This is what happened with Western Union, Wells Fargo and…