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“Misleading Promotions and Fraudulent Sales Tactics”

According to an official announcement today by New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, a dealership group on Long Island, NY (which includes the Toyota dealer where I get my car serviced, but not the one where I bought it), has just settled with his office for $310,000 to resolve false advertising claims.
A.G. Schneiderman Announces Settlement With Atlantic Auto Group Over Misleading Advertising And Sales Practices Across 22 Dealerships On Long Island | www.ag.ny.gov

Some extracts:

In total, the Attorney General’s Nassau and Suffolk Regional Offices received more than 250 complaints regarding the dealerships and their advertising and sales practices. The AG said that the dealerships "persistently defrauded consumers with misleading promotions and fraudulent sales tactics."

According to the announcement, the...

ftl Jul 14, 2015 Read More Replies: 44

Toyota Green Bonds for Hybrids

Sounds like some of the 0% loans for hybrid car purchase are from Toyota corporate green bonds. I think I like the idea.

Recent Green Bonds: Toyota Hybrids, SunRun, Efficient Homes and Data Centers | Alternative Energy Stocks

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Hybrid Dashboard Summary: June 2015

Another good report from Jeff Cobb's team:

	model	Jun_15	May_15	Apr_15	Mar_15
1	Prius Liftback	9559	11921	8822	9485
2	Ram Pickup Diesel	5050	5647	5072
3	Model S	2800	2300	1900	2000
4	Prius c	2756	3763	3523	3564
5	Camry Hybrid	2755	3174	2650	2739
6	Passat Diesel	2489	2769	2182	1949
7	Sonata	2334	2943	2481	1793
8	Prius v (lowercase v)	2272	3152	2462	2516
9	Leaf	2074	2104	1553	1817
10	Jetta Diesel	1852	2141	1949	2409
11	C-Max Hybrid	1814	1892	1237	1054
12	Fusion Hybrid	1691	2440	1820	2534
13	Golf Sportwagon Diesel	1506	1419	928	87
14	Accord Hybrid	1241	1463	1118	948
15	Volt	1225	1618	905	639
16	CT200h	1118	1436	1170	1416
17	Avalon Hybrid	973	1114	906	902
18	Golf Diesel	955	1011	821	841
19	Optima Hybrid	897	1046	892	805
20	Fusion Energi	727	986	711	837
21	ES Hybrid	711	911	789	1076
22	MKZ	700	1005	810	717
23	C-Max Energi	667	715	553	715
24	i3*	551	818	406	922
25	XV Crosstrek Hybrid	493	557	552	587
26	RX 400 / 450 h	486	551	492	641
27	Prius Plug In	464	727	428	473
28	Q5 Diesel	462	517	486	464
29	X5 Diesel	422	1299	417	459
30	500E	411	471	450	164
31	Civic...