The company has tried hard to spark interest in diesels in the U.S. by maintaining a fleet of demonstration cars that consumers, journalists and public policy officials can drive at special events.
In March 2012, General Motors announced that an agreement was signed with the China Automotive Technology and Research Center (CATARC) to manage the Volt demonstration fleet in Beijing and to gather feedback from the fleet usage for one year.
(Reuters) Hertz will begin renting a small demonstration fleet of electric vehicles in China later this week.
She once led the development of the Escape Hybrid and Ford's fuel-cell demonstration fleet.
The $300,000 is far from attractive commercially, but Dr. Hsu says it could be used to support a fleet as a demonstration.
BMW built its demonstration fleet of 100 Hydrogen 7s beginning in 2006 and keeps eight in the New York area and a dozen in Los Angeles, where testers have included the celebrities Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt, Will Ferrell and Edward Norton.
Daniel Pierce, a Ford spokesman, related the following message from his colleagues in China when asked about the brand's E.V. plans: "We have a fleet of electric demonstration vehicles in China, but have not announced any plans to sell or produce electric vehicles in China.
The first Volts, out of the 10-vehicle demonstration fleet, arrived in China by late December 2011.
On 2 4 May, the fleet conducted another demonstration off Horns Reef to keep German attention focused on the North Sea.
It was expected that the Su-27Ms would enhance the flying repertoire of their new owners, but due to various reasons, they were used as a source of spare parts for other aircraft in the demonstration fleet.
The Spark EV will be built using feedback from Chevy's electric vehicle demonstration fleets in Shanghai (Sail EV), Korea (Cruze EV) and India (Beat EV), the automaker states.
