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Alert: Cash for Clunkers-like scam sites up and running

The success of the federal government's C.A.R.S. (Cash for Clunkers) program led to the creation of the 2009 Automotive Stimulus Program, a private plan run by some of the U.S.'s larger auto dealers. The creation of a second program, one that has different rules and isn't C.A.R.S., and the nature of the Internet has led to some scam sites that purport to be offering clunkers-style rebated but they're really collecting personal information from unsuspecting users. The auto dealers that are part of the ASP have issued a press release that warns ... Read more →

Ethanol scam going on in Virginia? Xavier Navarro

The Virginia State Agriculture Department is investigating gas stations that might be selling people bad gas. In this case, "bad" means too much ethanol. While the maximum percentage of ethanol that ...

Coast to Coast AM tries out HHO (Water4gas) system Domenick Yoney

The Coast to Coast Am late night radio talk show, hosted nowadays by George Noory, often lends a sympathetic ear to those with a bizarre tale to tell or folks making outlandish claims. After being ...

Spark EV's Michael Papp arrested in electric vehicle scam Sebastian Blanco

Thanks to our reader Mike, we have an update to share about the troubled history of Michael Papp electric vehicle company. Regular readers will remember that Papp is the man behind Spark EV, a company ...

EcoWatts: another "free energy" company touts their scam *ahem* invention Jeremy Korzeniewski

Remember a while back when a company tried and failed to show off their "free energy" machine? For the purposes of this post, we'll simply refer to that event as the "Stoern debacle." That company ...

Alert: Cash for Clunkers-like scam sites up and running 2 months ago on Autoblog Green

The success of the federal government's C.A.R.S. (Cash for Clunkers) program led to the creation of the 2009 Automotive Stimulus Program, a private plan run by some of the U.S.'s larger auto dealers. The creation of a second program, one that has different rules and isn't C.A.R.S., and the nature of ...

Ethanol scam going on in Virginia? 4 months ago on Autoblog Green

The Virginia State Agriculture Department is investigating gas stations that might be selling people bad gas. In this case, "bad" means too much ethanol. While the maximum percentage of ethanol that can be blended with unleaded fuel in that state is 10 percent, some people claim that some stations ...

Coast to Coast AM tries out HHO (Water4gas) system 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The Coast to Coast Am late night radio talk show, hosted nowadays by George Noory, often lends a sympathetic ear to those with a bizarre tale to tell or folks making outlandish claims. After being deluged with calls and emails to the show asking about assertions made of increasing gas mileage using ...

Spark EV's Michael Papp arrested in electric vehicle scam 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Thanks to our reader Mike, we have an update to share about the troubled history of Michael Papp electric vehicle company. Regular readers will remember that Papp is the man behind Spark EV, a company that has been accused more than once of shady dealings. It looks like the New Jersey law officials ...

EcoWatts: another "free energy" company touts their scam *ahem* invention 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Remember a while back when a company tried and failed to show off their "free energy" machine? For the purposes of this post, we'll simply refer to that event as the "Stoern debacle." That company claims that their machine is capable of giving off more energy than it takes to run it. In fact, 285 ...


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